Behavioral Health, Case Management, Emergency Care, Health Plan, Healthcare, Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse, Medication Administration, Medications, Nursing, Nursing Credentials, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Quality of Care, Registered Nurse (RN), Side Effects, Team Player
Charlotte, North Carolina
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – Full-Time, Nights
Presbyterian Medical Center | Charlotte, NC
Schedule: Full-Time, 36 hours/week
Shift: 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
Department: Skilled Nursing Unit
Join our 12-bed Skilled Nursing Unit at Presbyterian Medical Center, where you'll provide compassionate, patient-centered care to adults requiring skilled nursing services in a collaborative, team-focused environment. Our smaller unit offers the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with patients while working alongside an experienced interdisciplinary team committed to delivering exceptional care.
As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Novant Health, you will provide safe, high-quality nursing care under the direction of a Registered Nurse. You will partner with patients, families, and the healthcare team to support recovery, promote independence, and ensure an exceptional patient experience.
What You'll Do:
- Provide direct patient care within the LPN scope of practice.
- Administer medications and treatments as ordered.
- Monitor patient status and communicate changes to the RN and healthcare team.
- Accurately document assessments, interventions, and patient responses.
- Collaborate with physicians, therapists, case management, and other disciplines to support individualized care plans.
- Promote a safe, respectful, and healing environment for patients and their families.
If you're passionate about delivering skilled nursing care in a supportive, close-knit setting, we invite you to join our team at Presbyterian Medical Center.
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.