LPN 4 West Cardiac/Neuro Med Surg Day Shift

Location: 122 12th Street, Princeton, West Virginia. Employer: Princeton Community Hospital (PCH), part of WVUHS.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care as outlined in the patient’s plan of care and/or as directed by the overseeing role, to promote comfort and/or return to functional health.
• Consults with the Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist for guidance in delivery of nursing care as necessary.
• Performs designated therapeutic procedures to assigned patients as needed.
• Accurately observes, records and reports patient concerns, symptoms, reactions and progress to the overseeing role in a timely manner.
• Assists physicians and the overseeing role with examinations and procedures as assigned.
• Contributes to the nursing assessment by collecting, reporting and recording objective and subjective data.
• Observes changes in patient condition, records signs and symptoms of deviation from normal health status and reports findings.
• Participates in development of the patient’s plan of care by providing data, contributing to identification of priorities and assisting in identification of measures to maintain comfort and support human functions.
• Assists in assigned patient and family education and rehabilitation by reviewing patient needs with the overseeing role and following the teaching plan.
• Documents nursing interventions and responses to care, communicating to appropriate members of the health care team.
• Accurately and safely administers intramuscular, subcutaneous, IV, oral, nebulization and/or MDI delivered medications as assigned.
• Obtains instruction and supervision as necessary from the overseeing role when implementing nursing technique or practices.
• For facilities with specialty accreditation requirements: completes annual required education related to specialty accreditation as defined by accreditation standards (via CBLs, trainings, in-services, competency validation).

Requirements

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state where services will be provided or current multi-state LPN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire date.
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable) as required for regulated areas.
• Physical demands: heavy/hard work requiring strength/stamina, lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning patients, standing, walking; carrying patients, materials and equipment weighing 40+lbs daily.
• Work environment: protracted or irregular hours; exposure to biohazards, communicable diseases, possible toxins (radiological, chemical); working with or near the deceased; working with hands in water; electrical hazards associated with patient care equipment.

Qualifications

• Preferred: One (1) year clinical experience.

Skills

• Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt to varying workloads and assignments.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Skilled with computer systems used by physician offices and hospitals to capture data accurately and consistently.
• Ability to function as a team member regarding organization, communication, and task prioritization.
• Ability to work weekends, holidays and all shifts.

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours: 36.
• Shift: Non‑Exempt (United States of America).