LPN III Job at NITELINES USA, INC, Ayer, MA

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  • NITELINES USA, INC
  • Ayer, MA

Job Description

NEEDED: LPN III

STATUS: Full-Time, Part-Time, and PRN

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: 42 Patton Road, Ayer, Massachusetts, 01432.

SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week; 8 hours per day, Monday thru Friday; excluding Federal Holidays.

  • 5:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Full time (including weekends).
  • 4:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. – Full time.
  • 12:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Full time
  • PRN coverage 

WORK SITE: performed on-site in the Health Services Department. Specific areas in which services will be performed include the following: Outpatient Clinic. the Long-Term Care Unit, the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Medical Housing Unit (P building), the Mental Health Unit, Medication Administration lines to include pill line and insulin line, the Special Housing Unit, the Satellite Camp, and Receiving and Discharge.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Must submit a detailed resume.
  • Valid and unrestricted license as an LPN in the United States
  • Proof of CPR Certification
  • Minimum of 1-year recent experience in acute care, ambulatory care, or psychiatric care facility. Experience in correctional nursing preferred, but not required.

RESPONSIBILITIES: shall be responsible for, but not limited to providing:

  • Provides assistance to the Registered Nurse (RN) in performing patient care activities with General Population and/or Mental Health inmates.
  • Assists with admissions and discharges from the unit.
  • Bedside care and assisting patients with activities of daily living.
  • Assists with toileting, incontinence care, showering and dressing.
  • Safely transfers/transports patients in wheelchairs or on gurneys.
  • Assists with ambulation, turning and positioning of patients.
  • Assists the RN with respiratory care (coughing, deep breathing, etc.) as well as intake and output measuring/ documentation, patient vital signs and other patient care or procedures not requiring the knowledge or experience of a RN.
  • Secures specimens for laboratory analysis (i.e. urine, stool, sputum, etc.), labels specimens and transports them to the lab.
  • Assists with postmortem care.
  • Restock supplies.
  • Documents actions in the Bureau Electronic Medical Record (BEMR).
  • Responsible for all other duties and tasks assigned by the supervisor.
  • Assisting the physician or mid-level provider with procedures.
  • Provision of ambulatory nursing care, evaluations, and treatments.
  • Administration of medications to include pill/insulin line as directed by the physician.
  • Triage screening of inmates.
  • Performing veni-punctures on occasion.
  • Assisting BOP staff with care of inpatient mental health inmates.
  • Clerical duties include providing a documented report upon completion of the session through written and/or electronic documentation in the inmate’s medical records.
  • Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards through the evaluation of patients and therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff.
  • Establish diagnostic impressions and request appropriate diagnostic tests (e.g. laboratory, x-ray, visual acuity, and electrocardiogram) and ability to interpret results.
  • Document all clinical encounters using Bureau of Prisons Electronic Medical Record.
  • Review all ordered tests and procedures within 24 hours of receiving results or the next business day.
  • Administer medication as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intradermally, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly.
  • Secure a health and developmental history from the patient, records findings, and makes critical evaluations. 
  • Provide current entries for maintenance of medical records.
  • Provide a wide range of emergency services including primary care for trauma and lifesaving procedures.
  • Serve as the primary provider for routine requests for evaluation of new complaints, for routine recurring visits for chronic illness, and emergencies when clinically indicated.
  • Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick call.
  • Possess knowledge of treatment of chronic health problems, i.e., hypertension, diabetes, and asthma.
  • Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.
  • Initiate emergency care as needed according to community standards.
  • Adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
  • Ability to provide basic first aid, prevention care, and guidance in treating a variety of common illnesses/injuries.
  • Ability and skill to operate EKG and laboratory equipment.
  • Knowledge of mental health disorders and has the ability to screen for gross mood changes. 

BENEFITS: Accrued Vacation, Accrued Sick Leave, 10 Paid Federal Holidays, and Health Benefits Contribution. 

Job Tags

Full time, Part time, Relief, Work at office, Monday to Friday,

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