Night Shift LPN — Onsite Skilled Nursing Care

UNC Health Care; Woodridge (NC); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

UNC Health Nash, part of UNC Health Care, is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse for a Skilled Nursing Facility in Nash County. This part-time, night-shift role is onsite at Nash HC and supports patient care in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include developing care plans, administering medications, monitoring patients, and assisting families during admission and discharge. Completion of an accredited LPN program and NC LPN license with BCLS are required.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited practical nursing program.
• NC LPN License and BCLS certification.
• No professional experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and write routine reports.

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.
• 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

Patient care

Clinical nursing

Communication

Education

Accredited practical nursing program

Job description

UNC Health Nash, part of UNC Health Care, is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse for a Skilled Nursing Facility in Nash County. This part-time, night-shift role is onsite at Nash HC and supports patient care in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include developing care plans, administering medications, monitoring patients, and assisting families during admission and discharge. Completion of an accredited LPN program and NC LPN license with BCLS are required.