Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Citadel At Saint Benedict is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join their team! As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you will be caring for a group of residents and assuming responsibility and accountability for them. Nursing is provided through assessment, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provides licensed care to assigned residents as ordered by physician and in accordance with facility, federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations.
• Provides required resident assessments / observations and interventions, reviewing care plans to ensure appropriate care.
• Takes and records residents blood pressure and vital signs, administers catheter care, administers IV therapy to residents as ordered within license limitations, and provides respiratory care, e.g. oxygen, nebulizer treatments.
• Charts nurse’s notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided as well as the resident’s response to the care.
• Ensures the resident’s environment is as free from accidents and hazards. Immediately corrects / addresses potential safety risks as prudent and warranted.
• Monitors and directs non-licensed ancillary services as deemed necessary to meet professional standards and maintain the highest practicable level of resident care.
• Communicate / report information to residents, resident families, physicians, guardians, governmental agencies, and facility personnel as required by facility policy and State / Federal guidelines.
• Ensures that all aspects of resident care plans are implemented and maintained. Make recommendations for care plan changes to the IDT per professional standards.
• Ensures compliance with infection control standards. Immediately corrects / addresses identified instances of non-compliance.
• Follows and adheres to company policies and procedures regarding HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) compliance.
• All other duties, as assigned.

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Apply to join a growing team today!

Citadel Healthcare has a long and successful history of providing long and short-term skilled nursing care. At Citadel, we are committed to personalized, integrated care that factors in the total well-being of every guest and their family members, and that does not just meet, but exceeds, their expectations. As part of this empathetic, respectful culture of care, we are dedicated to meeting individual preferences and needs in order to help each guest feel at home and achieve an optimal health outcome- our number one goal.

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