Location: Baraboo,WI, USA
**It's more than a career, it's a calling**
WI-SSM Health at Home Baraboo 1111 8th Street
**Worker Type:**
Regular
**Job Highlights:**
We are looking for a LPN to staff our 4 bed, 2:1 patient to nurse ratio position. --Schedule: M-F 2p-10:30p
***Sign on bonus for eligible hires of $7500 paid out on _FIRST_ paycheck!!
**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.
+ 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.
+ May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures.
+ 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
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:**
Evening Shift (United States of America)
**Job Type:**
Employee
**Department:**
192####### Hospice House
**Scheduled Weekly Hours:**
40
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