LPN Med Surg PRN Nights

100 LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide hands-on patient care in a fast-paced, front-line hospital environment.

You will participate in care planning, monitor patient conditions, and collaborate with the care team to ensure safe, high-quality outcomes across medical, surgical, and critical care areas.

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in Louisiana.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
• 2 years in a related clinical area.
• Ability to work Night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development of a plan of care for assigned patients.
• Establish and revise priority for patient care activities based on acuity and needs.
• Manage medical needs and respond to data indicating potential health risks.
• Maintain documentation consistent with guidelines and ensure safe care.
• Educate patients and families using appropriate resources and continuum of care services.

Skills

LPN license

BLS certification

Job description

Your job is more than a job. Your calling as an LPN Nurse demonstrates your humanity and confirms your unwavering passion, heart of gold, and of course, your hands-on nursing style. You're on the front line of care (cardiac, medical, surgical, and post critical care) and that means you get to know your patients more than just a diagnosis or a room number. You're a healthcare warrior, and you gather every ounce of kindness, knowledge, and understanding at the patient's bedside. Whether it's a call light, a hand hold, a medical need, a family request and yes, even a proverbial "extra blanket" request, you bring your heart and soul to everything you do. You love using your range of nursing skills and a "never-a-dull-moment" nursing environment. And that's what we love about you. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your "little something extra" all add up to you. And we're excited to get to know you and find out what you'll bring to this hands-on, diverse nursing role.

Your Everyday Perform priority technical skills/procedures required by the area/department/assignment safely, effectively, efficiently and logically. Contribute to the development of a plan of care for assigned patients. Establish and/or revise priority for patient care activities based on acuity of needs, resource availability, patient preference and other departmental needs. Manage and identify medical needs responding to data indicating potential risk to individual's health, initiates action to correct, reduce or prevent the risk. Make decisions based on scientific principles, successful experience, intuition and/or standards of practice and delegate safely and appropriately to all care team members. Collaborate with care team members on identifying actions to improve patient care and seeking supervision, consultation and assistance when unable to perform effectively or independently. Use all resources to resolve and prevent problems that cannot be managed independently. Maintain documentation consistent with established guidelines. Maintain and advocate for a safe environment for everyone. Monitor and engage with your patients, families, and appropriate care team members concerning significant events, patient condition changes, or patient questions and concerns. Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient. Initiate and/or maintain interventions to ensure safe and effective care, including medication management. Educate patients and families using appropriate resources and continuum of care services.

The Must-Haves Minimum

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners. Current American Heart Association BLS certification. 2 years in a related clinical area. WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America).

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary.

About New Orleans East Hospital. New Orleans East Hospital, vital to LCMC Health's incredible community of care, has been New Orleans East’s and the surrounding community’s trusted healthcare leader since 2014, embodying our mission of not only superior care, but healthcare with heart, courtesy, concern, kindness, and welcoming spirit for everyone. Learn more about New Orleans East Hospital and our Leapfrog "Grade A" Hospital Safety distinction.

Your extras

Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do. You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference.

About LCMC Health

One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you're the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary.

Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.