As a member of the interdisciplinary team, contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills in the provision and management of care to patients through the application of the nursing process.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Certificate of Completion in Licensed Pratical Nursing and Paper Diploma.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
Current Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) licensure in good standing in the State of Illinois upon hire.

Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
•Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
•Work may occasionally require travel to other Carle Health facilities/hospitals.
•requireduired to drive your own vehicle for business purposes.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Required English Skills, advanced reading skills, advanced writing skills, advanced oral skills. Communication kkills, ability to respond appropriately to customer/co-worker. Interaction with a wide variety of people. Maintain confidential information. Abilityto communicate only the facts to recipients or to decline to reveal information. Ability to project a professional, friendly, helpful demeanor. Computer skills, basic computer knowledge: Uses word processing, spreadsheet, e-mail application, and web browser.Comfortable within a Windows OS and learning new applications. Familiarity with home care software and email use.

•Under the supervision of an RN, assesses patient's status through interview, observation and physical assessment of actual problems and outcomes.
•Assists the RN in the development of an individualized plan of care using a collaborative approach with the patient/family and health care team.
•Uses appropriate interventions identified in the plan of care to achieve expected patient outcomes.
•Systematically evaluates and documents patient's progress toward expected outcomes/goals on an ongoing basis throughout the shift.
•Modifies plan of care based on evaluation.
•Completes required documentation as appropriate, including patient chart and event reports.
•Analyzes clinical situations in a systematic way and acts to obtain resources or correct problems to meet or exceed expected outcomes or patient needs.
•Recognizes need for assistance and utilizes resources, including physician and nurse to nurse (UAT) consultation in a timely manner.
•Able to assume assignment of non-complex and some complex patient management with some turnover in assignment.
•Consistently prioritizes work based on changes in patient condition, changes in assignment and unanticipated interruptions.
•Identifies and utilizes team resources to solve identified problems or needs.
•Collaborates with the health care team in the organization of tasks and activities for the patient's care from admission to discharge according to the plan of care and to meet identified expected outcomes.

Find it here.

Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health.

Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance™. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: human.resources@carle.com.