Licensed Practical Nurse - SEMORS - Poplar Bluff
You'll help provide one-on-one care for the facility's consumers.
- Pay
- Not posted
- Shift and hours
- Varied shifts, weekends, holidays and required overtime Ability to work assigned schedule which may include a variety of shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or required overtime.
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Behavioral Health care of persons with physical or mental illness, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or the geriatric populationConsumers with mental illness, developmental or physical disabilities, or who are geriatric
- License
- LPN license Possession of a current license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Missouri or in accordance with Missouri's Nurse Licensure Compact.Current Missouri LPN license, or a Nurse Licensure Compact license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current Missouri LPN license, or a Nurse Licensure Compact license Possession of a current license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Missouri or in accordance with Missouri's Nurse Licensure Compact. Check your license
- Also asks
- Knowledge of current nursing theory, practices and techniques Knowledge of current nursing theory, practices, and techniques.
Preferred
- Experience
- Previous experience working with developmentally disabled people A successful candidate has previous experience working with the developmentally disabled, a strong work ethic and an active interest in helping to care for our consumers.
- Also asks
- Strong work ethic and active interest in caring for consumers
What it pays
Benefits
- BenefitsDefined pension plana defined pension plan
- BenefitsGenerous leave and holiday timegenerous amounts of leave and holiday time
- BenefitsEligibility for health insurance coverageeligibility for health insurance coverage
- BenefitsWellness programsWellness Programs
- Health insurance
- Pension plan
- generous amounts of leave and holiday time
- health insurance coverage
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Pressure sore care, dressings, breathing treatments, catheters and bladder irrigations Performs practical nursing duties such as treating pressure sores, changing dressings, providing breathing treatments, inserting catheters, and flushing bladder irrigations.
- Day to day
- Bedside feeding and personal hygiene care Provides bedside care, including feeding and personal hygiene assistance.
- Day to day
- Vital signs, lab draws and detecting changes in patients Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; performs laboratory draws; and observes patients to detect deviations from normal conditions.
- Day to day
- Medication administration and charting, plus pharmacy calls
- Day to day
- Injury, fall and neuro checks, and tube feeding assessments Completes assessments for injuries, falls, neurology checks, and the tube feedings.
- Day to day
- Attends medical appointments with patients Attends medical appointments with patients.
- Day to day
- Transporting clients to offsite appointments and applying restraints when necessary May transport clients to offsite appointments and apply restraints when necessary.
- Day to day
- You oversee the work of nursing assistants oversee the work of nursing assistants
- Day to day
- Trains direct support staff Provides training to direct support staff.
- Day to day
- Reviews hospital discharge orders Reviews hospital discharge orders and consults with primary doctor, as needed.
- Day to day
- Teaches patients basic personal and preventive health care Instructs patients on how to perform basic personal health care, including rehabilitative and preventative care.
- Day to day
- Helps with patient admissions and nursing care planning Assists with the patient admission process and participates in nursing care planning.
- Overtime
- May be required Ability to work assigned schedule which may include a variety of shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or required overtime.
- Weekends
- Weekends as needed
- Details
- State residential facility at 2351 Kanell Blvd., Poplar Bluff Southeast Missouri Residential Services is a State of Missouri facility located at 2351 Kanell Blvd. in Poplar Bluff, MO.
The workplace
- Address
- 2351 Kanell Boulevard, Poplar Bluff, MO, 63901
- Hiring contact
- Alexsa White Phone: (573) 840-9068 Alexsa.White@dmh.mo.gov Alexsa White Phone: (573) 840-9068 Alexsa.White@dmh.mo.gov
Workplace: Southeast Residential Services (Poplar Bluff).
About Southeast Residential Services (Poplar Bluff)
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and floating handled day to day?
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Original listing
Posted on State of Missouri’s careers page.
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Job Summary - Why you’ll love this position
Southeast Missouri Residential Services is a State of Missouri facility located at 2351 Kanell Blvd. in Poplar Bluff, MO. We are professional, agile and innovative.
Our work environment includes
- Modern Office Setting
- Growth Opportunities
- Wellness Programs
We're looking for a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team of nurses who help provide one-on-one care for our consumers. A successful candidate has previous experience working with the developmentally disabled, a strong work ethic and an active interest in helping to care for our consumers. It is often said that there is no greater satisfaction than working directly with our consumers, and this is absolutely true. It's extremely rewarding, since many of our consumers are living well.
The State of Missouri offers a great benefit package: https://oa.mo.gov/personnel/state-employees/employee-benefits
Why dmh?
The Missouri Department of Mental Health is dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and public understanding of mental illness and developmental disabilities. By joining our team, YOU can make a difference in the lives of those impacted by a mental illness or developmental disability, so they have the opportunity to pursue their dreams, live their lives to the fullest, and be a valued member of their communities.
Responsibilities - What you’ll do
Knowledge of current nursing theory, practices, and techniques. Skill in applying practical nursing principles in the care of persons with physical or mental illness, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, and/or the geriatric population. Ability to work assigned schedule which may include a variety of shifts, weekends, holidays, and/or required overtime.
This is a licensed practical nurse (LPN) position accountable for administering medication and other prescribed treatments; taking vital signs; assisting with care plan activities; observing and reporting patient conditions and behaviors; and participating in rehabilitation, ambulation, and transfers. LPN’s oversee the work of nursing assistants; communicate with doctors, patients, and families; and educate patients on care. May transport clients to offsite appointments and apply restraints when necessary. Communicates with doctors, patients, and families, and educates patients on care. Ability to function in situations requiring a high level of practical nursing skill.
Performs practical nursing duties such as treating pressure sores, changing dressings, providing breathing treatments, inserting catheters, and flushing bladder irrigations. Provides bedside care, including feeding and personal hygiene assistance. Takes and records temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; performs laboratory draws; and observes patients to detect deviations from normal conditions.
Prepares, administers, and charts medications according to physician orders and under the supervision of a higher-level Licensed Practical Nurse or a Registered Nurse; contacts the pharmacy regarding prescriptions and reviews filled ordered against MAR and physician orders. Assists Registered Nurses in preparing nursing assessment summaries and implementing health care plans. Instructs patients on how to perform basic personal health care, including rehabilitative and preventative care.
Reviews hospital discharge orders and consults with primary doctor, as needed. Attends medical appointments with patients. Completes assessments for injuries, falls, neurology checks, and the tube feedings.
Assists with the patient admission process and participates in nursing care planning. Completes practical nursing duties without detailed instruction; work is reviewed through reports, inspections, and observations. Provides training to direct support staff.
Performs other related work as assigned. Qualifications - All you need for success Possession of a current license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Missouri or in accordance with Missouri's Nurse Licensure Compact. Knowledge of current nursing theory, practices, and techniques.
Skill in applying practical nursing principles in the care of persons with physical or mental illness, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities and/or the geriatric population. Job Details - More reasons to love this position
The State of Missouri offers an excellent benefits package that includes a defined pension plan, generous amounts of leave and holiday time, and eligibility for health insurance coverage. Your total compensation is more than the dollars you receive in your paycheck. To help demonstrate the value of working for the State of Missouri, we have created an interactive Total Compensation Calculator. This tool provides a comprehensive view of benefits and more that are offered to prospective employees. The Total Compensation Calculator and other applicant resources can be found here
Contact Details - If you have questions or require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact:
Alexsa White
The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.
What's around it?
Poplar Bluff, MOFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% below the US average
- Median rent
- $760/mo
- Household income
- $41,941/yr, all local households, not nurse pay