LPN | St. Mary's Care Center | Create own schedule!

St. Mary's Care Center is looking for LPNs to work AM, PM or NOC shifts, starting at $26/hr, PLUS you get to completely create your own schedule!

Essential Functions:

• Implements physician orders and reports the patient's response to care for all patients assigned.
• Recognizes changing patient conditions and emergency situations and intervenes appropriately within the scope of practice and contracting employer's policies and procedures.
• Displays a working knowledge of common disease pathophysiology and common diagnostic tests and procedures.
• Administers medications in accordance with established medication administration principles, physician's orders, the State Nurse Practice Act and the contracting employer's policies and procedures.
• Reviews and carries out physician orders in a timely and accurate manner.
• Reads and interprets policy and procedure manuals, written physician's orders, equipment operating instructions and safety manuals.
• Responds to inquiries or complaints from physicians, patients, family/visitors, colleagues and other health care providers and supervisors.
• Presents written and verbal information and direction to patients, family, and staff.
• Interprets a variety of technical data as appropriate to assigned responsibilities and scope of practice (e.g. lab and diagnostic test results, monitoring equipment, infusion pumps, etc.).
• Understands instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• Applies basic math to job situations (e.g. drug calculations, intake and output calculations).
• Establishes effective relationships with patients, physicians, families/visitors, coworkers and superiors.
• Provides direct care to patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, conditions, and diseases.
• Maintains a safe environment for all patients assigned.
• Responds to emergency/disaster situations according to the policies and procedures of the contracting employer.
• Operates patient equipment and devices according to manufacturer's operating instructions and contracting employer's policy.
• Provides legible, clear written or electronic documentation of all patient care provided, medications administered, and the patient's response to care.
• Maintains confidentiality of all patient information in accordance with contracting employer's policies and procedures.
• May provide limited supervision to other LPNs and/or paraprofessional personnel providing patient care through task assignments, direction and evaluation of work completed.
• Works under the direct supervision of the contracting employer who is also responsible for monitoring work in progress and reevaluating the status of the assigned work at the end of the shift/assignment.

• Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current state license in good standing in the state in which employed.
• One (1) year nursing experience (preferred)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) training in adults, children and infants.