Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN - Full-time

Overview

Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital

Joint venture with Select Medical & Vibra

Position: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Bowling Green, KY

Schedule: Both Shifts Sign-On Bonus: $10,000 Sign On

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

At our company, we support your career growth and personal well-being.

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting
• Advance Your Career: Continuing education opportunities
• Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
• Your Health Matters : Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care

Responsibilities

A Licensed Practical/vocational nurse provides direct patient care and functions as a part of the nursing team under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The role and scope of function is determined by the degree to which professional judgement is required to perform a particular function or procedure. The delegation of tasks or functions to the LPN/LVN is the perogative of the RN within the scope of the State Nurse Practice Act.

• Participates in data gathering and history-taking as a component of the overall Interdisciplinary Assessment Admission that is performed by the Registered Nurse (RN).
• Supports the RN in formulating the nursing plan of care, which includes goals and prescribed action for goal achievement and carrying out the plan of care on a day-to-day basis.
• Utilizes and integrates the Nursing Department's Professional Practice Model as a framework for decision making, accountability, communication, development/growth, and creating a blueprint for practice.
• Provides direct nursing care and administers treatments in accordance with organizational policy and procedure.
• Administers medication orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, and rectally in accordance with the physician's orders.
• Monitors assigned patients throughout shift and reports all relevant information to the RN.
• Documents into the medical record according to organizational policy and procedure.
• Modifies the existing care plan according to patients' needs.
• Transcribes physician orders, consulting with an RN with any questions or concerns.
• In collaboration with an RN, provides direction and training of ancillary nursing personnel.
• Attends all mandatory in-services, keeps abreast of current departmental and organization-wide policies and procedures, and maintains ongoing communication with departmental managers to ensure delivery of safe, effective patient care in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Maintains patient privacy, rights, responsibilities, and ensures patient confidentiality of all information and records.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Valid State License as an LPN/LVN required.
• Certified BLS required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous clinical experience preferred.

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disabled/Veterans