Licensed Practical Nurse Sign On Avail

Lakeland Behavioral Health System•Springfield, MO

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Lakeland Behavioral Health is hiring an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a full-time day position with 12-hour shifts at its 208-bed psychiatric hospital in Springfield, Missouri. The facility serves adults and adolescents and describes its environment as mission-driven, with an emphasis on structure, safety, compassion, training, supportive leadership, and teamwork. A $5,000 sign-on bonus is offered. The LPN provides nursing care within the state Nurse Practice Act, the LPN/LVN scope of practice, and applicable facility and corporate policies and procedures. The role includes monitoring patient health, providing basic care and comfort, implementing individualized care plans, administering medication safely, communicating with patients and care teams, and accurately documenting patient symptoms, responses, and progress. Patient safety and professional, empathetic customer service are priorities.

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 served by the facility is preferred.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice and in support of care plan objectives and goals.
Model customer service expectations and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
Collaborate with others to address 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 identified 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 changes in status or other concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in treatment.
Deliver medications safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians’ orders, and current practice.
Maintain professional nursing practice standards in accordance with facility policies, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
Accurately and thoroughly report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.