Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN), Progressive Care Unit, Night Shift
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing, LPN/LVN
Location: St. Albans
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Progressive Care Unit, Full-Time (Nights 7p-7:30a)
Job Category
:
Nursing
Requisition Number
: LICEN
001072
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- Posted:
March 16, 2025 - Full-Time
- On-site
Locations
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St. Albans, VT 05478, USA
Pay or shift range: $23.50 USD to $33.22 USD
The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.
DescriptionNMC is currently recruiting a LPN, in the Progressive Care Unit. The position is full-time (72 hours bi-weekly), night shift (7p-7:30a, and every other weekend). Northwestern Medical Center’s mission is to provide exceptional health care to our community. Join our high reliability team! With “people” as one of our core values, valuing our employees is a top priority for Northwestern. We care about our employees, their families, and their overall health & well-being.
We are proud to offer a generous benefits package, with recognized national carriers, designed to help our people stay healthy, balance work & life responsibilities, protect your assets & plan for a secure financial future.
Hiring Range: $23.5000 to $33.2200 USD
Licensed Practical Nurse
JOB SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of the RN, the LPN provides safe nursing care in a timely manner to patients in the PCU. The LPN performs within the scope of licensed practical nursing practice as defined by the State Board of Nursing.
PRE-REQUISITES:
Education: Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing with current VT LPN license.
Experience: Previous clinical experience preferred.
Certifications: BLS required.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports To: Nurse Manager and Director of PCU
Other Contacts: Charge Nurse, Physicians, Shift Administrators, patients and patient’s family, other employees, public & allied health agencies.
SCOPE:
Machinery or Equipment Used: Computer, phone, fax, addressograph, photocopier, electronic monitoring, and treatment devices.
Physical Demands: Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds. Lifts, positions, pushes and or transfers patients. Pushes, moves or lifts heavy equipment and supplies. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Prolonged extensive or considerable standing and walking.
Working Conditions: Regularly exposed to the risks associated with blood borne and other infectious and contagious diseases. Contact with patients under a wide variety of circumstances (accidents, injuries, illness, emergent situation). Occasionally subjected to irregular hours or unpredictable work situations. Subject to stressful environment due to multiple demands.
Required Protective Equipment: Includes but not limited to gowns, masks, non-sterile medical gloves, and sterile medical gloves, goggles.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Equipment use and management
- Talks with and listens to patients/team members
- Complete timely clinical documentation/order entry
- Protects confidentiality of patient/colleagues
- Organizes multitask workload
- Seeks assistance
- Collects/integrates data from multiple sources
- Organizes/delivers care for multiple patient assignment
- Integrates the influence of the human experience of health, illness and/or healing
- Adapts care management for diverse populations and environment
- Advocates for needs of patients
- Provides care in ethical and legal manner
- Refers concerns/issues to appropriate resources
- Acknowledges limits of experience and capability
- Identifies learning needs and seeks resources
- Utilizes equipment and supplies appropriately
- Maintain clean, orderly environment of care
- Ensures traffic control in “sensitive areas”
- Seeks out and accepts feedback
- Requests…
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