Night-Shift ER LPN: Critical Care Nursing

UNC Health Care; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Nash is seeking an Licensed Practical Nurse for a Skilled Nursing Facility. The role supports complex patient care during night shifts, delivering medications, monitoring respiratory status, and assisting with discharge planning in a 36-hour work week.

Strong nursing credentials and ability to collaborate with physicians and teams are required. The department emphasizes compassionate care, safety, and patient education.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited practical nursing program.
• Current NC LPN license and BCLS certification.
• No prior professional experience required.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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 data regarding patient's biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs.
• 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.
• 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.
• Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
• Provides support to patients and families. Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients. Facilitates age appropriate coping strategies for patients.

Skills

Language skills

Mathematical skills

Reasoning ability

Interpret instructions

Education

NC LPN License

BCLS

Job description

UNC Health Nash is seeking an Licensed Practical Nurse for a Skilled Nursing Facility. The role supports complex patient care during night shifts, delivering medications, monitoring respiratory status, and assisting with discharge planning in a 36-hour work week.

Strong nursing credentials and ability to collaborate with physicians and teams are required. The department emphasizes compassionate care, safety, and patient education.