LPN / LVN - $24-36 per - Charlotte, NC, United States - Atrium Health

Description

Atrium Health is seeking a LPN / LVN for a job in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: LPN / LVN
• Discipline: LPN / LVN
• Duration: Ongoing
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

Overview

Job Summary

Performs nursing care and assists with planning and implementing care for the comfort and well being of the patient/resident. Functions under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. Administers medications to include oral and sublingual agents, topical agents, subcutaneous, intradermal, and intramuscular medications, safely and per policy. Must be available to provide nursing services in all patient care area of expertise and knowledge, at all elected locations.

Essential Functions

• Possess the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness.
• Possess the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness.
• Performs nursing care for the comfort and well being of the patient/resident.
• Administers medications to include oral and sublingual agents, topical agents, subcutaneous, intradermal, and intramuscular medications safely and per policy.
• Assists with admissions and discharges. Assist physicians as needed with rounds or procedures.
• Demonstrates ability to perform infusion of various intravenous products.
• Performs IV therapy to include the peripheral and central venous route.
• Prepares IV fluids for administration, changes IV tubing, and adjusts IV rate.
• Administers IV medications via secondary route and/or intermittent device, with the exception of investigational drugs.
• Administers IV push pain and nausea medications.
• Changes dressing to the peripheral/central venous IV sites, and implanted ports.
• Performs venipuncture to obtain blood samples or start IV's (when competency is completed).
• Discontinues IV therapy and removes IV catheters that do not exceed 1 1⁄2 inches in length.
• Administers blood/blood products as witnessed by a RN.
• Observes, reports, documents signs of injury, infiltration and/or inflammation at the injection site.
• Assists with complex sterile procedures.
• Performs charge nurse or term leader duties as necessary making rounds to determine level of standards or patient/resident care, environmental safety and delegate tasks of CNAI and CNAII.
• Documents observations, treatment, and patient response to treatment/therapy/nursing care.
• Assists RN with development/revision of the treatment plan.
• Reports patient/resident care conditions and concerns accurately in the shift report to supervisor, family and/or physician.

Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, bending, stopping, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 51 pounds in handling patients, residents, medical equipment, and supplies. Understands and speaks fluent English. Must have intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch, finger dexterity, critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in the patient and/or unit conditions.

Education, Experience and Certifications

High School diploma or GED required. Graduation from an accredited school of practical nursing required. Current North Carolina LPN licensure required. BLS required per policy guidelines. 3 years nursing experience in an acute care or rehabilitation facility required. Must have demonstrated leadership qualities, supervisory skills, interpersonal relationship skills, and knowledge of federal and state regulations governing clinical care, nursing practice, and leadership.

Atrium Health Job ID # Posted job title: LPN – Resource Team – Medical Group – South Region (Pineville, South Park, Rock Hill, Indian Trail) - FT Days

About Atrium Health

Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health is now part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. In the Southeast Region, Atrium Health provides care under the Atrium Health name in Charlotte, NC, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist name in the Winston-Salem, NC, region, as well as Atrium Health Navicent and Atrium Health Floyd in Georgia and Alabama. Together, we are committed to providing equitable care for all. Annually, Advocate Health provides nearly $5 billion in community benefits.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's two main components are an integrated clinical system - anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem - that includes Brenner Children's Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Atrium Health Navicent

Atrium Health Navicent is the leading provider of healthcare in central and south Georgia and is committed to its mission of elevating health and well-being through compassionate care. Atrium Health Navicent is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Navicent provides high-quality, personalized care in 53 specialties at more than 50 facilities throughout the region. As part of the largest, integrated, nonprofit health system in the Southeast, it is also able to tap into some of the nation's leading medical experts and specialists with Atrium Health, allowing it to provide the best care close to home - including advanced innovations in virtual medicine and care. Throughout its 125-year history in the community, Atrium Health Navicent has remained dedicated to enhancing health and wellness for individuals throughout the region through nationally recognized quality care, community health initiatives and collaborative partnerships. It is also one of the leading teaching hospitals in the region, helping to ensure viability for rural health care for the next generation.

Atrium Health Floyd

Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center is a 304-bed, full-service hospital located in Rome, Georgia. Serving as the main campus for Atrium Health Floyd, this hospital provides a certified Chest Pain Center, a designated Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Atrium Health Floyd also is home to a state-designated Level II Trauma Center and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and has specialty centers for pediatrics, and wound care and hyperbaric therapy.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• Life insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Health savings account