Licensed Practical Nurse

UNC Health; Eastowne (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide direct patient care across inpatient, ambulatory, home health, or hospice settings. The role supports patient and family needs per plan of care, with nursing duties including medication administration, monitoring, and teaching.

Requires graduation from a state accredited practical nurse program and North Carolina LPN licensure with BLS. This is a full-time, on-site position with a 40-hour work week and day schedule.

Qualifications

• Requires graduation from a state accredited practical nurse program.
• Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in North Carolina; BLS required.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains individualized care plans in collaboration with health professionals.
• Observes, documents, and reports patient responses to treatments, adjusting care priorities as needed.
• Participates in unit and department activities to support positive outcomes and education of staff.
• Provides a broad range of nursing treatments and monitoring, including medication administration and critical assessments.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients and supports coping strategies.

Skills

Patient care

De-escalation

Communication

Education

NC LPN license

BLS certification

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Summary:
Provides direct patient care, meeting both psychological and physical needs in accordance with the plan of care, physician's orders, and nursing and department policies and procedures. Patients range in age from neonate to geriatric. Care may be provided in an inpatient setting, ambulatory care, home health, or hospice.

Responsibilities:

1. Contributes to the development and maintenance of a current, individualized, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals to assure that the assessed needs of patient/caregiver are met.
2. Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient response to treatments/therapies and teaching, and adjusts priorities of care according to patient/caregiver needs. Collects, documents, and reports (to responsible MD or RN) data regarding patient's biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs.
3. Participates in unit, service, and/or department enrichment activities which contribute to positive outcomes such as assigned committees, CQI activities/groups, and the orientation and education of other personnel.
4. Provides a broad range of treatments/therapies to patients including, but not limited to, respiratory treatments, Oral/NG/NT suctioning, and tracheostomy care, administration of medications, observation of cardiac monitors, respirators, etc. and reporting of any changes, assistance to physician with special procedures, monitoring of intravenous infusions, performs point of care testing, performs routine laboratory work, changing/irrigating catheters, specialized sterile dressings, and patient/caregiver teaching based upon the established teaching plan.
5. Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
6. Provides support to patients and families. Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients. Facilitates age appropriate coping strategies for patients.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements:

• Requires graduation from a state accredited program of practical nurse education.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:

• Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the state of North Carolina. Requires BLS.

Professional Experience Requirements:

• No prior experience required.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:

Job Details

Legal Employer: STATE

Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians

Organization Unit: UNCFP Med Allergy

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$21.62 - $31.07 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

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