SSM Health
LPN - Behavioral Health - Days - No Experience Required
SSM Health, Wentzville, Missouri, United States, 63385
**It's more than a career, it's a calling.**
MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Summary:**
Provides care to patients under the direction of a registered nurse or physician, functioning within scope of license.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Contributes to the assessment of patients and ensures the well-being of patients.
+ Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
+ Administers medications and observes patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments.
+ Performs point of care testing and therapeutic services.
+ Educates patients/families about treatment plan including self-care post discharge, holistic health needs, available resources and follow up care.
+ As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
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.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
State of Work Location: Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Nurse Licensure Issued by Compact State
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
1201020002 BHS - Adol WZ
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
36
_SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,_
_pregnancy, veteran status_
**_,_**
_or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)_
MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Summary:**
Provides care to patients under the direction of a registered nurse or physician, functioning within scope of license.
**Job Responsibilities and Requirements:**
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
+ Contributes to the assessment of patients and ensures the well-being of patients.
+ Provides direct nursing care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.
+ Administers medications and observes patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments.
+ Performs point of care testing and therapeutic services.
+ Educates patients/families about treatment plan including self-care post discharge, holistic health needs, available resources and follow up care.
+ As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients and our patient populations.
+ Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
+ Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
+ Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
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.
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS
State of Work Location: Illinois
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
State of Work Location: Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
+
Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
+
And
+
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Nurse Licensure Issued by Compact State
**Work Shift:**
Day Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
1201020002 BHS - Adol WZ
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
36
_SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,_
_pregnancy, veteran status_
**_,_**
_or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)_