Zone: Eastern Zone
Location: L. A. Miller Center
Licensed Practical Nurse I
Adult Rehabilitation, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care Program
Temp Call-In
Hours Based on needs of the department.
Salary CG-29 $29.62 - $32.62 per hour which includes a negotiated wage adjustment
Competition Number VAC0007068
Posted Date 2025-02-07
Closing Date 2025-02-14
Demands, duties, qualifications
Job Summary
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) are valuable members of the interdisciplinary health care team. LPNs provide direct nursing care to predictable and unpredictable clients/patients/residents. The LPN I in Rehab and Continuing Care works within their individual scope of practice and is responsible for health assessment, medication administration, nursing care planning, disease management, wound care, end of life care and may provide mentoring and direction to students and other staff.
Job Demands
By applying for this job, you acknowledge an understanding that regular requirements and demands of this job include (but are not limited to):
Regularly requires physical exertion and handling, moving, pushing, or pulling objects between 10 - 15 lbs and occasionally required to support, lift, or move patients/objects up to 30 lbs.
Regularly required to work in awkward cramped positions (bending/kneeling/stretching) and constantly standing and moving about.
Regularly pushes and pulls objects using light to medium forces and stands and walks.
Regularly requires visual concentration to give medications, read orders/referrals, patients' charts/document, observe and treat patients combined with time pressures and deadlines.
Job Qualifications
Successful completion of an approved Licensed Practical Nursing program.
Current licensure with the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (CLPNNL).
Current BLS certification is required.
Demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Demonstrated ability to maintain effective working relationships.
Demonstrated initiative and the ability to work independently.
A satisfactory record of work performance is required.