Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN General)

SoftPath Medical; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftPath Medical is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our clinical team in Ohio. The PM shift position involves providing nursing care under supervision, administering medications, and supporting physicians during exams and procedures.

The role emphasizes patient safety, documentation, and adherence to HIPAA regulations, with responsibilities spanning direct care, coordination, and occasional administrative tasks.

Qualifications

• Active LPN license in the state of Ohio.
• Experience with acute patient care and medication administration.
• Knowledge of HIPAA regulations.
• Ability to respond promptly to emergencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care within the scope of practice under supervision.
• Assist physicians with exams and tests.
• Respond to emergencies with first aid and CPR.
• Administer medications including controlled substances per policy.
• Maintain medication accountability and stock records.
• Document patient conditions and progress; prepare related reports.
• Provide direct care and programming assistance per treatment plans.
• Attend staff meetings and participate in team collaborations.
• Order medications and supplies; keep stations clean and stocked.
• Perform clerical tasks as needed.

Skills

LPN procedures

Pharmacology

Patient care

First aid

CPR

HIPAA

Education

LPN license

Tools

Dialysis equipment

Oxygen equipment

Sterilizers

Vital signs monitor

Job description

Licensed Practical Nurse

Shift

Positions available on PM Shift (2nd shift)

Job Duties

• Provide nursing care within the scope of practice as defined by applicable regulations, under the supervision of a registered nurse, licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, or chiropractor. This includes administering oxygen, applying sterile dressings, inserting catheters, reinserting gastrostomy tubes, suctioning, irrigating wounds, giving 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 administering first aid, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and restraining patients as needed.
• Administer controlled drugs 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 medication, 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 unusual incident reports, patient records, medication reports, seclusion/restraint logs, patient kardex, and team plans.
• Provide general nursing care, direct care, and programming assistance, such as taking vital signs, assisting with personal grooming and hygiene, bathing, daily living activities, administering topical ointments and solutions, eye, ear, and nose drops, repositioning patients, responding to patient alarms, scheduling medical appointments, escorting patients, and assisting with recreational activities and one-to-one or group activities according to treatment plans.
• Provide guidance, orientation, and training to lower-level direct care staff including hospital aides, orderlies, and psychiatric attendants in delivering general unskilled nursing care such as dressing, bathing, and feeding patients.
• Attend and 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 nurses’ station and medication room/medication cart, including sterilizing and restocking carts and cleaning medication refrigerators.
• Perform clerical tasks such as answering phones and filing.

Major Worker Characteristics

• 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, blood pressure cuffs, hypodermic needles, and personal computers.
• Ability to understand practical nursing concepts, handle mostly concrete variables with some abstract elements, recognize unusual or threatening conditions and take appropriate emergency actions, 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.

(Developed after employment.)