Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN; NIGHT

At Exceptional Health Care
, you'll become a critical lifeline of our healthcare team.

During your shift, you'll provide patient care in the inpatient care setting and provide care that reflects initiative, flexibility, and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with a minimum of supervision.

Why Work With Us?

We are a patient-focused healthcare provider committed to delivering the highest standards of care while fostering a positive and collaborative workplace culture. Our team takes pride in adhering to the Exceptional Promise by treating every patient and employee with courtesy, dignity, and respect.

Here, you'll find opportunities for growth, a supportive team, and the resources you need to succeed.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) NIGHT SHIFT provides direct and indirect patient care in the inpatient care setting and provides care that reflects initiative, flexibility, and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with supervision from the RN.

The LPN can aid in IM/ SubQ injections, lab draws, urine collection, f/c starts, swab collections, PO medication administration, and IV start is appropriate certification provided. The LPN is expected to operate within their scope of practice per state regulations.

General Expectations from ALL Employees:

• Treat all patients and colleagues with dignity and respect. Have open communication between all departments and cultivate a team environment. Listen to all points of view when problem solving and collaborate as a team. Follow all hospital/department policies and procedures.
• Annual Medtrainer to be completed before the deadline.
• Follow appropriate chain of command when addressing any hospital or department issues.
• Attendance is paramount to a successful department and team. It is expected that each staff member will arrive to work with enough time to conduct the appropriate change of shift functions with unapproved OT.
• Working weekends and holidays are a required part of working in inpatient bedside healthcare, and will be determined by department managers.
• Aid in priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs, as well as factors influencing patient flow through the system.
• Communicate with Emergency Department nurses and physicians about changes in patient’s status, symptomatology, and results of diagnostic studies and advocate for patient treatment needs.
• Able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
• Maintain awareness of current ER/IP operational policies and procedures which impact position responsibilities.
• Demonstrate current comprehensive and professional knowledge and skills in conformation with recognized nursing standards including the Patient Bill of Rights standards for patient care and Nurse Practice Act.
• Provide direct patient care, evaluate outcomes, consult with other specialists as required, and adjust nursing care processes to ensure optimal patient care.
• Able to perform head to toe reassessments as per policy, including pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
• The LPN will reassess based on ESI level per policy.
• Able to adequately reassess pain per policy, utilize appropriate pain management techniques, and educate the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Able to monitor hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interpret results.
• Demonstrate knowledge of cardiac monitoring to identify dysrhythmias.
• Able to perform waived testing (point-of-care testing) per patient care policies and procedures.
• Able to interpret the results of lab testing and take appropriate action on results, including alerting the provider in a timely manner.
• Maintain current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition.
• Maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses, and assessment of changes.
• Perform all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Interact professionally with patients and family…