Licensed Practical Nurse - Baird 3 - General Medicine
About The Position
Baird 3 - General Medicine is currently seeking experienced LPNs to join their team! Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available. Per diem positions are not available. UNIT DESCRIPTION: Baird 3 opened as an Adult Medicine – Telemetry unit in June 2019. The team that makes up Baird 3 was originally cultivated utilizing experienced UVMMC staff and newly hired staff from all over the world. Over the years, Baird 3 has created a positive and enthusiastic environment that uplifts and supports one another. Baird 3 is a fast paced and stimulating unit. The immense variety of patients and diagnosis’ enables staff to grow professionally and personally. Baird 3 provides a foundation for one to flourish, evolve and advance their skills. JOB SUMMARY: The LPN I is an integral part of the care team and a key contributor to delivering high quality care that is compassionate, consistent and reliable for our patients, families, units and the practices within the UVM Medical Center. The incumbent is involved in direct patient care under the direction of a provider or RN, provides technical nursing care to patients in varying states of health and illness and performs clinical and administrative health care support services to patients and families according to knowledge, ability, and duties assigned. EDUCATION: Current LPN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the State of Vermont is required. EXPERIENCE: An LPN with less than two years of LPN experience, and less than 1 year of UVMMC employment, or an LPN with two or more years of LPN experience, and less than 6 months of UVMMC employment, and does not meet criteria to become and LPN II (see Career Ladder for criteria required to be an LPN II). This is a bargaining union position. The University of Vermont Medical Center is committed to being a national model for the delivery of high-quality academic health care for a rural region. The University of Vermont Medical Center will continue to ensure that individuals are employed, and that employees are treated during candidacy and employment, without regard to their sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices as follows: Employment decisions at The University of Vermont Medical Center are based on legitimate job-related criteria. All personnel actions or programs that affect qualified individuals, such as employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, advertising, termination, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, are made without discrimination based upon the individual’s sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Requirements
- Current LPN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the State of Vermont is required.
- An LPN with less than two years of LPN experience, and less than 1 year of UVMMC employment, or an LPN with two or more years of LPN experience, and less than 6 months of UVMMC employment, and does not meet criteria to become and LPN II (see Career Ladder for criteria required to be an LPN II).
Responsibilities
- involved in direct patient care under the direction of a provider or RN
- provides technical nursing care to patients in varying states of health and illness
- performs clinical and administrative health care support services to patients and families according to knowledge, ability, and duties assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
