Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN
About The Position
Tufts Medicine Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking full-time day-shift Licensed Practical Nurses. LPNs provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of practice established by state Nurse Practice Act regulations and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. They monitor patient health, provide basic care, implement individualized care plans, and support patient safety and wellness. The role also involves facilitating admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to help ensure continuity of care at the most appropriate level and effective use of benefits and resources. Nurses are expected to maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward patients and others involved in their care.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current LPN/LVN license as required by the state.
- CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
Nice To Haves
- One or more years of nursing experience in the clinical area of service provided by the facility.
- First aid, which may be required based on state or facility.
Responsibilities
- Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, carrying out care plan objectives and goals.
- Model customer-service expectations and demonstrate urgency around patient safety.
- Collaborate with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and work to resolve customer complaints.
- Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions in their plans of care.
- Apply appropriate interventions to support patients’ progress toward wellness and maintenance of wellness.
- Discuss care with patients, listen to their concerns, and report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
- Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in patient treatment.
- Deliver medication safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians’ orders, and current practice.
- Maintain professional nursing practice standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance-improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
- Thoroughly and accurately report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
