Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Are you looking for a Challenge? Looking for an innovative organization and the opportunity to learn and grow professionally? We can help! We are seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to support the Veteran community in the Dayton, OH area. This position is open to all candidates, including Locum or Traveling professionals.

• Logistics:
  • Schedule: Clinic
    
    Hours:
    
    8 am to 4:30 pm.
  • Location: Dayton, OH
  • Contact Length
    : 1-year base with 1-year option periods
• Requirements:
  • 1+ years of direct patient care experience in Intensive Care, Medical‑Surgical Units, Telemetry, Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Room
  • Graduation from a school of professional nursing
  • A current Ohio license.
  • CPR certification by an American Health Association Vendor.
  • BLS certification/ ACLS certification.

• Benefits:
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) match
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid vacation
  • 11 federal paid holidays

You will:

• Clinic
  
  Hours:
  
  8 am to 4:30 pm.
• Obtain patient history and pertinent family history.
• Assess patient and plan appropriate nursing care.
• Document plan of care and care given in the patient’s medical record.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to the charge nurse and/or physician as appropriate.
• Re‑assess the patient’s condition and revise plans of care based on the identified nursing problem.
• Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosages of most commonly used emergency drugs and their location on the crash cart.
• Assess and document patient response to medication that has been administered.
• Reorganize and initiate appropriate measures in emergencies/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that shall be accomplished.
• Instruct the patient/family regarding prescribed medications/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that shall be accomplished.
• Assess patient/family knowledge level, implement plan of instructions, and record patient/family demonstrated level of understanding.
• Operate defibrillator, EKG machines, cardiac monitor, other emergency technical equipment.
• Participate in discharge planning, as appropriate.
• Be able to initiate life‑saving measures in the absence of physicians.
• Assure the content and correctness of a prepared report and sign the document to validate its content.
• Maintain a neat, personal appearance and maintain professional decorum.
• Consistently, apply VA customer service standards, demonstrating helpful, courteous, and respectful conduct at all times.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to charge nurse and/or physician as appropriate.
• Re‑assess the patient’s condition and revise plans of care based on the identified nursing problem.

You might be the professional we’re looking for if you have:

• 1+ years of direct patient care experience in Intensive Care, Medical‑Surgical Units, Telemetry and Cardiac Monitoring and Emergency Room
• Graduation from a school of professional nursing
• A current Ohio license.
• CPR certification by an American Health Association Vendor.
• BLS certification/ ACLS certification.

If selected, candidates will need to complete credentialing and onboarding requirements consistent with VA medical staff processes.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.