Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Job Details:

• Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN General)
• Client: State of Ohio
• Facility/Division :- Warrensville Developmental Center
• Duration ofAssignment: Part time ongoing assignment with no set end date.
• Work hours: 2nd shift at Warrensville is 2:00 Pm-10:30 Pm and every other weekend.

**Job Responsibilities:

**- Administers nursing care within scope of practice.

• Maintains medication accountability records (e.g., charts patient records, prepares & counts medication, maintains medication stock & medical equipment & supplies);

• Observes, documents & reports patient conditions (e.g., medication reactions, treatment responses, patient behavior & progress) & prepares &/or maintains related reports & records (e.g., unusual incident reports, patient records, medication reports, seclusion/restraint logs, patient Kardex, team plan);

• Provides general nursing, direct care &/or programming assistance (e.g., takes patient vital signs; assists with personal grooming & hygiene, bathing or daily living activities; administers topical ointments & solutions, eye, ear &/or nose drops; repositions patients; responds to patient alarms; makes medical appointments for patients; escorts patients & assists with recreational activities; provides one to one group activities according to intervention stated on treatment plan).

• Provides assistance (i.e., provides work direction, orientation & t raining) to lower-level direct care staff (e.g., hospital aides, orderlies, psychiatric attendants) in providing general unskilled nursing care (e.g., dressing, bathing, feeding) to patients & attends & participates in various meetings (e.g., staff conferences, committees, interdisciplinary team meetings, in-service training programs, nursing meetings) as assigned.

• Orders medication & medical supplies; cleans nurses station & medication room/medication cart (e.g., cleans, sterilizes & restocks cart; defrosts & cleans medication refrigerator) & performs clerical tasks (e.g., answers phone, files).

**Required Documents:

**- Healthcare-professional level CPR certification

• Ohio Medical Licensure

• Covid Card

• Recently Updated Resume

Salary info:

$25 - $33 / hr