Job Overview
Join our dynamic healthcare team as a Travel Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and make a meaningful impact in diverse clinical settings across the region. This exciting role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality patient care while exploring new environments and expanding your professional experience. As a Travel LPN, you will be responsible for delivering compassionate nursing services, supporting patient recovery, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. Your expertise will help improve patient outcomes in a variety of settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living communities, and home health environments.
Duties
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments, including vital signs, physical examinations, and health history documentation using Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems such as Epic or Cerner.
- Administer medications, injections, IV infusions, and treatments following strict protocols to ensure safety and efficacy.
- Assist with complex procedures such as catheterization, wound care, tube feeding management, and ventilator support.
- Monitor patients’ conditions closely, recognize signs of acute pain or deterioration, and escalate care as needed through triage or collaboration with physicians.
- Document all patient interactions accurately in medical records while maintaining strict adherence to HIPAA and clinical confidentiality policies.
- Support discharge planning, patient education, and coordination of care for individuals with chronic conditions like dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
- Utilize critical thinking skills to evaluate diagnostic results, perform specimen collection/processing, and manage emergency situations in fast-paced environments such as Level I Trauma Centers or Emergency Rooms.
Qualifications
- Valid LPN license with current state licensure and certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Proven experience working in diverse healthcare settings including hospital medicine, ICU, emergency medicine, long-term care facilities, or skilled nursing facilities.
- Strong knowledge of medical terminology, physiology, ICD coding (ICD-9/ICD-10), and electronic health record systems like Epic or Athenahealth.
- Demonstrated ability to perform advanced nursing procedures such as IV insertion, phlebotomy, medication administration, and aseptic technique.
- Experience caring for geriatric patients with complex needs such as dementia or memory care residents is highly desirable.
- Excellent patient assessment skills with the ability to recognize urgent issues related to acute pain management or infectious disease control.
- Ability to adapt quickly to new clinical environments while maintaining high standards of patient care and safety.
Join us today to bring your expertise into diverse healthcare settings while enjoying the adventure of travel nursing! We value energetic professionals committed to delivering exceptional patient-centered care across all stages of health and wellness.
Pay: $1,650.00 per week
Work Location: On the road
