Lpn/lvn - Newark, United States - Rockford Center

Rockford Center

Verified Company

Newark, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Responsibilities:

License Practical Nurse (LPN)

Full time

12hr shifts 7am-7:30pm with every third weekend and rotating holidays**
$5,000 SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE

Competitive Salary Offered

Rockford Center is a 138-bed mental health facility located in Newark, DE, providing easy access to a full complement of inpatient and partial behavioral health programs for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults. Rockford is the only child inpatient behavioral health facility in DE, offers an experienced and tenured senior management team, and serves New Castle County and northern Maryland.

What do our current nurses value at The Rockford Center & UHS?

An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working in our nursing department is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times.
Supportive and responsive leadership. You are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peer nurses and nursing leaders that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry.
Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career. There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement with UHS.

Essential Job Duties:

Administers patient medications as prescribed by physician
Maintains appropriate documentation for Quality Improvement monitors, Infection Control reports, etc.
Provides education to patients on their prescribed medications, as well as families, and document timely and accurately in the patient's chart
Under the guidance of a Registered Nurse, completes nursing assessments and document, as appropriate
Completes transcription of medication orders timely and error free
Helps identify patient problems, needs and strengths, and suggesting modifications to the treatment plan
Completes Adverse Drug Reaction forms and forward to the Pharmacist
Maintains patient, program, department and related documentation
Collects and analyzes data regarding the patients physical, psychosocial, environmental, selfcare, educational and anticipated needs throughout treatment
Conducts and documents ongoing patient evaluation tools
Medication administration and management of patient medications and physician orders
Participates as a member of interdisciplinary treatment team
Provides appropriate nursing intervention/documentation in crisis situations
Reports unsafe patient conditions and change in status
Provides agespecific communication, limit setting and interventions
Prepares and adheres to the facility patient discharge process
Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living
Participates in hospital emergency codes necessary to the unit's and the hospital's safe operation
Report any incidents or suspected incidences of sexual/physical abuse or other issues to community/state agencies, and represent the facility in any legal proceedings

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

Report all accidents immediately and provide effective timely corrective action on all accidents
Will adhere to all safety policies and safe work practice
Will adhere to all hospital policies and procedures
Perform other duties as assigned
Exhibit Service Excellence and support facility internal and external customer service standards

About our parent company Universal Health Services (UHS):
One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $10.77 billion in 2018.

In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 87,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 327 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 U.S.

states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications:

Licensed Practical Nurse (RN) Job Requirements: