Licensed Practical Nurse

Kaiser Permanente; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Clinical training

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Denver, Colorado is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide quality patient care. The role involves monitoring patient conditions, administering medication, and maintaining medical records. Candidates should have a practical nursing license in Colorado and experience with direct patient care.

This position offers a $5,000 sign-on bonus and is ideal for individuals who excel in customer service and clinical competencies.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Practical Nursing program.
• Completed a minimum of 400 clinical hours with supervision.
• High level of customer service focus.

Responsibilities

• Monitors patients' conditions and provides personalized care.
• Administers medications and performs specialized nursing procedures.
• Records and maintains accurate patient medical charts.

Skills

Customer service skills

I.V. therapy

Clinical procedures

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Colorado

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

$5,000 SIGN-ON BONUS ELIGIBLE ROLE

May be entitled to translation/bilingual, shift or other wage premiums as governed by the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Please refer to the respective collective bargaining agreement for additional information on such wage premiums: https://www.lmpartnership.org/local-contracts.

Job Summary

Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs. Builds rapport and cooperative relationship with members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems. Performs duties as under Nurse Practice Act (Portions adopted from the Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103).

Essential Responsibilities

• Knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership. Ensures patient safety in preparedness and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications, including consistent use of the 5 rights and 3 checks of medication administration, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, and using two patient identifiers and procedural time outs. Reports safety hazards, accidents, incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
• Applies principles of asepsis and infection control. Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment, including identifying malfunctioning equipment.
• Supports the physician & other medical providers in the care and treatment of patients, including rooming the patient; communicating delays to patient, provider, and team; and facilitating the medical provider's schedule. Performs duties with excellence, enthusiasm, great service orientation and courteous mannerisms, anticipating physician and other provider needs.
• Practices within scope of practice perimeters as inferred by licensure, standard nursing practice, knowledge, skill level, and KP guidelines.
• Performs routine and specialized nursing procedures following physician's orders and approved nursing care plan, e.g., administers treatment using therapeutic equipment such as intermittent positive pressure breathing apparatus; administers medications (including narcotics) orally or by injection; and provides specialized nursing care to acutely ill patients. If IV certified LPN, may perform intravenous therapy, as per Colorado State Board of Nursing Chapter IX.
• Monitors patients' condition by observing, collecting, reporting, recording objective/subjective data; identifies changes; collects data and reports signs/symptoms of deviation from normal health status, reactions to medications and treatments; initiates appropriate emergency procedures and reports adverse patient conditions to physician, Nursing Manager, or registered nurse.
• Teaches and promotes general preventive health measures to patients and members of their families regarding home health care, medication use, injections, blood pressure, post‑operative care, and diabetic care. Disseminates pre‑printed standard after‑care instructions and patient instruction material. Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Assists physician with examinations, treatments, and minor surgery, preparing patient and room for a specific procedure and attending patient during procedure.
• Records pertinent information in patients' medical chart, including nursing history, physical data, vital signs, symptoms, treatments, examinations, medications administered, reactions, and general observations, according to standard requirements.
• Assists in orienting and training new employees, as assigned. May perform the duties of a Nursing Assistant or Medical Receptionist, as required. May assign/coordinate activities for nursing and medical assistants and medical receptionist.
• Orders, stores, and maintains adequate inventory of supplies and instruments used by department as assigned.
• Accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission, and specific departmental/organizational initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers, and vendors.

Basic Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Practical Nursing program and licensure as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the State of Colorado. Completed a minimum of 400 clock hours of faculty‑planned clinical experience and guided learning activities that required direct supervision.
• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED). Practical Nurse License (Colorado).

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated customer service focus and exemplary service skills.
• I.V. therapy certification may be required for some positions.

Preferred Qualifications

• BLS certification.
• Six (6) months of experience with adults, pediatrics, and/or trauma.
• I.V. therapy certification preferred.

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.