LPN Hospital, JBH Adult Inpatient /Night

Mercyhealth•Riverside, CA

About The Position

Provides compassionate, culturally sensitive, holistic nursing care to patients in a clinical setting, supporting Mercyhealth’s nursing mission, practice values, and strategic plan. The role may include variable shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or on-call hours. The employee may float to various units according to identified needs and clinical competency, and performs other duties as assigned. The LPN collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to assess patients, plan and provide care, and evaluate outcomes. The role includes administering prescribed medications and treatments, maintaining accurate and comprehensive documentation, developing and carrying out individualized plans of care, and educating and supporting patients and families. The position also contributes to performance improvement, patient safety and experience, peer review, shared governance, professional development, and continuous learning. The job posting also describes supervisory responsibilities, including training employees, directing work, appraising performance, and resolving complaints and problems. The position involves public contact with partners, physicians, patients and families, visitors, and vendors. Mercyhealth describes itself as an integrated health system serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin through seven hospitals and 85 primary and specialty clinics, with more than 7,500 professionals.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
BSN, or an agreement upon hire to enroll in an accredited BSN completion program.
May require specific years of applicable experience according to department guidelines.
May require a color-blind test according to department guidelines.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, using the nursing process and critical thinking to care for patients.
Perform assessments, plan care, intervene, and evaluate care outcomes.
Administer prescribed medications and treatments according to approved techniques, policies, procedures, standards of care, and applicable state laws and practice acts.
Maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation in accordance with system and entity standards.
Develop, initiate, and execute individualized patient plans of care as prescribed by a physician and/or hospital policy.
Use available resources to teach and support patient and family education at an appropriate level of understanding.
Participate in department or unit performance-improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
Provide clinical expertise and guidance to other units or departments in support of patients’ longitudinal plans of care.
Help resolve system breakdowns and engage others in developing solutions.
Use critical thinking to promote patient safety and experience, manage complex situations, delegate appropriately, and escalate concerns through the appropriate chain of command.
Positively influence the professional and organizational environments and shared governance.
Engage in personal development and support continuous learning and growth, including developing or revising evidence-based practice guidelines.
Participate in peer review and peer feedback opportunities and in the professional nursing continuum.
Carry out supervisory responsibilities, including training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
Float to various units based on identified needs and clinical competency.
Perform other duties as assigned.