Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN General) - All Regions
1601 West Broad Street Columbus, OH 43222 US
Job Description
A-Line Staffing is now hiring Licensed Practical Nurse in your area. This would be full time / 40+ hours per week.
If you are interested in this position, please contact Chin Yang - A-Line Staffing. 586-323-4194
- The pay for this position is $27.00 per hour
- Benefits are available to full-time employees after 90 days of employment and include health, optical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance
- A 401(k) with a company match is available for full-time employees with 1 year of service on our eligibility dates
Schedule:
- 2nd Shift 2PM-10:30pm They work the days where we have need up to FTE. So if PT, we would schedule 4 days per week where we have a need. Same with FT. Weekends are every other weekend.
- This position is a contract assignment with potential to hire on permanently based upon attendance, performance, and business needs
Responsibilities
- Maintains medication accountability records e.g. charts patient records prepares counts medication maintains medication stock medical equipment supplies observes documents reports patient conditions e.g. medication reactions treatment responses patient behavior progress prepares /or maintains related reports records e.g. unusual incident reports patient records medication reports seclusion/restraint logs patient kardex team plan.
- Provides general nursing direct care /or programming assistance e.g. takes patient vital signs assists with personal grooming hygiene bathing or daily living activities administers topical ointments solutions eye ear / or nose drops repositions patients responds to patient alarms makes medical appointments for patients escorts patients assists with recreational activities provides one to one group activities according to intervention stated on treatment plan.
- Provides assistance i.e. provides work direction orientation t raining to lower-level direct care staff e.g. hospital aides orderlies psychiatric attendants in providing general unskilled nursing care e.g. dressing bathing feeding to patients attends participates in various meetings e.g. staff conferences committees interdisciplinary team meetings in-service training programs nursing meetings as assigned.
- Orders medication medical supplies cleans nurses station medication room/medication cart e.g. cleans sterilizes restocks cart defrosts cleans medication refrigerator performs clerical tasks e.g. answers phone files.
Requirements
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Knowledge of skilled licensed practical nursing procedures pharmacology client/patient care first-aid CPR general hospital practices procedures agency institutional hospital or clinic practices procedures.
- HIPAA regulations standards human relations inventory control employee training development.
- Skill in use of medical equipment e.g. respirator dialysis machine sterilizer oxygen equipment blood pressure cuff hypodermics operation of person al computer.
- Ability to understand practical field of study deal with some abstract but mostly concrete variables recognize unusual or threatening conditions take appropriate emergency action develop good rapport with patients /or residents understand manuals verbal instructions associated with practical nursing demonstrate dexterity to administer injections perform medical treatments strength to move reposition or restrain patients.
If you think this Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position is a good fit for you, please reach out to me - feel free to call, e-mail, or apply to this posting!
Chin Yang - A-Line Staffing. 586-323-4194