LPN Inpatient

At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.

Position Summary:

The Licensed Practical Nurse functions as an integral member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in providing direct patient care. The LPN scope of practice utilizes the nursing process and is defined within the Maine Nurse Practice Act. The LPN while under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Provider practices with minimal supervision and in accordance with CMHs clinical and departmental policies and procedures. The LPN assists clinically in the delivery of patient care acts as the patients advocate aides in directing nursing activities to Certified Nursing Assistants provides clerical support and promotes teamwork with coworkers staff providers and personnel in other departments while exhibiting the values of CMH. The LPN communicates effectively with members of the health care team about a patients condition symptomatology and results of diagnostic studies.

Essential Duties:

• Participate in bedside handoff reporting to nurses coming on duty while including the patient to provide necessary information and facilitate the delivery of excellent patient care.
• Conduct hourly patient rounds in conjunction with other nursing staff; to enhance patient safety satisfaction and quality of care. Report problems to registered nurse and/or appropriate team members and initiate corrective action when necessary.
• Identify patient problems and emergency situations and initiate emergency care and lifesaving measures per BLS and other protocols and policies.
• Act as a resource for assists and directs C.N.A. staff in ensuring safe quality patient care is provided.
• Administer and document patient care medications and treatments per physicians orders within the EMR in accordance with hospital policy.
• Work collaboratively with CMH Pharmacy and in compliance with all state and federal regulations in the handling administration storage and destruction of pharmaceuticals.

• Notify registered nurse and other personnel as necessary of changes in patients conditions and take appropriate followup action.

• Assure housekeeping tasks are completed on unit in accordance with policy. Maintain clean patient rooms restock as needed and change bed linen according to hospital practice.
• Perform electrocardiograms including proper electrode placement.
• Ensure documentation meets current standards and policies.
• Answer telephone/intercom professionally and communicate information to appropriate personnel.
• Communicate appropriately and clearly within the interdisciplinary team including managers supervisors coworkers and providers.
• Treat patients and families with respect and dignity identifying and addressing psychosocial cultural ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family.
• Interact professionally with providers staff patients and families.

• Promote the mission vision and values of the organization.
• Maintain a good working relationship both within the department and within the organization.
• Interpret existing policies and procedures to C.N.A.s patients families and physicians when necessary.
• Completes mandatory inservices online modules and competencybased trainings routinely and annually.
• Follows all employee health procedures incident reporting and infection control requirements at all times as appropriate to the position.

Education and Experience:

• Must possess a current unencumbered active license to practice as an LPN in the State of Maine.
• Telemetry Certification within the first year of hire.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within 3 months of hire.
• Must be proficient with basic computer skills

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to handle difficult situations involving patients physicians and others in a professional manner.
• Working knowledge of procedures and techniques involved in administering routine and special treatments to patients.
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the heart in relation to waves complexes time and voltage as shown through the conduction system and strip interpretation.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks or activities simultaneously provide quality patient service prioritize and use critical thinking.
• Demonstrate an ability to be flexible organized and function under stressful situations.
• Effectively communicate with patients in a supportive and tactful manner.
• Identify and apply effective service recovery opportunities.
• Ability to remain calm in a busy or stressful situation.
• Represent the organization in a positive manner by maintaining a pleasant and helpful demeanor and presenting a professional appearance toward all internal and external customers at all times.
• Support and encourages strong morale within the team and maintain effective professional relationships with others.
• Ability to be flexible and tolerant of a fastchanging environment.
• Desire to learn new specialties systems and processes.
• Maintains professional growth and development through seminars workshops and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends and legal requirements.
• Participates in unitbased committees or hospitalbased council and/or committees.
• Ability to engage patients and team members utilizing the CMH Experience Standards
  • I am creating a warming caring and nonjudgmental environment
  • I am actively listening and seeking information
  • I am honest truthful and consistent
  • I am respectful treating all individuals with dignity and empathy
  • I am serving as a role model taking both initiative and ownership when appropriate
  • I am working collaboratively and demonstrating teamwork
  • I am resilient and adapt to change in positive ways.

• Demonstrated ability to direct and triage in a highly fluid dynamic operational environment.
• Ability to collaborate with all layers of the management/ administration team.

If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity we look forward to reviewing your application!