Night-Shift LPN: Medical Telemetry & Surgical Care

UNC Health; Rocky Mount (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Nash UNC Health Care in Nash County, North Carolina, is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse for a Skilled Nursing Facility. This part-time, night-shift role is onsite at Nash HC and offers the chance to impact patient care within a dedicated team.

Eligibility includes completion of an accredited practical nursing program and an NC LPN license with BCLS certification; no prior experience is required. Join us to deliver compassionate, high-quality care in our community hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited practical nursing program.
• NC LPN License and BCLS are required.
• Professional experience: none required.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to 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. NASH

Education

Accredited practical nursing program

Job description

Nash UNC Health Care in Nash County, North Carolina, is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse for a Skilled Nursing Facility. This part-time, night-shift role is onsite at Nash HC and offers the chance to impact patient care within a dedicated team.

Eligibility includes completion of an accredited practical nursing program and an NC LPN license with BCLS certification; no prior experience is required. Join us to deliver compassionate, high-quality care in our community hospital setting.