Licensed Practical Nurse

UNC REX Healthcare; Garner (NC); On-site; USD 29,783 - 42,802; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in Garner, NC, seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide direct patient care in inpatient or outpatient settings. You will follow the plan of care, physician orders, and policies to meet patient needs across age groups from neonate to geriatric.

Responsibilities include delivering therapies, monitoring responses, documenting outcomes, and supporting patients and families through admission, orientation, and discharge. This role offers a day schedule and onsite work.

Qualifications

• Requires graduation from a state accredited program of practical nurse education.
• Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in North Carolina. Requires BLS.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to development and maintenance of an individualized plan of care and consults with other health professionals.
• Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient responses to treatments and adjusts care priorities.
• Participates in unit/department enrichment activities and education of personnel.
• Provides a broad range of treatments and therapies, including respiratory care, medications, and monitoring equipment.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provides support to patients and families and helps de-escalate distressed patients.

Skills

LPN certification

BLS certification

Patient care

Education

Practical nurse education

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

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: UNCGP

Entity: UNC Physician Group Practices

Organization Unit: GP Garner Family Practice

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:Garner

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by UNC Physicians Network Group Practices, a private, for-profit subsidiary of UNC Health Care System.

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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