LPN / LVN - Behavioral Health

Overview

LPN - Inpatient Mental Health Unit

Allen Hospital - Waterloo, IA

Full-time, days with every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation.

Responsible for providing safe and reliable patient care, under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). Assists in the monitoring, observing, and reporting reactions to the patient's plan of care.

Responsibilities

Clinical Excellence

• Assists in the identification of appropriate patient care interventions to maintain comfort, support human functions and responses and maintain an environment conducive to safety and well-being.

• Implements measures to promote a safe environment.

• Assists the healthcare team to achieve the patient care outcomes and goals of care.

• Administers medications, including IV fluids, and performs tasks within scope of practice.

• Integrates multidisciplinary approach to maintain comfort, support human functions and responses, and maintain an environment conductive to safety and well-being. Implements measures to promote a safe environment.

• Collaborates with the patient/family to anticipate steps needed to ensure safe transitions in care.

Patient Education

• Integrates patient/family teaching throughout the hospitalization, including the overview of the plan and goals of care, pre- and post-operative procedures, diagnostic procedures and discharge teaching.

• Integrates preventative health maintenance into the education plan.

• Assess and chooses teaching strategies appropriate to the patient's and their families' age specific needs, culture, readiness to learn and level of comprehension.

• Consults appropriate resources within the hospital to provide specialized education.

Qualifications

• Completed an accredited LPN program.

• Previous CNA/PCT experience.

• Possess current LPN licensure in the State of Iowa or compact state.

• Ability to successfully complete a basic computer course on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) through in-hospital training.

• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills with patients, families, healthcare team members and other customers.

• Demonstrates real-time EMR documentation in accordance with hospital and unit policies.

• Demonstrates knowledge that patient and workplace safety is a priority by preventing errors, accidents and infections and reporting potential or actual concerns immediately.

• Area of Interest: LPN;

• FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9;

• Department: Gen Behavioral Hlth-MH- Logan;

• Shift: Full-time Days, with every 3rd weekend and holiday rotation.;

• Job ID: 150057;