Licensed Practical Nurse- Float Pool

Overview

Beloit Health System is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team at Beloit Memorial Hospital in our Inpatient Float Pool.

• Shift: 1st
• Schedule: 7a-7p
• Hours per week: 24 hours per week
• Benefits Status: Benefits Eligible
• Department: Beloit Memorial Hospital Float Pool

• Makes effective contributions to RN initiated ongoing assessments.
• Organizes assessment data so they are accurate, complete and accessible.
• Follows nursing care plans and observes established policies and procedures to assure proper treatment and care of patients; initiates and records patient treatments in an accurate and precise manner; documents nursing actions taken and their effectiveness in nurse s notes or flow sheets.
• Recognizes significant behavioral and physiological changes and documents them and informs the registered nurse of significant patient care changes.
• Ensures patient safety while handling, transporting and providing medications to patients; protects patients from various hazards, falls, disease exposure, etc.
• Safely administers oral, enteral, PR, and topical medications.
• Makes contributions to patient and family teaching through the involvement of the family and significant others; documents patient and family teaching activities.
• Utilizes sound judgment in responding to patient emergency situations.

• Graduate of an accredited NLN LPN school of nursing and active Wisconsin LPN licensure.
• CPR certified or certification within 3 months of hire.
• Completion of Beloit Health System telemetry course/test within 3 months of hire.
• Ability to work independently and react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.

Reporting Relationship: Clinical Manager and Department Director