Licensed Practical Nurse - Medical Surgical Med/Surg

UNC Health • Hendersonville, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct patient care in an inpatient Medical Surgical Oncology setting, meeting patients’ psychological and physical needs in accordance with the plan of care, physician’s orders, and nursing and department policies and procedures. The position is onsite at PARDEEHOSP and is scheduled for nights, with 36 standard hours per week.

The Licensed Practical Nurse contributes to individualized, goal-oriented care plans; monitors, documents, and reports patient responses and care needs; provides a broad range of treatments and therapies; and supports patients and families during admission, their hospital experience, and discharge. The role also includes participating in unit enrichment and quality activities, maintaining required competencies, and following documented policies and processes.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in North Carolina.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of current, individualized, goal-oriented plans of care and consult with other health professionals to address assessed patient and caregiver needs.
• Observe, assess, document, and report patient responses to treatments, therapies, and teaching; adjust care priorities according to patient and caregiver needs.
• Collect, document, and report to the responsible physician or registered nurse data concerning patients’ biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge-planning needs.
• Participate in unit, service, or department enrichment activities, including assigned committees, continuous quality improvement activities, and orientation or education of personnel.
• Provide treatments and therapies, including respiratory treatments, oral/NG/NT suctioning, tracheostomy care, medication administration, observation of cardiac monitors and respirators, assistance with special procedures, monitoring intravenous infusions, point-of-care testing, routine laboratory work, catheter changes and irrigation, specialized sterile dressings, and patient or caregiver teaching based on the established teaching plan.
• Assist patients and families with admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital or clinic experience, and discharge.
• Support patients and families, verbally de-escalate frightened or potentially aggressive patients, and facilitate age-appropriate coping strategies.
• Maintain competency in required skills and complete annual competency assessments according to the documented checklist.
• Adhere to documented policies and processes and perform other related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed