LPN PRN New Rates! M

Harboroaks; Springfield (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading psychiatric hospital in Springfield, MO as a PRN LPN. You will provide essential nursing care, ensuring patient safety and comfort while collaborating with healthcare teams. Ideal candidates will have a nursing degree, relevant experience, and a commitment to patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Current LPN/LVN license as required by state.
• One or more years' nursing experience preferred.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient health and administer basic care.
• Collaborate to meet patients’ needs and resolve complaints.
• Provide safe delivery of medication and thorough documentation.

Skills

Patient monitoring

Customer service

Communication

Empathy

Education

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Overview

PRN LPN Days/Nights - Lakeland Behavioral Health

New Pay Rates!

Join us at Lakeland Behavioral Health - Springfield, MO. We are Missouri's leading Psychiatric Hospital and Treatment Center working with children and adolescents ina 208-bed facility that offers comprehensive training, dynamic leadership, and personalized support so you can achieve your greatest potential.

Positions open in our Acute Inpatient Hospital and Residential Treatment Center.

Safety is a top priority at Lakeland Behavioral Health! We prioritize the safety of both our patients and staff, employing Personal Panic Alarm devices across all clinical and non-clinical areas to promptly summon assistance when necessary.

Responsibilities

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice, as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures. Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.

· Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.

· Collaborate with others to ensure that patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.

· Provide for the basic comfort of patient, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.

· Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.

· Discuss the care provided with patient and listen to their concerns. Report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.

· Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patient, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.

· Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice.

· Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.

· Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses and progress.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

· Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

· Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.

· One or more years' of nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

· Current LPN/LVN license as required by state.

· CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

· First aid may be required based on state or facility.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

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