Licensed Practical Nurse

SoftPath Medical; St. Clairsville (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftPath Medical is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse for the 2nd shift in an all-male facility. Responsibilities include providing nursing care under supervision, administering medications, monitoring patients, and documenting care in patient records.

Candidates should have an LPN/LVN diploma and current licensing. Tasks include vital signs, basic care, and assisting with treatments, with minimal walking and no stairs indicated in duties.

Qualifications

• LPN procedures, medication administration, and patient care workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care under supervision, including oxygen, dressings, catheter care, wound management, and dialysis-related tasks.

Skills

LPN procedures

Pharmacology

Patient care

Vital signs

CPR

HIPAA

Education

LPN/LVN diploma

Job description

Licensed Practical Nurse

Shift

2nd Shift

Work Environment

No overtime or holiday work required.

All-male facility.

Minimal walking and no stairs.

Daily clearance through a metal detector is mandatory, including removal of all items such as cups, bags, and purses.

Job Duties

The following duties are illustrative and may include some or all of the tasks listed, as well as other related responsibilities assigned:

• Provide nursing care within the scope defined by applicable nursing regulations, under the supervision of registered nurses, licensed physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, or chiropractors. This includes administering oxygen, applying sterile dressings, inserting catheters, reinserting gastrostomy tubes, suctioning, irrigating wounds, administering enemas and douches, collecting specimens, performing dialysis treatments, operating hemodialysis equipment, and monitoring patients during procedures.
• Assist physicians with physical exams, treatments, and laboratory tests.
• Respond to emergencies by providing first aid, performing CPR, and restraining patients as needed.
• Administer controlled substances such as narcotics and minor tranquilizers, as well as non-controlled medications in oral, rectal, topical, or injectable forms (intramuscular and subcutaneous injections only), and provide medication instructions to patients.
• Maintain medication accountability records, including charting patient records, preparing and counting medications, and managing medication stock and medical equipment and supplies.
• Observe, document, and report patient conditions such as medication reactions, treatment responses, behavior, and progress; prepare and maintain related reports and records including incident reports, patient records, medication reports, seclusion/restraint logs, patient kardex, and team plans.
• Provide general nursing care and direct assistance, including taking vital signs, assisting with personal grooming, hygiene, bathing, and daily living activities; administering topical ointments and solutions, eye, ear, and nose drops; repositioning patients; responding to patient alarms; scheduling medical appointments; escorting patients; assisting with recreational activities; and conducting one-to-one or group activities according to treatment plans.
• Provide guidance, orientation, and training to lower-level direct care staff such as hospital aides, orderlies, and psychiatric attendants in delivering unskilled nursing care like dressing, bathing, and feeding patients.
• Participate in meetings such as staff conferences, committees, interdisciplinary team meetings, in-service training programs, and nursing meetings as assigned.
• Order medications and medical supplies; clean the nurses’ station and medication room/medication cart, including sterilizing and restocking the cart and defrosting and cleaning the medication refrigerator.
• Perform clerical tasks such as answering phones and filing.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of licensed practical nursing procedures, pharmacology, patient care, first aid, CPR, hospital practices and procedures, agency or institutional protocols, HIPAA regulations, human relations, inventory control, and employee training and development.

Skill in using medical equipment such as respirators, dialysis machines, sterilizers, oxygen equipment, and blood pressure cuffs; proficiency with hypodermic needles; and operation of personal computers.

Ability to understand practical nursing concepts, handle mostly concrete variables with some abstract elements, recognize unusual or threatening conditions and respond appropriately in emergencies, develop rapport with patients, comprehend manuals and verbal instructions, demonstrate dexterity for injections and medical treatments, and possess the strength to move, reposition, or restrain patients.