LPN - Skilled Care

WVU Medicine

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The LPN provides direct patient care according to the patient’s plan of care and/or direction from the overseeing role, helping promote comfort and functional health. The position contributes to nursing assessments and care-plan development, performs therapeutic procedures, administers assigned medications, assists with examinations and procedures, and supports patient and family education and rehabilitation. The LPN observes, records, and reports patient conditions, concerns, symptoms, reactions, progress, and responses to care, and documents nursing interventions while communicating with the healthcare team. The role obtains guidance and supervision from the overseeing role as necessary. The position is based at the UHC Skilled Nursing Facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia, and is scheduled for 36 hours per week. The work may involve protracted or irregular hours, exposure to biohazards and communicable diseases, possible radiological or chemical toxins, working with or near the deceased, working with hands in water, and electrical hazards associated with patient-care equipment. Employees must be able to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts. The role involves daily heavy physical work, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.

Requirements

Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state where services will be provided, or a current multistate LPN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
State criminal background check and federal background check, if applicable, as required for regulated areas.
One year of LPN experience.
Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt constantly to varying workloads and work assignments.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Skill using 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 physical work, including lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning, and carrying patients, materials, and equipment weighing 40 pounds or more.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care in accordance with the patient’s plan of care and/or direction from the overseeing role, consulting the overseeing role for guidance as necessary.
Perform designated therapeutic procedures for assigned patients as needed.
Observe, accurately record, and timely report patient concerns, symptoms, reactions, and progress to the overseeing role.
Assist physicians and the overseeing role with examinations and procedures as assigned.
Contribute to nursing assessments by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data.
Observe patient conditions and changes, record signs and symptoms of deviations from normal health status, and report findings to the overseeing role.
Contribute data and priorities to development of the patient’s plan of care and assist in identifying measures that maintain comfort and support human functions and responses.
Assist with assigned patient and family education and rehabilitation by reviewing patient needs with the overseeing role and following the teaching plan.
Document nursing interventions and responses to care and communicate them to appropriate healthcare team members.
Safely and accurately administer assigned intramuscular, subcutaneous, IV, and oral medications.
Obtain instruction and supervision from the overseeing role as necessary when implementing nursing techniques or practices.