Licensed Practical Nurse Palliative Care Unit

The Palliative Care unit is an adult inpatient medicalsurgical unit with 10 private patient rooms that have excellent views of the Roanoke Valley. Comprised of Registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants our nursing team is specially trained at providing care for people living with serious illness. Palliative Care focuses on relief of symptoms and stressors of a serious illness. Our focus is patient centered and with the Palliative Care team we provide interprofessional assessment and comprehensive management of patients and families physical psychological social spiritual and bereavement needs.

This position is full time working the night shift with every other weekend and rotating holidays.

The LPN Inpatient

• Provides practical nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse or physician.
• Participates in the nursing process including data collection planning implementation and evaluation of patient care.
• Contributes to the development and implementation of individualized interdisciplinary plans of care.
• Identifies patient family and caregiver educational needs and incorporates education into the plan of care.
• Implements prescribed treatments and therapeutic interventions.
• Administers medications in accordance with provider orders and scope of practice.
• Applies knowledge of growth and development to deliver age-appropriate care.
• Advocates for patients and supports their rights providing psychological social and cultural support.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to ensure coordinated and effective patient care.
• Supports performance improvement initiatives and contributes to quality outcomes.
• Participates in orientation and development of new staff.
• Demonstrates professionalism teamwork and commitment to service excellence.
• Supports organizational mission vision and values and complies with all policies and procedures.

Education: Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing required.

Experience: None.

Licensure Certification and/or Registration: Current licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the Commonwealth of Virginia -escalation training required within 4 months of hire for Psychiatry and Behavioral Health roles and must be maintained thereafter.

Life Support: AHA BLS-HCP certification required.

Other Minimum Qualifications: Must successfully complete orientation and competency requirements. Must be able to meet essential job functions. Additional experience or certifications may be required based on service line.

This job description is intended to be a representative summary of the major responsibilities and accountabilities performed by incumbents in this role. Incumbents may be required to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

Compensation Range:

Employee pay is based on a variety of factors including qualifications credentials education and prior work experience. The compensation range does not include benefits or pension plan.

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