Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse, Medications, Nursing Credentials, Orthopedics, Patient Care, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Side Effects
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Join our Orthopedic specialty care Team!
- Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse
- Schedule: Part-Time 24 7p - 7a
- Department: Orthopedic specialty care
- Location: Forsyth Medical Center – Winston Salem, NC
Unit Description: Ortho and Spine Specialty care unit is a 39 bed newly renovated unit that specializes in total joint replacements, orthopedic condition management, spine surgery/procedures, complicated headaches and retractable migraines.
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision starting on your first day, retirement, PTO)
- Newly Renovated unit with updated equipment and technology
- Have a Disease-Specific Care Certification (DSC) through Joint Commission
Remarkable Care. Remarkable Careers.
What We're Looking For:
- Education: High School Diploma or GED, required. Graduate of accredited Practical Nursing Program
- Experience: One year of relevant experience, preferred.
- Licensure/Certification:
- Appropriate state LPN license, required.
- NC state approved curricula for restrictive interventions (facility specific) within 3 months of hire for Emergency Departments and Behavioral Health units, required.
- CPI certification within 3 months of hire for Behavioral Health departments, required.
- Additional Skills (required):
- Computer skills, Phone call etiquette and Organizational Skills
- Ability to comprehend policies and procedures and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.
- Behavioral Health units' requirements only
- Ability to intervene in a therapeutic manner for behavior patterns demonstrated by patients with a mental illness, personality disorder, substance abuse or developmental disabilities.
- Knowledge of psychiatric medications, side effects and treatment interventions, knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis, mental health concepts, and evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments. CPI certification within three months.
- Ability to establish and maintain control of violent patients, defend self and others against violent assaults, ability to react appropriately in psychiatric crises, ability use violent and non-violent restraints per policy and procedure.