Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

About the role

Watertown Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility seeking an LPN to ensure patients receive needed care and to maintain necessary resources for providing high-quality healthcare. This role directly impacts patient care quality and involves supervision of Certified Nursing Aides under the direction of an RN.

Responsibilities

• Supervises Certified Nursing Aides under direction of RN
• Collects patient care data and monitors patient conditions and family dynamics based upon observation, history and nursing/medical diagnosis
• Contributes to the development of the plan of care and discharge plan for assigned patients
• Implements patient care utilizing care plan, delegated medical orders and collaborates with health team members as necessary
• Assists in evaluating outcomes of patient care planning and teaching and in revising the plan according to changing needs of the patient
• Participates in the orientation and education of personnel and students
• Documents the delivery of health care and nursing process in accordance with specific unit standards and hospital nursing policy
• Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks/responsibilities and complete duties within allotted time
• Knows the rationale for the effect of medications and treatments and correctly administers same
• Obtains report from the nurse being relieved from duty and provides report to nurse coming on duty
• Keeps Supervisor or other as appropriate informed about patient's status and related matters
• Performs or supervises complete, timely, and accurate documentation of patient care
• Performs administration and documentation of medications, internal nutrition and treatments per physician's orders and accurately records all care provided
• Performs or supervises review of medication and treatment records for completeness, accuracy in transcription of physician orders and adherence to stop order policy
• Utilizes the nursing process, documentation, communication and technical skills, collaboration with physicians and other team members to meet performance requirements
• Performs or supervises the service and documentation of prescribed diets and fluid intake
• Makes patient rounds to assess physical and emotional status and to initiate nursing intervention
• Demonstrates willingness to try new tasks; generates new ideas for change; evaluates and recognizes priorities; communicates and models organizational values; fosters high performance; recognizes need for and provides adequate resources
• Applies process for improvement in daily work; assists in education of new employees in the team process
• Performs other duties as assigned or delegated by the Registered Nurse

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of licensed vocational nursing or licensed practical nursing with current state license in good standing
• Current state license to practice as an LPN
• Must maintain current provider CPR certification throughout employment

Preferred qualifications

• Two or more years of acute care or rehabilitation experience as an LPN
• ACLS certification

Benefits

• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off
• Great Work Environment
• 401k matched at 10%
• Flexible Hours (8 hour shifts)
• Paid Holidays
• Same day pay with Tapcheck

Pay

Competitive Wages plus PM/NOC Shift Differential