Practical Nurse Licensed 2 Jobs

CENTRAL LOUISIANA HUMAN SERVICES DISTRICT

CLHSD oversees delivery of mental health, substance use and intellectual and developmental disability services in our 8 parish area: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Vernon and Winn.

This position is located at our Marksville Behavioral Health Clinic in Avoyelles Parish.

Applicants will be asked to serve a probationary period of not less than 12 months and not more than 24 months.

Job # 176870 / Position #5620072

You must include all relevant education and experience on your official State application. You must describe your actual duties as you will not be qualified based on job title alone. Resume upload will NOT automatically fill out your application**
Work experience left off your electronic application or only included in an attached resume is not eligible to receive credit.
All prospective new hires are required to pass a drug screening and a criminal background check.

All prospective new hires will be subjected to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-Verify system.
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

For further information about this vacancy contact:
Shawanda Gordon
CLHSD / Human Resources Specialist
P. O. Box 7118, Alexandria, LA 71306-0118
[email protected]

Function of Work:
To provide basic nursing care to assigned patients/clients in stable conditions and in predictable situations in accordance with the Professional Nurses Practice Act.
Level of Work:
Experienced.
Supervision Received:
General from a Registered Nurse or a Practical Nurse of a higher level.
Supervision Exercised:
Functional over paraprofessional nursing personnel.
Location of Work:
Statewide-health care facilities; correctional facilities.
Job Distinctions:
Differs from Practical Nurse-Licensed, 1 by the presence of journeyman level duties and independent performance of duties.
Differs from Practical Nurse-Licensed, 3 by the absence of advanced journeyman and/or supervisory duties.

Monitors and regulates infusions and transfusions.
Initiates first aide and CPR.
May perform oral pharyngeal suction.
Directs routine activities and serves as resource to paraprofessionals.
Participates in patient care conference.
Checks vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure) and records on patient's record.
Gathers information about patient's past and current physical and mental status.
Observes inpatients for changes in physical or mental status and reports significant findings.
Administers oral and parenteral medication as prescribed by the physician and documents procedure.
Applies dressings, ointments, and other treatments as ordered and documents procedure.
Assists physicians with routine examinations and treatments.
Bathes, feeds, and makes patients comfortable.
Carries out doctor's orders providing they do not require specialized nursing techniques.
Admits and discharges inmates/patients.
Collects samples for laboratory tests such as; blood and urine.
Reads and records results of simple medical tests.
Exchanges change-of-shift reports.
Makes rounds of assigned area to take patient census and note conditions in respect to cleanliness and sanitation.
Maintains unit supplies and stocks medication.
Checks intravenous therapy insertion sites for redness and reapplies dressing as necessary.
Performs individual and group health teaching as assigned.