Licensed Practical Nurse

About the role

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team. Our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, and scientists who contribute to being an industry-leading voice for advancing evidence-based care. The role involves supporting the patient directly in our hospitals or clinics, providing care at home, serving our patients through innovative virtual technology, or managing care delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• This position knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications including the consistent use of 5 rights and 3 checks of medication administration, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs.
• Applies principles of asepsis and infection control. Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment, including identifying malfunctioning equipment.
• Supports the physician and other medical providers in the care and treatment of patients, including rooming the patient; communicating delays to patient, provider, and team members; and facilitating the medical providers schedule.
• Practices within scope of practice perimeters as inferred by licensure, standard nursing practice, knowledge, skill level, and KP guidelines.
• Performs routine and specialized nursing procedures following physicians orders and approved nursing care plan, e.g. administers treatment using therapeutic equipment, such as intermittent positive pressure breathing apparatus; administers medications (including narcotics) orally or by injections; and provides specialized nursing care to acutely ill patients.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment, including identifying malfunctioning equipment.
• Monitors patients condition by observing, collecting, reporting, and recording objective/subjective data; identifies changes in the patients condition; collects data and reports sign and symptoms of deviation from normal health status, symptoms and/or reactions to medications and treatments; initiates appropriate standard emergency procedures and reports adverse patient conditions to physician, Nursing Manager, or registered nurse.
• Teaches and promotes general preventive health measures to patients and members of their families regarding home health care, such as use of medications, administering injections, taking blood pressure, general post-operative care, and general diabetic care. Disseminates pre-printed standard aftercare instructions and pre-printed patient instruction material.
• Assists physician with examinations, treatments and minor surgery, by preparing patient and room for a specific procedure and attending patient during procedure.
• Records pertinent information in patients medical chart, e.g., patients nursing history, physical data, vital signs, symptoms, treatments, examinations, medications administered, reactions and general observations, according to standard requirements.
• Assists in orienting and training new employees, as assigned. May perform the duties of a Nursing Assistant or Medical Receptionist, as required. May assign/coordinate activities for nursing and medical assistants and medical receptionist.
• Orders, stores and maintains adequate inventory of supplies and instruments used by department as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited Practical Nursing program and licensed as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in the State of Colorado and completed a minimum of 400 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience and guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible.
• High School Diploma OR General Education Diploma (GED) required.
• Practical Nurse License (Colorado)
• Basic Life Support within 3 months of hire
• Demonstrated customer service focus and exemplary service skills.
• I.V. therapy certification may be required for some positions.
• BLS preferred.
• Six (6) months of experience with adults, pediatrics and/or trauma preferred.
• I.V. therapy certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Ranked among the nation's best
• Awarded for excellence
• Recognizing nurses during Nurses Month in 2022
• Explore a career in nursing

Skills

• Collaborative
• Compassionate
• Flexible
• Leadership
• Socially Conscientious
• Trustworthy

Benefits

• We offer several benefits to our nurses.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

Full-time