Licensed Practical Nurse

May be entitled to translation/bilingual, shift or other wage premiums as governed by the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Please refer to the respective collective bargaining agreement for additional information on such wage premiums.

Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs. Builds rapport and cooperative relationship with members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems. Performs duties under the Nurse Practice Act (Portions adopted from the Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS ).

• Knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications, using the consistent 5 rights and 3 checks of medication administration, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, two patient identifiers, and procedural time outs. Reports safety hazards, accidents, incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
• Applies principles of asepsis and infection control. Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment, identifying malfunctioning equipment.
• Supports the physician and other medical providers in the care and treatment of patients, including rooming the patient, communicating delays to patient, provider, and team members, and facilitating the medical providers’ schedule.
• Performs routine and specialized nursing procedures following physicians orders and approved nursing care plan, such as administering treatment with therapeutic equipment, administering medications (including narcotics) orally or by injections, and providing specialized nursing care to acutely ill patients.
• May perform intravenous therapy if IV certified LPN, as per Colorado State Board of Nursing Chapter IX.
• Monitors patients’ condition by observing, collecting, reporting, and recording objective/subjective data; identifies changes in the patients’ condition; reports signs and symptoms of deviation from normal health status; reports adverse patient conditions to physician, Nursing Manager, or registered nurse.
• Teaches and promotes general preventive health measures to patients and their families regarding home health care, such as use of medications, administering injections, taking blood pressure, post‑operative care, and general diabetic care. Disseminates pre‑printed standard aftercare instructions and patient information.
• Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Assists physician with examinations, treatments, and minor surgery by preparing patient and room for a procedure and attending the patient during the procedure.
• Records pertinent information in patient’s medical chart, including nursing history, physical data, vital signs, symptoms, treatments, examinations, medications administered, reactions, and general observations.
• Assists in orienting and training new employees, as assigned.
• May perform the duties of a Nursing Assistant or Medical Receptionist, as required.
• May assign/coordinate activities for nursing and medical assistants and medical receptionist.
• Orders, stores, and maintains adequate inventory of supplies and instruments used by the department.
• Consistently demonstrates the service behaviors and principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission, and departmental/organizational initiatives.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to purchasers, contracted providers, and vendors.

• Experience: N/A
• Education: Graduation from an accredited Practical Nursing program and licensed as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the State of Colorado; completed a minimum of 400 clock hours of faculty‑planned clinical experience and guided learning activities requiring direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP), or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible.
• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) required.
• License, Certification, Registration: Practical Nurse License (Colorado).

• Demonstrated customer service focus and exemplary service skills.
• I.V. therapy certification may be required for some positions.

• BLS preferred.
• Six (6) months of experience with adults, pediatrics and/or trauma preferred.
• I.V. therapy certification preferred.