LPN LVN I Full Time (Days)
Ferriday, Louisiana
Posted Sep 8
- Shift and hours
- Days LPN LVN I FULL TIME (DAYS)
- Unit and setting
- Correctional Participates in the screening and primary management of providing health services to offender patients in confinement based upon physician’s orders and using physician’s protocols.Offender patients in confinement
- License
- LPN or LVN license Must possess a license to practice as a professional nurse.Professional nurse license
- Term
- Permanent LPN LVN I FULL TIME (DAYS)Full time
Do you qualify?
- License
- Professional nurse license Must possess a license to practice as a professional nurse.
- Certification
- CPR certification Current CPR certification required.
- Education
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Also asks
- Verbal and written communication skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Also asks
- Interpersonal and customer service skills Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
- Also asks
- Organizational skills and attention to detail Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Also asks
- Time management skills to meet deadlines Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Also asks
- Ability to function well in a high-paced, stressful environment Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
- Also asks
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Preferred
- Experience
- Health support services experience in a hospital, clinic, or infirmary Experience in providing health support services in a hospital, clinic, or infirmaries is highly desirable.
- Experience
- Institutional or residential setting experience Experience working in an institutional or residential setting is preferred.
What it pays
- Pay differential
- $4.00 6am-6pm $4.00 6am-6pm
- Night differential
- $8.00 6pm-6am $8.00 6pm-6am
- Extra pay
- $4.00 per hour6am-6pm
- Extra pay
- $8.00 per hour6pm-6am
Benefits
- CEU Allowance
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Assist with sick call screening and physical exams under physician supervision Assists in sick call screening and physical examinations under the supervision of physicians and based upon the physician’s orders and protocols.
- Day to day
- Record healthcare complaints and take patient histories Records health care complaints and takes patient histories.
- Day to day
- Take and record vital signs Takes and records necessary vital signs for patients.
- Day to day
- Collect lab samples and issue routine medications Collects samples for laboratory examinations and issues routine medications.
- Day to day
- Record treatment provided per physician orders and protocol Records treatment provided according to physician’s orders and protocol.
- Day to day
- Assist physicians in life-threatening emergencies including suicide prevention Assists physicians in providing emergency health services in life threatening medical emergencies, including suicide prevention.
- Day to day
- Screen and manage care for offender patients per orders and protocols Participates in the screening and primary management of providing health services to offender patients in confinement based upon physician’s orders and using physician’s protocols.
- Day to day
- Maintain exam rooms and check status of equipment and supplies Maintains examination rooms and checks operational status of health services equipment and supplies to ensure secure, ready to use status.
- Day to day
- Participate in continuing education and in-service training Participates in continuing education and in-service training to maintain paraprofessional capability and proficiency.
- Day to day
- Maintain health services records and prepare required reports Maintains health services records and prepares designated reports as required.
- Day to day
- Conduct and document initial and ongoing medical exams and assessments Conducts initial and ongoing medical examinations and assessments, documents results of assessments.
- Day to day
- Administer injections and take blood pressure and temperatures Gives injections, takes blood pressure and temperatures.
- Day to day
- Prepare, administer, and record medications Prepares, administers and records medications.
- Day to day
- Collect urine, draw blood, and administer oxygen Collects urine, draws blood and administers oxygen.
- Day to day
- Care for minor wounds using sterile techniques Cares for minor wounds (sterile techniques).
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Original listing
Posted on LaSalle Corrections’ careers page.
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Pay per hour $23.00
- Shift Differential
$4.00 6am-6pm $8.00 6pm-6am
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Assists in sick call screening and physical examinations under the supervision of physicians and based upon the physician’s orders and protocols. Records health care complaints and takes patient histories. Takes and records necessary vital signs for patients. Collects samples for laboratory examinations and issues routine medications. Records treatment provided according to physician’s orders and protocol.
Assists physicians in providing emergency health services in life threatening medical emergencies, including suicide prevention.
Participates in the screening and primary management of providing health services to offender patients in confinement based upon physician’s orders and using physician’s protocols.
Maintains examination rooms and checks operational status of health services equipment and supplies to ensure secure, ready to use status.
Participates in continuing education and in-service training to maintain paraprofessional capability and proficiency.
Maintains health services records and prepares designated reports as required.
Conducts initial and ongoing medical examinations and assessments, documents results of assessments.
Gives injections, takes blood pressure and temperatures.
Prepares, administers and records medications.
Collects urine, draws blood and administers oxygen.
Cares for minor wounds (sterile techniques).
Performs other duties as required
Required Knowledge Skills/Abilities
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
Education and Experience
Experience in providing health support services in a hospital, clinic, or infirmaries is highly desirable.
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current CPR certification required.
Experience working in an institutional or residential setting is preferred.
Must possess a license to practice as a professional nurse.
Physical
Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to satisfactorily perform these essential functions without causing an undue hardship for the employer.
Continuous sitting per shift.
Continuous periods of walking and standing per shift.
Occasional climbing stairs per shift.
Remaining awake and alert while on duty per shift.
Lifting and carrying up to 20 lbs periodically and lifting up to 50-100 lbs rarely.
Frequently working on computers/tablets throughout the shift.
Frequent grasping, reaching, pushing, pulling, bending, & twisting
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What's around it?
Ferriday, LA
Living costs about 12% below the US average