Licensed Practical Nurse (Days)

McLaren Health Care; Lake Orion (MI); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care is seeking a licensed practical nurse to join the resident care team. You will apply the nursing process to deliver patient-centered care, perform purposeful hourly rounding, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to update the resident plan of care.

The role emphasizes privacy, dignity, and safety, with responsibilities including wound care, medication administration, documentation, and adherence to hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Graduate of approved school of practical nursing.
• Licensed by State of Michigan.
• BLS Certification.

Responsibilities

• Performs purposeful hourly rounding including Pain, Position, Personal needs and Possessions
• Applies the nursing process in provision of resident care
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the formulation of a resident plan of care and its updating; and participates in team and family conferences as needed
• Provides nursing care to residents wound care, administers medication, etc.
• Implements the residents’ plan of care and enforces hospital policies
• Completes documentation forms and inputs data as required
• Demonstrates professionalism in the written and oral communication with residents, visitors, coworkers, physicians, and other health care members
• Demonstrates knowledge of correct operation and maintenance of equipment utilised for delivery of resident care, striving to prevent potential hazards to residents, visitors, and staff members
• Demonstrates organisational ability in obtaining and utilising time, equipment, supplies, and resources necessary
• Encourages independence by residents in activities of daily living to the fullest extent possible
• Performs other department related duties as assigned

Education

Graduate of approved school of practical nursing

Job description

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centres, imaging centres, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centres and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.

Functions as a total resident care giver, utilising the nursing process in meeting the health care needs of residents in accordance with the Michigan Nurse Practice Act. Maintains resident privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and respects resident rights.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Performs purposeful hourly rounding including Pain, Position, Personal needs and Possessions
• Applies the nursing process in provision of resident care
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team in the formulation of a resident plan of care and its updating; and participates in team and family conferences as needed
• Provides nursing care to residents wound care, administers medication, etc.
• Implements the residents’ plan of care and enforces hospital policies
• Completes documentation forms and inputs data as required
• Demonstrates professionalism in the written and oral communication with residents, visitors, coworkers, physicians, and other health care members
• Demonstrates knowledge of correct operation and maintenance of equipment utilised for delivery of resident care, striving to prevent potential hazards to residents, visitors, and staff members
• Demonstrates organisational ability in obtaining and utilising time, equipment, supplies, and resources necessary
• Encourages independence by residents in activities of daily living to the fullest extent possible
• Performs other department related duties as assigned

Qualifications:

Required:

• Graduate of approved school of practical nursing
• Licensed by State of Michigan
• BLS Certification

Preferred:

• Previous experience in long-term care or acute care setting

Additional Information

• Schedule: Part-time
• Requisition ID: 26010572
• Daily Work Times: 7:00am- 7:30pm
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

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McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, colour, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.