Licensed Practical Nurse - SEMORS - SIKESTON
About the role
Southeast Missouri Residential Services is a State of Missouri facility located at 112 Plaza Drive, Sikeston, MO. We are professional, agile, and innovative. Our work environment includes a modern office setting, growth opportunities, and wellness programs.
Responsibilities
- Administer medication and other prescribed treatments
- Take vital signs
- Assist with care plan activities
- Observe and report patient conditions and behaviors
- Participate in rehabilitation, ambulation, and transfers
- Oversee the work of nursing assistants
- Communicate with doctors, patients, and families
- Educate patients on care
- May transport clients to offsite appointments and apply restraints when necessary
- Provides bedside care, including feeding and personal hygiene assistance
- Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
- Performs laboratory draws
- Observes patients to detect deviations from normal conditions
- Prepares, administers, and charts medications according to physician orders and under the supervision of a higher-level Licensed Practical Nurse or a Registered Nurse
- Contacts the pharmacy regarding prescriptions and reviews filled ordered against MAR and physician orders
- Assists Registered Nurses in preparing nursing assessment summaries and implementing health care plans
- Instructs patients on how to perform basic personal health care, including rehabilitative and preventative care
- Reviews hospital discharge orders and consults with primary doctor, as needed
- Attends medical appointments with patients
- Completes assessments for injuries, falls, neurology checks, and the tube feedings
- Aids in the patient admission process and participates in nursing care planning
- Completes practical nursing duties without detailed instruction; work is reviewed through reports, inspections, and observations
- Provides training to direct support staff
- Performs other related work as assigned
Requirements
- Possession of a current license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Missouri or in accordance with Missouri's Nurse Licensure Compact
- Knowledge of current nursing theory, practices, and techniques
- Skill in applying practical nursing principles in the care of persons with physical or mental illness, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or the geriatric population
Qualifications
- Previous experience working with the developmentally disabled
- Strong work ethic
- Active interest in helping to care for our consumers
Skills
- Practical nursing skills
- Medication administration
- Vital sign taking
- Assisting with care plan activities
- Observing and reporting patient conditions and behaviors
- Communicating with doctors, patients, and families
- Educating patients on care
- Transporting clients to offsite appointments
- Applying restraints when necessary
Benefits
The State of Missouri offers a great benefit package, including a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees.
Pay
Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.
Schedule
The schedule is a 12-hour shift, 9:00am - 9:00pm, rotating with every other weekend off.