LPN-Younker 5
US-IA-Des Moines
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Req #: 178326
Type: Full Time Benefits
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Overview: Full-Time Days or Nights, every third weekend and holiday rotation Sign-On Bonus: $5,000 for full-time offers Join our dynamic 22-bed unit specializing in Renal, Transplant, and Urology care for medical-surgical patients. As the only transplant center in Central Iowa, we take pride in delivering exceptional care to this unique patient population. Our team thrives on collaboration, offering a multidisciplinary, patient-centered approach focused on achieving the best outcomes and ensuring safe, seamless discharge plans. Why Younker 5? * Be part of a highly skilled, mission-driven team committed to excellence. * Gain specialized expertise in transplant care with the opportunity to become transplant certified through the American Board of Transplant Certification after 12 months of hire. * Work in an environment that values growth, teamwork, and innovation in patient care. If you're passionate about making a difference and advancing your career in a specialized field, Younker 5 is the place for you! Responsibilities: * Possesses the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical disability and chronic illness * Participates in patient/family educational activities and uses appropriate resources to implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with patients and their families * Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for patients * Provides direction and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e. Patient Care Technician), demonstrates clinical judgment appropriate for Iowa's LPN scope of practice * Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals * Contributes to the assessment of the physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual dimensions of patients and their families, as well as their educational and discharge needs * Implements the interdisciplinary plan of care within the scope of LPN/LVN practice and provides nursing care and education directly or through ancillary personnel, as needed, to maintain and restore function and prevent complications and further loss * Contributes to the evaluation of the nursing care and to the modification of the plan as needed to achieve measurable goals and objectives Qualifications: Education: * Successful completion of a licensed practical nurse program from an accredited college. License(s)/Certification(s): * Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Iowa. * Must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or obtain certification within three (3) months from date of hire. Experience: * Preferred experience or clinical time in Post-Acute Care or an Acute Care environment. Other: * Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
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