Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Beaver Dam Health Care Center Beaver Dam, WI 53916, US

$37 / hour

Come Join Our Healthcare Family!!

Competitive Wages + PM/NOC Shift Differential! $3,000 sign on bonus and on demand pay with Tapcheck!

Salary: Up to $37 per hour

Benefits: On demand pay with Tapcheck, medical, dental, vision, 401k with 10% match, PTO, Holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, and more!

Are you looking for a warm and cozy environment to call your next work home!? Do you want stability and longevity in your career? Are you dedicated to resident care and looking for competitive compensation?! If YES…Beaver Dam Health Care Center is looking for YOU!

Beaver Dam Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility and takes pride in providing our residents with an amazing experience. We have an incredible tight-knit family of caregivers that serves our residents everyday with compassion, care and a positive attitude! We value and work hard to appreciate our caregivers because we recognize they are the foundation of our organization. We would love for you to join that family!

Summary

As an LPN with Beaver Dam Health Care Center, you will ensure that our patients get the care they need and that we have the necessary resources to provide it. Your hard work and meaningful efforts will help us to continue providing the highest quality healthcare possible. You will have direct impact on the quality of care that our patients receive and will do what it takes to provide the highest quality care. Your outcome-focused work will leave you feeling empowered at the end of each day because you'll know you've made a difference in the lives of our patients.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

Supervises Certified Nurses 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 the assigned patient.
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 administer 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; and assists in education of new employees in the team process.

Other Duties

Performs other duties as assigned or delegated by the Registered Nurse.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements are a Graduate from an accredited school of licensed vocational nursing or licensed or licensed practical nursing with current state license in good standing. Two or more years of acute care or rehabilitation experience as a LPN is preferred.
Current state license to practice as a LPN. Must maintain current provider CPR certification throughout employment. ACLS certification preferred.

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