LPN, LPN​/LVN, General Nursing

Job Summary and Responsibilities

This position is eligible for up to a $5,000 sign‑on bonus AND up to $24,000 Student Loan Assistance

As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you will provide compassionate nursing care to our residents, under the direction of a physician or Registered Nurse.

Every day, you will assess resident needs and deliver essential physical or psychosocial care.

To be successful in this role, you will exhibit genuine compassion for patient well‑being, an understanding of your critical role in ensuring their comfort, and the patience to explain procedures, answer questions, and maintain accurate documentation.

• Assumes responsibility for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting.
• Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decision making to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions.
• Implements and/or modifies plan of care using assessment data, standards of care and evidence‑based practice inclusive of nursing care coordination, appropriate patient and family education, and discharge planning. Facilitates interdisciplinary partnership in patient care (as appropriate for an LPN).
• Integrates ethical provisions in nursing practice and delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights.
• Evaluates progress towards attainment of desired patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates effective on‑going observations and reassessment of patient/family and their response to the interventions and changes in condition.

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, upon hire
• Licensed Practical Nurse in Kentucky, upon hire
• Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire

Saint Joseph East is a 217‑bed full‑service community hospital located in Lexington, Kentucky.