Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - 3rd shift (11:45 PM to 8:15 AM) - Evaluation Center in Edmund, SC

Job Responsibilities
• You will, under general supervision, assist the medical monitoring and treatment of all consumers during their stay at the Center, and provide a variety of complex paraprofessional nursing tasks and related work as required.
• You will supervise the work of part- time LPN 's, and other subordinate personnel in the performance of nursing duties, carrying out established policies and procedures and assuring OSHA standards are met.
• You will participate in nursing reports at beginning and ending of each shrift regarding status of consumers.
• You will follow DHEC regulations and SCVRD policies regarding medication handling and administration, recording significant responses to administered medications.
• You will take vital signs and document in chart.
• You will draw blood work and preform urinalysis as warranted.
• You will be required to document all pertinent information in medical records.
• You will be in charge of the documentation of weekly summaries and preparing of discharge summaries as warranted.
• You will perform a wide variety of administrative duties including setting up, organizing charts, as warranted.
• You will Inventory nursing supplies and inform appropriate start of reorder needs.
• You will accompany consumers on/off campus activities as warranted.
• You will pick up medications as needed for the pharmacy and perform other related duties as required or assigned.

Minimum And Additional Requirements
• Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing and licensed to practice in state of SC.
• Occasional need for coverage of other shifts.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Extensive knowledge of practical nursing procedures, sanitation, personal hygiene, basic health and safety practices.
• Ability to accurately record observation

Shift Differentials: $0.75 an hour on nights

$3.75 an hour on weekends

Additional Comments

The South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

The South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department offers an exceptional benefits package for FTE positions that includes:
• Health, Dental, Vision, Long Term Disability, and Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse, and Children
• Paid parental leave
• Flexible work schedules
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• State Retirement Plan and Deferred Compensation Programs

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