Licensed Practical Nurse- Float Pool

United States·Beloitmid

OtherLicensed Practical Nurse

0 views0 saves0 applied

Apply Now

Quick Summary

Requirements Summary

Graduate of accredited NLN LPN school of nursing. Active Wisconsin LPN licensure. CPR certified or certification within 3 months of hire.

Technical Tools

OtherLicensed Practical Nurse

Beloit Health System is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team at Beloit Memorial Hospital in our Inpatient Float Pool.

Shift: 1st or 3rd
Schedule: 7a-7p or 7p-7a
Hours per week: 24-30 hours per week
Benefits Status: Benefits Eligible
Department: Beloit Memorial Hospital Float Pool

Beloit Health System is seeking a compassionate, flexible, and patient-focused Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join the Inpatient Float Pool at Beloit Memorial Hospital. This role provides the opportunity to work across multiple inpatient care areas, supporting a variety of patient populations while gaining broad clinical experience in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, the Float Pool LPN delivers safe, effective, and compassionate nursing care to patients across the lifespan. The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) contributes to the nursing process by assisting with patient assessments, implementing care plans, administering treatments and medications, monitoring patient conditions, and collaborating with the healthcare team to promote positive patient outcomes. Success in this role requires adaptability, sound clinical judgment, and the ability to transition effectively between different care settings.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will:

Makes effective contributions to RN initiated ongoing assessments.
Organizes assessment data so they are accurate, complete and accessible.
Follows nursing care plans and observes established policies and procedures to assure proper treatment and care of patients; initiates and records patient treatments in an accurate and precise manner; documents nursing actions taken and their effectiveness in nurse's notes or flow sheets.
Recognizes significant behavioral and physiological changes and documents them and informs the registered nurse of significant patient care changes.
Ensures patient safety while handling, transporting and providing medications to patients; protects patients from various hazards, falls, disease exposure, etc.
Safely administer oral, enteral, rectal, and topical medications in accordance with scope of practice and organizational policy.
Evaluates and documents patient response to nursing care delivered as per protocol timeframe.
Makes contributions to patient and family teaching through the involvement of the family and significant others; documents patient and family teaching activities.
Utilizes sound judgment in responding to patient emergency situations.
Initiate and discontinue peripheral IV access devices upon successful completion of required competency validation.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Graduate of accredited NLN LPN school of nursing.
Active Wisconsin LPN licensure.
CPR certified or certification within 3 months of hire.
Completion of Beloit Health System telemetry course/test within 3 months of hire.
Ability to work independently and react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.

Start your Career with Beloit Health System- Apply Today!