Licensed Practical Nurse Med​/Surg

Overview

THIS POSITION QUALIFIES FOR A $3,500 TWO YEAR COMMITMENT INCENTIVE.

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Provides direct patient care, meeting both psychological and physical needs in accordance with the plan of care, physician's orders, and nursing and department policies and procedures. Patients range in age from neonate to geriatric. Care may be provided in an inpatient setting, ambulatory care, home health, or hospice.

• Contributes to the development and maintenance of a current, individualized, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals to assure that the assessed needs of patient/caregiver are met.
• Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient response to treatments/therapies and teaching, and adjusts priorities of care according to patient/caregiver needs. Collects, documents, and reports data regarding patient's biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs.
• Participates in unit, service, and/or department enrichment activities which contribute to positive outcomes such as assigned committees, CQI activities/groups, and the orientation and education of other personnel.
• Provides a broad range of treatments/therapies to patients including, but not limited to, respiratory treatments, Oral/NG/NT suctioning, and tracheostomy care, administration of medications, observation of cardiac monitors, respirators, etc. and reporting of any changes, assistance to physician with special procedures, monitoring of intravenous infusions, performs point of care testing, performs routine laboratory work, changing/irrigating catheters, specialized sterile dressings, and patient/caregiver teaching based upon the established teaching plan.
• Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge.
• Provides support to patients and families. Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients. Facilitates age appropriate coping strategies for patients.

• Requires graduation from a state accredited program of practical nurse education.

• Licensed to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the state of North Carolina. Requires BLS.

• No prior experience required.

• Legal
  
  Employer:
  
  NCHEALTH
• Entity: UNC Rockingham Health Care
• Organization Unit: RHC 2nd Floor Nurse
• Work Type:
  Full Time
• Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00
• Salary Range: $20.53 - $29.23 per hour (Hiring Range)
• Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity
• Work Assignment Type:
  Onsite
• Work Schedule:
  
  Day Job
• Location of Job: US:
  
  NC:
  
  Eden
• Exempt From Overtime:
  Exempt:
  No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Health Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

• Entry level

• Full-time

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