LPN, Med Surg, nights, Shelbyville

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Med/Surg

Supports the licensed healthcare team members in the provision of patient care to include direct patient care, providing healthcare information to patients/families, and following established plan of care. All patient care activities are undertaken with the delegation/supervision of a licensed professional in accordance with VUMC standards and licensure regulations.

Hours of Position:

Full-time (36 hours/week), nights (7p-7a)

The Medical Surgical Unit, also known as VBCH MSU, is located on the second floor at Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital (VBCH). There are 29 beds on the unit and the typical Nurse to patient ratio is 1:4 without assistance from a Patient Care Technician or 1:6 with assistance from a Patient Care Technician.

The environment on our unit is fast-paced, organized, and prepared and equipped to provide excellent patient care.

We care for adult patients 18 and above who are being treated for COPD, CHF, acute respiratory failure, pneumonia, COVID, cellulitis, orthopedic surgeries, GI complications, and much more.

Our patients are unique because they consist of a wide variety of reasons for hospitalization which allows our nurses and patient care techs (pct s) to utilize their critical thinking and hands‑on skills to provide the best care for our patients.

One of the perks of working on our unit is the tight‑knit family we have. Everyone does an excellent job at working together and lending a helping hand when needed.

Our nurses are successful because they have a passion for patient advocacy and care, the resources to complete their daily duties, and support from fellow nurses, PCT s, and leaders.

We orient new nurses to our unit by providing individualized 1:1 training for six to eight weeks. During this time, the new orient follows the same or the same few seasoned nurses to learn the ins and outs of their job expectations.

WE ENCOURAGE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH.

If your career goal is to provide quality patient care and excel in your nursing career, the Medical Surgical Unit at Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital can help with this by making you a part of our excellent team of nurses. We are always interested in expanding our team of RNs and LPNs.

• Collaborates with patients/families and health care providers in the delivery of health care services.
• Partners with the healthcare team by following established plan of care to ensure patient progress for effective outcomes.
• Support plans to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

• Clinical Competency (Fundamental Awareness):
  Possesses limited proficiency demonstrating nursing interventions (such as wound care, point of care testing, vitals signs, etc.) in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
• LPN Patient Education (Fundamental Awareness):
  Possesses limited proficiency to demonstrate patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
• LPN Care Planning (Fundamental Awareness):
  Assists in development of the plan of care in consultation with the licensed healthcare team. Demonstrates limited ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously, prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• Clinical Patient Documentation (Fundamental Awareness):
  Has limited experience or training working with clinical applications for patient documentation.

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and…