Licensed Practical Nurse

Empath  
Full Time
PM Shift 
1845-0715

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

 

 

 

 

Job Summary

Responsible for providing nursing care to patients in a professional and courteous manner. Performs a wide variety of patient care activities and accommodative services for patients under the direction of the manager/provider.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education:  Must be, as a minimum, a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN program; Posses a valid Healthcare Provider cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate within six (6) months of their first day on the job in the facility; CPR classes are provided by Lexington Medical Center Extended Care Staff Development
Minimum Years of Experience:  None
Required Certifications/Licensure:  Current South Carolina license as a Licensed Practical Nurse; Basic first aid knowledge 
Required Training:  None

Essential Functions

•    Direct the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility. 
•    Ensure that the written policies and procedures that govern the day-to-day functions of the nursing service department are followed by all nursing personnel assigned to you.
•    Ensure that the Nursing Service Procedures Manual is followed in rendering nursing care.
•    Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
•    Ensure that all nursing service personnel are following their respective job descriptions.
•    Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
•    Participate in the development, maintenance and implementation of the facility’s quality assurance program for the nursing service department.
•    Periodically review the resident’s written discharge plan.  Participate in the updating of the resident’s written discharge plan as required.
•    Assist in planning the nursing services portion of the resident’s discharge plan as necessary.
•    Participate in surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
•    Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required.
•    Periodically review the department’s policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies as required.
•    Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.

Duties & Responsibilities

•    Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignments, etc.
•    Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
•    Greet newly admitted residents upon admission.  Escort to room as necessary.
•    Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
•    Implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards.
•    Cooperate with and coordinate social and activity programs with nursing service schedules. 
•    Make independent decisions concerning nursing care.
•    Notify the resident’s attending physician when the resident is involved in an accident or incident.
•    Make periodic checks to assure that prescribed treatments are being properly administered by nursing assistants and to evaluate the resident’s physical and emotional status.
•    Administer professional services such as catherization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressing/bandages, packs, colostomy and drainage bags, taking blood, giving massages and range of motion exercises, care of the dead/dying, etc., as required.
•    Participate in the orientation of new residents/family members to the facility.
•    Requisition and arrange for diagnostic a