LPN CCC

WVU Medicine

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides nursing support to physicians and direct nursing care to patients in an inpatient setting. The role includes caring for residents in a long-term care unit, administering treatments and medications, documenting care, coordinating services, and communicating with patients’ families and the healthcare team. LPNs may assume charge of the Long Term Care unit and assign or delegate tasks to CNAs. The position requires adaptability, resilience, and effective time management and prioritization when caring for larger patient loads, including medication distribution for 15–30 residents.

The role involves protracted or irregular hours and requires the ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts. Work includes exposure to biohazards, communicable diseases, possible radiological or chemical toxins, the deceased, water, and electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment. Daily physical demands include heavy work involving lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning, standing, walking, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate LPN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
• Complete state criminal background check and federal background check if applicable, as required for regulated areas.
• Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and work assignments on a constant basis.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Skill with computer systems used by physician offices and hospitals to capture data accurately and consistently.
• Ability to function as a team member in organization, communication, and task prioritization.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts.
• Ability to perform daily heavy work, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning, standing, walking, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.

Nice To Haves

• One year of clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care according to the patient’s plan of care or as directed by the overseeing role, consulting the Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist for guidance as necessary.
• Perform designated therapeutic procedures for assigned patients.
• Observe, record, and promptly report patient concerns, symptoms, reactions, progress, and changes in condition to the overseeing role.
• Assist physicians and the overseeing role with examinations and procedures.
• Contribute to nursing assessments by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data.
• Participate in developing patient care plans by providing data, helping identify priorities, and identifying measures to support comfort and human functions and responses.
• Assist with patient and family education and rehabilitation by reviewing needs with the overseeing role and following the teaching plan.
• Document nursing interventions and patient responses and communicate them to appropriate healthcare team members.
• Administer assigned intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, oral, nebulized, and/or metered-dose inhaler medications safely and accurately.
• Obtain instruction and supervision as necessary when implementing nursing techniques or practices.
• Assume charge of the Long Term Care unit and assign and delegate tasks to CNAs.
• Provide independent care and participate in rounds with the doctor.
• Reconcile and enter orders.
• Complete extensive documentation and the admission process.
• Communicate with families about residents’ conditions.
• Coordinate follow-up appointments.
• Coordinate care with rehabilitation and other disciplines, including PT, OT, Speech, and Dietary.
• Provide respiratory treatments, including spontaneous aerosols and inhalers.
• Distribute medications to 15–30 residents.
• Complete annual education required for specialty accreditation when applicable.

What This Job Offers

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