Licensed Practical Nurse Orthopedic

What We Offer:

Join our Orthopedic specialty care Team!

 

• Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse
• Schedule: Full-Time 36 7p - 7a
• Department: Orthopedic specialty care
• Location: Forsyth Medical Center – Winston Salem, NC

 

Unit Description: Ortho and Spine Specialty care unit is a 39 bed newly renovated unit that specializes in total joint replacements, orthopedic condition management, spine surgery/procedures, complicated headaches and retractable migraines.

 

 

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits (medical, dental, vision starting on your first day, retirement, PTO)
• Newly Renovated unit with updated equipment and technology
• Have a Disease-Specific Care Certification (DSC) through Joint Commission

 

 

Remarkable Care. Remarkable Careers.

What We're Looking For:

• Education: High School Diploma or GED, required. Graduate of accredited Practical Nursing Program
• Experience: One year of relevant experience, preferred.
• Licensure/Certification:
  • Appropriate state LPN license, required.
  • NC state approved curricula for restrictive interventions (facility specific) within 3 months of hire for Emergency Departments and Behavioral Health units, required.
  • CPI certification within 3 months of hire for Behavioral Health departments, required.
• Additional Skills (required):
  • Computer skills, Phone call etiquette and Organizational Skills
  • Ability to comprehend policies and procedures and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.
  • Behavioral Health units' requirements only
    • Ability to intervene in a therapeutic manner for behavior patterns demonstrated by patients with a mental illness, personality disorder, substance abuse or developmental disabilities.
    • Knowledge of psychiatric medications, side effects and treatment interventions, knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis, mental health concepts, and evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments. CPI certification within three months.
    • Ability to establish and maintain control of violent patients, defend self and others against violent assaults, ability to react appropriately in psychiatric crises, ability use violent and non-violent restraints per policy and procedure.