Licensed Practical Nurse - Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise, ID
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SALARY: $17.06 - $21.33 Hourly
DEPARTMENT:Division of Veterans Services
CLOSING DATE: 3/31/2020 11:59 PM Mountain
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Division of Veterans Services - Caring for America's Heroes
The Idaho Division of Veterans Services (IDVS) is seeking a compassionate and motivated individual for a Licensed Practical Nurse opening at the Idaho State Veterans Home in Boise.
If you are interested in working with elderly veterans and want to make a difference in their lives, then come join our team.
Incumbents provide the full range of practical nurse functions.
We offer incredible employee benefits, including: excellent low-cost medical, dental and vision insurance; generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start; ten paid holidays a year; participation in one of the nation's best state retirement systems; multiple savings plans; life insurance; wellness programs; ongoing training opportunities; and more.
The Idaho Division of Veterans Services (IDVS) may require applicants to pass a criminal history background investigation after a conditional offer of employment.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES:
- Performs practical nursing care or assists a registered nurse or physician in routine to complex situations
- Observes, records, and reports residents treatment, care, symptoms, physical and mental condition, behavior and progress.
- Administers prescribed medications including intramuscular injections and observes for adverse reactions.
- Performs treatments including change of sterile dressings, insertion of nasal gastric tubes, catheterization and removal of sutures.
- Interviews residents to obtain health information and instructs and counsels residents regarding basic health needs.
- Teaches residents and their families the importance of proper diet, proper positioning, range-of-motion exercises, transfer techniques, and personal hygiene procedures.
- Charts administered medications, symptoms, accidents, unusual behavior, doctors' visits and observed side effects of drugs.
- Orders lab and x-ray work under physicians orders.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse by the state of Idaho or state licensure as a Practical Nurse pursuant to the Nurse Licensure Compact, Idaho Code 54-1418, in one of the following compact states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, or Wisconsin.