LPN- Pathways Post acute Brain Injury -7p-7a

Shepherd Center • Atlanta, GA

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides basic care to patients, performing all job functions in an ethical manner and ensuring patient safety, privacy, dignity, and confidentiality. This role interacts with and contributes to the professional development and image of all unit staff practicing in a Shared Governance model of nursing practice. Shepherd Center is a world-class clinical care, research, and family support center for people with complex conditions like spinal cord and brain injuries. It is ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation's top hospitals for rehabilitation and is recognized as both a Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model System. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an on-site intensive care unit, allowing for earlier intervention with complex patients. The culture at Shepherd Center is one of hope, humor, and hard work, offering career growth, strong co-worker relationships, leadership support, and fun activities.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited LPN program.
• BLS required.
• Active Georgia LPN license.
• Basic computer skills.
• Basic competencies are expected in nursing practice, patient and employee safety, infection control, performance improvement, practice innovation, professional nursing practice, standards of clinical nursing practice, and systems for patient safety.
• Demonstrates competency in time management, organization, prioritization and critical thinking by planning and organizing work assignments and prioritizing the specific needs of the patient.
• Takes responsibility for growing professionally and seek opportunities for improving skills.
• Communicates effectively using timely verbal, non-verbal and written communication.
• Willingly adapts to changing work demands and work environment.
• Demonstrates critical thinking skills and makes sound judgments to monitor and respond to patient needs or changes in condition.
• Maintains congenial working relationships with others.
• Completes orientation and initial assessment of competency successfully by determined due date.
• Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements by determined due date.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum one (1) year LPN experience preferred.
• Previous experience with patients with Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, and/or behavioral health preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that the ANA scope and standards of practice and the code of ethics for nurses are the foundation for nursing practice.
• Promotes high quality care, outcomes, nursing research, and evidence based practice and contributes to building and maintaining a strong environment that facilitates collaboration to achieve quality outcomes.
• Utilizes a consistent, patient-focused care approach to meet patient needs and demonstrates initiatives to utilize a holistic approach to identify patient needs.
• Utilizes analytical skills and advanced assessment skills necessary to assess a patient’s condition and utilize that data through the nursing process and clinical judgement to provide comprehensive care.
• Performs core LPN practices including admission and discharge processes, physical assessments, medication administration and management, lab specimen collection, glucose monitoring, documentation, patient/family education, wound care, pre-op and post-op care, ostomy care, orthotic devices, and pain management.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of the outcomes, working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Safely administers medications following policy/procedure.
• Reports errors, near misses or adverse drug reactions in a timely and efficient manner.
• Prepares and maintains a record of observations and care given.
• Documents information clearly and completely utilizing correct forms/systems and in a timely manner according to Center policy.
• Assists with medical appointments and medical procedures as requested by MD.
• Educates and prepares the patient/family for future self-management by facilitating patient movement from passive to an active partnership and eventually to a personal self-care expert.
• Serves as a clinical preceptor for new staff/students as appropriate.
• Provides shadowing experiences for prospective new employees as requested.
• Ensures appropriate usage/ordering of supplies and proper charging.
• Performs consistent with Shepherd Center standards, clinical policies, and procedures.
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with Center and departmental policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system.
• Actively participates in center-wide efforts that affect nursing practice.
• Adheres to patient/family centered principles using the communication and engagement tools (OARS/AIDECT).
• Monitors and ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements, organizational standards, and policies and procedures related to area of responsibility.
• Identifies potential risk areas within area of responsibility and supports problem resolution process.
• Performs other duties as required/requested/assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree