Licensed Practical Nurse

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

Job summary

UNC Health in North Carolina is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse for Home Health and Hospice. You will provide direct patient care in patient homes and clinical settings, following established plans, physician orders, and department policies with a focus on compassionate, holistic care.

Responsibilities span from clinical treatments to education for patients and families, with on-call duties and on-site scheduling to support home-based care delivery.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Contributes to a current, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals.
• Observes and documents patient responses to treatments and adjusts care priorities.
• Participates in unit/department activities to improve outcomes.
• Provides a broad range of nursing treatments and medications per plan.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Supports patients and families, de-escalates handling anxious or aggressive behavior.

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.

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.

Home Health Department

Nurse position in Home Care and Hospice. Imagine working independently, utilizing your clinical skills as well as your critical thinking skills, and being able to arrange your schedule in a manner that compliments your personal life. All the while being able to hop into your car between patients, turn on your radio, roll your windows down, and enjoy the day. If this is a job you think you could enjoy then a Home Health career is for you.

Home Health is the bridge that often keeps the patient in their home versus some type of custodial care, and you are “loved” for being that bridge. Going into a patient's home to provide care, seeing how they live, and what their environment is, completes the circle of how to truly “meet the patient where they are”, which is our True North statement. Home Health is holistic care, and you will treat and become “part” of the entire family. We are not just nurses, but rehab services, social workers, and home aides, who work together to help the patient and family become more knowledgeable and more independent by treating, educating, and rehabilitating.

Our agency is certified and deemed by the Joint Commission and we are fully accredited. We welcome you to come visit our office, ask questions, and do a ride-along to see if this job is a good fit for you. Department hours are Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM with some On Call.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
• 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.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: Johnston Health

Organization Unit: Home Health -

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:Smithfield

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

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.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [e-mail] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.