Description Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN
Bartlesville Health & Rehab Community is hiring Licensed Practical Nurses to join our nursing team. We are looking for dependable, compassionate, and clinically focused nurses who are committed to providing safe, respectful, and high-quality care to residents.
LPNs provide nursing care in a skilled nursing and long-term care setting under the direction of nursing leadership and in accordance with physician orders, facility policy, and Oklahoma licensure requirements. This includes administering medications, completing treatments, monitoring resident condition, communicating with providers and families, documenting care, responding to changes in condition, and helping coordinate daily resident care.
LPNs also provide direction and support to CMAs and CNAs, helping ensure resident needs are met timely and safely. This position plays an important role in medication safety, treatment accuracy, documentation, resident comfort, infection control, fall prevention, skin monitoring, and overall quality of care.
A successful LPN is organized, calm under pressure, dependable, observant, professional, and able to communicate well with residents, families, providers, nursing staff, and facility leadership.
Applicants must have a current Oklahoma LPN license, strong communication skills, a team-focused attitude, and a commitment to resident rights, confidentiality, infection control, medication safety, and quality care.
Bartlesville Health & Rehab Community offers a supportive workplace, meaningful work, and the opportunity to make a difference in residents' lives every day.
Requirements
Required Qualifications The Licensed Practical Nurse must:
Hold a current Licensed Practical Nurse license in the State of Oklahoma.Be in good standing with the applicable nursing board or regulatory authority.Maintain current licensure, required continuing education, competencies, and facility education.Demonstrate knowledge of nursing care, medication administration, treatment administration, resident rights, documentation, infection control, and long-term care expectations.Demonstrate the ability to supervise CNAs and CMAs and communicate resident care needs clearly.Be able to read, write, speak, and understand English sufficiently to perform nursing duties, understand orders, complete documentation, and communicate resident needs.Maintain current CPR certification if required by facility policy or assigned duties.Pass required background checks and meet employment eligibility requirements.Preferred Qualifications
Preferred qualifications include:
Previous LPN experience in skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, memory care, hospital, home health, hospice, rehabilitation, or a similar healthcare setting.Experience supervising CNAs and CMAs.Experience with electronic health records, electronic medication administration records, and electronic treatment records.Experience with wound care, skilled documentation, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, hospice, dementia care, behavioral symptoms, infection control, and resident assessment.Experience communicating with physicians, nurse practitioners, families, pharmacies, therapy staff, and interdisciplinary team members.Required
Skills and AbilitiesThe Licensed Practical Nurse should be able to:
Provide safe, competent, compassionate, and resident-centered nursing care.Administer medications and treatments accurately and safely.Recognize and respond to resident changes in condition promptly.Communicate clearly and professionally with residents, families, providers, coworkers, CNAs, CMAs, nurses, and leadership.Supervise, direct, support, and hold assigned nursing assistants and medication aides accountable.Complete documentation accurately, objectively, and timely.Follow physician orders, care plans, policies, nursing standards, infection control expectations, and resident rights requirements.Maintain confidentiality and professional boundaries.Remain calm and professional during emergencies, resident distress, family concerns, staffing challenges, behavior symptoms, and busy periods.Organize and prioritize multiple resident needs, medications, treatments, documentation requirements, and staff questions during the shift.Work cooperatively with nursing, therapy, dietary, activities, social services, housekeeping, laundry, maintenance, admissions, MDS, business office, and administration.Use sound judgment and request guidance when orders, resident condition,…
