Job Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join our team at Prisma Health's Greenville Memorial Hospital. The LPN-Resident role involves attending quality and core curriculum classes, participating in professional development workshops and peer support groups, and successfully completing clinical competencies and validation requirements of the Nurse Residency Program.
About the Role
The LPN will work under the direct and indirect supervision of the Clinical Education Team, refining nursing knowledge and skills while actively participating in managing clinical situations assigned under the direct supervision of a licensed Registered Nurse.
Responsibilities
- Data Collection: Collects patient data and completes required forms with appropriate responses according to unit standards; identifies patient's problems/needs and communicates with the RN; reviews and records latest diagnostic results; performs patient care under the direct supervision of the licensed RN.
- Planning Care: Participates in the interdisciplinary care team to provide input on the plan of care based on nursing process and which incorporates the plans of other disciplines and continuing care needs; makes referrals to multidisciplinary support services under the direct supervision of the licensed RN.
- Implementing Care: Care provided conforms to accepted practice standards; provides treatments/procedures and other care as prescribed and according to patient care standards; demonstrates understanding of age-related characteristics and needs of patients served; explains nursing procedures; provides discharge teaching; identifies emergency situations and escalates to the RN; acts as an advocate for patient care with other health care personnel and evaluates patient care measures instituted.
- Evaluation: Records patient care delivered as planned and any variation, with appropriate rationale; makes and records observations related to impending or associated problems; implements nursing measures related to impending or associated problems under the direct supervision of the licensed RN.
- Leadership: Integrates cost-effective measures into nursing practice; recognizes unit problems and takes responsibility for escalating to the RN; demonstrates active participation in QI processes; complies with hospital expectations to meet staffing demands based on patient care needs; complies with policies addressing safe working conditions; monitors unsafe working conditions; recognizes inappropriate and/or ineffective patient care management, resolves issue/problem and completes written reports; fulfils call for unit as assigned and adjusts staffing for census (volume) and acuity under the direct supervision of the licensed RN.
Required Qualifications
- Completion of a LPN program recognized by the SC State Board of Nursing
- Licensed to practice as a LPN in South Carolina
Estimated Salary Range
$55,000 - $65,000 per year
We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career advancement in a dynamic healthcare environment. Our vision is simple: to transform healthcare for the benefit of the communities we serve.