Licensed Practical Nurse- North Chatham Peds and Int Med

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

Job summary

UNC Health in Chapel Hill, NC seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a full-time, on-site role in North Chatham Pediatrics/Internal Med. You will provide direct patient care across age groups per care plans, physician orders, and policies.

Responsibilities include care planning, monitoring responses, assisting with procedures, and supporting families through admission and discharge with compassionate, age-appropriate care.

Qualifications

• Requires graduation from a state accredited program of practical nurse education.
• Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in North Carolina. Requires BLS.
• Requires two (2) years of previous experience as an LPN.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to development and maintenance of a current, individualized, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals to meet patient/caregiver needs.
• Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient response to treatments and teaching, and adjusts priorities of care accordingly.
• Participates in unit, service, and department enrichment activities contributing to positive outcomes.
• Provides a broad range of treatments including respiratory therapies, suctioning, medications, monitors, IV infusions, and routine labs as per plan.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provides support to patients and families, verbally de-escalating and facilitating coping strategies.

Skills

LPN License

BLS Certification

Patient Care

Education

Practical Nursing Education Program

Job description

Description

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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

• 1. 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.
• 2. 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.
• 3. 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.
• 4. 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.
• 5. Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
• 6. 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

• Requires two (2) years of previous experience as an LPN.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Health Medical Group

Organization Unit: North Chatham Pediatrics/Internal Med

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range:$20.53 - $29.23 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill

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. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.