Description:

The Licensed Practical Nurse provides patient care under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse and:

• Assists in assessing and evaluating the patients physical psychosocial environmental spiritual social and educational needs and documents patient/family responses to nursing interventions while working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to achieve desired patient care outcomes.

• Assists in the development and implementation of the plan of care including the discharge plan based on standards of nursing practice health center policy and patient/family needs using clinical/critical thinking skills

• Provides facilitates and/or implements learning opportunities to meet the educational needs of patient/family based on the teaching plan developed by the registered nurse.

• Adapts positively to the ever-changing health care environment by supporting technology and process changes. Willing to learn new things is open to change and maintain a calm positive manner under stressful conditions.

• Effectively communicates pertinent patient changes/conditions to registered nurse and to multidisciplinary caregivers.

Position Purpose:

The Licensed Practical Nurse provides patient care under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse with the multidisciplinary team while using the nursing process and maintaining professional nursing standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current LPN licensure in the state of Iowa or qualified multistate licensure .

• IV Certification or to begin class within 2 years.

• Ability to work on multiple projects at one time and flexibility to meet department needs.

• Self-motivated detail oriented individual able to work with minimum supervision.

• Must provide proof of Basic Life Support (BLS Healthcare Provider American Heart Association; or American Red Cross Professional Rescuer-LIVE class only) via current card prior to employment or within 60 days of hire and maintains current status.

• Must provide proof of Mandatory Reporting for Child and Dependent Adult Abuse training prior to employment or within 6 months of hire and maintain current status per State of Iowa guidelines

• Previous acute care experience is preferred.

We care about your well-being both physical and mental which is why our benefit package includes:

• Wellness programs

• Education reimbursement

• Personalized health insurance plans (including dental and vision)

• PTO

• Long- and short-term leave

• Retirement planning

• Life insurance coverage

Ministry/Facility Information:

Trinity Health is a family of 115000 colleagues and nearly 26000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs values traditions language preferences and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center provides expert health care to 15 counties. MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center is a 342 bed regional referral teaching hospital in Mason City Iowa. MercyOne New Hampton Medical Center is an 11 bed rural access hospital in New Hampton Iowa. Our service area spans 15 counties across northern Iowa and southern Minnesota. We serve a population over 260000.

With more than 3000 colleagues and a medical staff of almost 500 physicians and allied health professionals MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center is the largest employer in the region.

MercyOne Medical Group North Iowa is part of Iowas largest multispecialty clinic systems. In north Iowa our clinics are made up of more than 25 primary care pediatric internal medicine and specialty clinics.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education recruitment retention and development) commitment and accountability communication community partnerships and supplier diversity.