Inpatient Rehab LPN PRN Nights

Iberia Medical Center (IMC) in New Iberia LA is looking forteam members who will help advance our vision to be the premier hospital ofchoice for patients physicians and employees. Weve been caring for ourcommunity for over 60 years and offer many diverse career paths. Our newemployees experience opportunities to learn and grow while caring for theirfamilies friends and neighbors.

IMC is currently hiring a LPN Inpatient Rehab who isresponsible for rendering safe nursing care to patients; supervisingdirecting and monitoring the nursing care assigned to her/him; administeringmedications performing venipuncture bladder/bowel management assisting inthe supervision and training of CNAs; and performs related duties and usingthe knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physicalpsycho/social education safety and related criteria for the adult and geriatric population.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of an approved LPN school of nursing.
• Current license as an LPN in the state of Louisiana.

JOB KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of the nursing process and nursing principles.
• Knowledge of anatomy
• Ability to communicate effectively with other team members.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrates respect for patients and families.
• Maintains and protects confidentiality regarding all aspects of patient care
• Applies the nursing process to each patient and implements nursing actions
• Identifies patient and family education needs and in collaboration with other disciplines initiates education needs according to the age of the patient.
• Participates in planning of patients discharge needs and readiness for discharge.
• Participates in departmental and hospital improvement plan
• Functions as a positive role model for peers and promotes a professional image of Iberia Medical Center
• Maintains confidentiality security and integrity of patient and organizational data
• Consistently lives by the Iberia Medical Center Standards of Performance
• Adheres to the Patient Safety Goals

Physical andEnvironmental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative ofthose that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essentialfunctions of this job. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to performthe essential functions.

Heavy Work - Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionallyand/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 10 to 20 pounds of forceconstantly to move objects.(Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) tomove objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for SedentaryWork. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount a jobshould be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to asignificant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time butentails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the jobrequires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushingand/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials isnegligible. NOTE: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a productionrate pace especially in an industrial setting can be and is physicallydemanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Duties performed routinely require exposure to blood bodyfluid and tissue.

The incumbent works in a patient care area; works in an areawhere patients enter; works directly with patients; and/or works with specimensthat could contain communicable diseases. There may be an occupational risk forexposure to communicable diseases.

Because the incumbent works within a healthcare settingthere may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications orhazardous waste within the environment through receipt transport storagepreparation dispensing administration cleaning and/or disposal ofcontaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on theessential job duties of the role.

IBERIA MEDICAL CENTER is an EEO employer - M/F/Vets/Disabled

Please call HR for more information.