LPN-LTC at SSM Health

**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**

WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Care Center

**Worker Type:**

Regular

**Job Summary:**

Provides care to patients under the direction of a registered nurse or physician, functioning within the scope of license.

**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Contributes to the assessment of patients and ensures the well-being of patients.

+ Administers medications and observes patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments.

+ Performs laboratory tests and therapeutic services.

+ Educates patients/families about disease treatment plan including self-care post discharge, holistic health needs, available resources and follow up care.

+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

+ Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

+ Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

EXPERIENCE

+ No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

+ Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.

+ Constant standing and walking.

+ Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

+ Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.

+ Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

+ Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.

+ Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

+ Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

+ Occasional lifting/moving of patients.

+ Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

+ Occasional driving.

+ Rare crawling and running.

**Licenses / Certifications:**

Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - State of Work Location or Compact Multi-State License

**Work Shift:**

Variable Shift (United States of America)

**Job Type:**

Employee

**Department:**

Nursing - LPN

**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**

20

SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex.

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