Licensed Practical Nurse Acute Care Nights

UNC Health; Lenoir (NC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health in North Carolina is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide direct patient care across inpatient, ambulatory, home health, or hospice settings. You will work under physician orders and hospital policies to meet psychological and physical patient needs on a 36-hour weekly schedule with a night shift.

The role requires graduation from an accredited practical nursing program, NC LPN licensure with BLS, and a patient-centered approach.

Qualifications

• Requires graduation from a state-accredited practical nurse program.
• Licensed to practice as an LPN in North Carolina with BLS.
• No prior healthcare experience required.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a current, goal-oriented plan of care with collaboration from the health team.
• Observes and documents patient response to treatments and reports to the responsible clinician.
• Participates in unit activities and CQI initiatives to improve outcomes.
• Provides a broad range of nursing care, medication administration, and monitoring of devices.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Supports patient and family coping and de-escalates agitation when needed.

Skills

LPN

Education

Practical Nursing Diploma

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.

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

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: Caldwell Memorial Hospital
• Organization Unit: Nursing 3 West Acute
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Salary Range: $20.11 - $28.91 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type: Onsite
• Work Schedule: Night Job
• Location of Job: US:NC:Lenoir
• 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.

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