Licensed Practical Nurse, Athol Emergency Room

Athol-Hospital; Athol (MA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Athol-Hospital in Massachusetts is seeking a licensed practical nurse for night shift roles. The position involves 24-hour shifts, every other weekend and holiday, working 11:00pm–7:00am. A sign-on bonus of up to $7,500 may apply for eligible candidates.

Responsibilities include nursing assessment, care planning, medication administration, documentation, patient advocacy, and discharge planning. Minimum requirements: MA LPN license, 1 year ER experience, and CPR certification.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year ER experience
• Current LPN license to practice in MA
• American Heart Association CPR certified
• Completed state-approved LPN education program

Responsibilities

• Assesses basic health status and participates in planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• Provides patient care based on standards and protocols.
• Delivers care with dignity and respect to each patient.
• Participates in patient/family teaching based on learning needs and readiness.

Skills

ER experience

CPR certified

Education

LPN education program

Job description

Overview

You Matter Here! Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter! This job may be eligible for a $7,500 Sign On Bonus!

Hours: 24-Hours, Nights, 11:00pm - 7:00am, Every other weekend, Every other holiday

$28.27 - $37.30

Disclaimer: We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good-faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Assesses (and reassesses) basic health status, participates in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions/plans of care/patient goals.

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.

• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.

• Participates in patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.

• Participates in planning and preparation of patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.

• Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by unlicensed personnel.

• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).

• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
• Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
• Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.

• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy in accordance with physician’s orders, protocols, policies and procedures.

• Assesses patient pain level upon admission and as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.

• Reassesses effectiveness of pain control and notifies physicians as needed, as well as, documents assessment and patients’ response to medication.

• Performs triage appropriately, in a timely manner per policy, and assigns triage priority.

• Performs and documents initial assessment upon patients’ arrival and implements triage protocols as needed.

• Identifies patients at risk for potential/alleged abuse.

• Initiates safety plans for domestic violence, child, and elder abuse patients.

• Completes required mandated reporting in a timely manner.

• Collects and documents forensic evidence as per policy.

• Maintains chain of evidence per policy and procedure.

• Completes mandated reports for stabbings, gunshot wounds, burns, and sexual assault per policy and procedure.

• Maintains knowledge of Disaster Policy and Procedure.

• Identifies patient at risk for violent behavior and appropriately implements non-violent intervention (i.e. Code 100).

• Demonstrates knowledge of the indications for, alternatives, monitoring and documentation of restraint to use.

• Recognizes normal and abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and appropriately notifies the physician of changes in a timely manner.

• Performs accurate and timely identification of cardiac arrhythmias.

Statement of Other Duties This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.

Organizational Expectations Demonstrates mature professional behaviors, (i.e. tact, empathy and diplomacy). Promotes a positive working environment.

Functional Demands Physical Requirements Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Frequently reaches (extending hands and arms in any direction), and handles (seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or working with hands). Occasional stooping (bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist), crouching (bending the body downward and forward by bending legs and spine).

Qualifications

Job Requirements

Minimum Education

• Completed state-approved LPN education program

Minimum Work Experience

• Minimum 1 year ER experience required.

Minimum Licenses and Certifications

• Current LPN license to practice in MA
• American Heart Association CPR certified