Job description
Greater Image Healthcare Corporation is seeking a Long Term Care (LTC) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to assume responsibility and accountability for the delivery of patient care of patients in a Long Term Care (LTC)/ Assisted Living Facility. The Long Term Care (LTC) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) demonstrates ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner with supervision.
Responsibilities
- Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in a Long Term Care/Assisted Living Facility.
- Performs focused interview to identify specific needs.
- Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychological changes in the patient’s condition.
- Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
- Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
- Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements.
- Monitors consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff.
- Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the facility policies and patient outcome standard.
- Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient environment.
- Initiates and evaluates patient and/or family education.
- Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions.
- Document’s patient’s response to nursing and other interventions.
- Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned floor/unit including establishing priorities.
- Monitors safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment.
- Participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with the chosen facility.
- Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in accordance with 1) the Nurse Practice Act; 2) Standards of Nursing Practice; 3) Standards of Patient Care; 4) Joint Commission, state and local laws; 5) Patient’s Bill of Rights;
- Other Long Term Care (LTC) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Current Licensed Practical Nurse ( LPN) License for the state in which the nurse practices.
- Full command, verbal and written, of the English language.
- Current Health Certificate (if applicable)
- Current PPD or Chest X-Ray.
- One year prior Long Term Care (LTC) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) experience preferred.
- Current BLS card
- Successful completion of screening tests for the clinical specialty area(s) in which the Long Term Care (LTC) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) practices
Company DescriptionIt is the vision of Greater Image Healthcare, Corp. that we become the area’s prominent leader on standards of best practices and cultural competency in Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse, Individual Intellectual Disability and Foster Care Services.
It is also our vision to ensure our consumers in need of services are physically and emotionally healthy, in a safe and permanent living situation, part of a loving and supporting social network, involved in meaningful daily activities and free and safe from trouble or causing harm to self or others.
Pay: $22.32 - $26.88 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Life insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Fayetteville, NC 28301
