Licensed Practical Nurse - The UNC Family Medicine Center at Durham

UNC REX Healthcare; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care System's UNC Faculty Physicians – Family Medicine Durham is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a full-time, on-site role in Durham, NC. This state position offers 40 hours per week with ongoing opportunities to contribute to patient-centered care.

You will provide direct patient care across the lifespan, document responses to therapies, assist with procedures, and support discharge planning under physician orders and policies.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited practical nurse program (LPN).
• Licensed to practice as an LPN in North Carolina; BLS required.
• No prior experience required.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains a goal-oriented plan of care.
• Observes and documents patient responses to treatments and reports to the physician/RN.
• Participates in unit and department education and CQI activities.
• Assists with medications administration, procedures, and monitors vital signs.
• Assists patients and families during admission, orientation, and discharge.
• Provides support to patients and families, including de-escalation when needed.

Skills

Direct patient care

Team collaboration

Patient education

Documentation

Education

Practical Nurse Program (LPN)

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.

About our practice:

Top-ranked in the nation, The UNC Family Medicine Centerprovidespatient-centered primary care, conducts groundbreaking research,caresfor communities, and trains the best and the brightest young doctors and primary care providers. Weprovidefull-scope patient care for babies, children, adolescents, and adults throughout the life cycle, including the provision of maternity care. Weprovideextensive services for physical health, emotional wellbeing, nutrition, and acute care, including sports medicine. Our three locations are The UNC Family Medicine Center at Chapel Hill (central location where we also have an Urgent Care Clinic), The UNC Family Medicine Center at Durham (Mayfair St), The UNC Family Medicine Center at Carraway Village, and The UNC Family MedicineCenterat South Durham (Fayetteville Rd).We are proud to serve our amazing, diverse UNC community and ALL the people of North Carolina.Learn more at: uncfamilymedicine.org

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:

• No prior experience required.

Job Details

• Legal Employer: STATE
• Entity: UNC Faculty Physicians
• Organization Unit: Family Medicine Durham
• Work Type: Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
• Salary Range:$21.62 - $31.07 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:Durham
• Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
• This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

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.