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Full Time LPN at Tutwiler Women's Out Patient Unit

Employer
Wexford Health Sources Inc
Location
Wetumpka, Alabama
Closing date
Jun 17, 2021

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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Tutwiler Women's Out Patient Unit

* Position: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
* Schedule: Full Time evening shift (2:30 PM to 11:00 PM)
* competitive shift differentials

* Facility: Tutwiler Women's Correctional Facility, Out-Patient Mental Health Unit
* Location: Wetumpka, AL (near Montgomery, Prattville, Millbrook)
* Excellent hands-on clinical nursing experience
* Access to free online CEUs
* Job Security - Guaranteed Hours

We're proud to offer a competitive benefits package including:

* Annual review with performance increase
* Generous paid-time off program that combines vacation and sick leave
* Paid holidays
* Comprehensive health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield
* Dental and Vision insurance
* 401(k) retirement saving plans
* Company-paid short-term disability
* Healthcare and dependent care spending account

POSITION SUMMARY

* Services patients in a correctional setting with psychiatric or developmental disabilities under the direction of a professional Registered Nurse or Medical Director.
* Assists in carrying out rehabilitation programming and activities for residents such as role model interactions, development of social skills, development of daily living skills, reality orientation, recreational skills, etc.
* Provides personal care services as needed to patients including: oral hygiene, bathing, hair care, nail care, shaving, feeding, diapering and dressing.
* Sets up prescribed medications in accordance with patients' nursing care plans; assesses, develops, records and monitors programs for self-administration of medications and conducts medication management and health education training for individuals and groups.
* Checks temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal; assists in controlling aggressive or disruptive behavior.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

The following requirements list the minimum to qualify.

LICENSING: Licensed as a Practical Nurse by the Alabama Board of Nursing (ASBN)

CERTIFICATION: Current CPR certification

EDUCATION: Possession of a certificate from a practical nursing education program accepted for licensure from the ASBN

EOE/M/F/D/V

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