Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Job Description

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Not Specified

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at a healthcare facility, located in Albany, GA. As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you will play a crucial part in providing professional nursing care for assigned patients, working collaboratively under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Your primary responsibility involves assisting in the full nursing process—assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care—to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This position requires a strong commitment to providing age-specific care, maintaining high standards of practice, and adhering to all established policies and procedures. You will be instrumental in fostering strong collaboration with medical and other healthcare staff, actively supporting the facility’s mission, and achieving customer satisfaction by identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Albany, GA

• Team: Reports to a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Mission: Assist in utilizing the nursing process to ensure optimal patient outcomes and achieve customer satisfaction.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Standard Care: Adhere to all nursing standards under RN guidance, ensuring compliance with clinic and hospital policies, procedures, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control guidelines, and interpreting these standards to patients and staff while efficiently managing supplies and equipment.
• Patient Assessment: Systematically collect and prioritize patient data on an ongoing basis, identifying key issues to develop diagnoses and expected outcomes, and formulate a comprehensive plan of care based on these assessments.
• Care Implementation: Implement established plans of care, treating patients and their families with compassion, monitoring and documenting responses to interventions, and adapting communication to support social, spiritual, and cultural needs while managing difficult situations with professionalism and respecting confidentiality.
• Outcome Evaluation: Develop expected outcomes that guide continuous care, involving patients, families, and other disciplines in the process, and thoroughly evaluate and document the plan of care based on patient responses and identified changes.
• Accurate Documentation: Document and submit all required patient information and data clearly, accurately, and in a timely fashion, ensuring consistent use of correct medical terminology and adherence to specified style and format.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Vocational / Technical Degree as a Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing.
• Experience: 1 – 2 years of Practical Nursing Experience (preferred).
• Skills: Current Georgia Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) certification, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, and Crisis Response Training within 2 months of hire for Behavioral Health employees.
• Bonus: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.