Licensed Practical Nurse

Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse

Location: South Mountain, PA 17261

Duration: Long term

Shift: 5x8-Hour (2:45 PM - 11:15 PM)

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide practical nursing care and treatment for individuals with mental or physical injury/illness, developmental disabilities, or difficulty with daily living activities at a Commonwealth facility.
• Implement nursing care plans, performing practical nursing duties and patient/resident/inmate care.
• Prepare, administer, and record medications and treatments prescribed by physicians.
• Observe and report changes in physical and emotional behavior of patients/residents/inmates.
• Take and record vital signs, collect specimens, and maintain progress notes and administrative reports.
• Participate in habilitation and rehabilitation programs established by interdisciplinary treatment teams, including daily living and leisure activities.
• May hold charge responsibility for a living or patient care area, overseeing unlicensed personnel, maintaining treatment regimens, and requesting professional evaluation/treatment as needed.
• Perform duties in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, and practical nursing standards.
• Supervision may be received from a Licensed Practical Nurse Supervisor; licensure-required duties performed under direction of a Registered Nurse or Physician.
• Required Competencies (includes but not limited to):
• Airway insertion, first aid, catheter care/insertion, AED, oxygen administration, IV therapy, heparin lock insertion/irrigation.
• Medication administration (oral, topical, injectable, suppository), dose calculations, inhalers, vital signs, nursing protocols, ambu bag usage.
• Audiogram and telebinocular testing, universal/standard precautions, perineal care, documentation of IV therapy and heparin lock care, tubing management, parenteral management, secondary medications.
• Use of IV infusion pump, manual flow regulator, venipuncture, IM/intradermal/subcutaneous injections.
• Tuberculin testing, transcription/acceptance of orders, O2 mask/nasal usage, peak flow meter, pulse oximeter, respiratory mask, suctioning, restraints, specimen collection.
• Ventilator care, o & p collection, urine dipstick, wound culture, ace wrap, anti-embolic hose, arm sling, binders, CPR, evacu chair, isolation, knee immobilizer, K-Pad, braces, traction, hemorrhage control, decubitus care, drains, dressing changes, ear/eye irrigation, eye staining.
• EKG, enemas, glucometer usage, Hoyer lift technique, jejunostomy tube-enteral nutrition, nasogastric/gastrostomy tube insertion/irrigation/feedings, nebulizer treatment, nephrostomy, neurological checks, ostomy care, suture removal, vaginal douche, sterile technique, wound care, blood pressure monitoring. Must function within standards of nursing practice at all times.

Requirements:

• Licensed Practical Nurse License.
• BLS/CPR Certificate.

 About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies Inc., (TSCTI) is one the fastest growing healthcare staffing companies in the United States. With presence in all 50 States and 6000+ employees nationwide, we have been providing unparallel healthcare and technology staffing services to Public and Private sectors for over 26 years.

Started as a technology staffing company in 1997, we have significantly expanded our healthcare practice to both Clinical and Non-Clinical staffing, serving various facilities, healthcare organizations and government agencies. Our ISO certified staffing practices and technology driven staffing procedures – from recruitment to onboarding, along with an internal pre-vetted resume database of healthcare professionals, enable us to serve our customers with their immediate staffing needs.
TSCTI has extensive experience providing Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists and other Allied Health professionals to various states – California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Vermont, Virginia to name a few, and Our valued relationships with employees as well as commitment to meet and exceed clients’ expectations through our exemplary employees proves our competency in today’s healthcare staffing industry.

Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.