What You'll Do:

Works under direction and requires considerable knowledge of practical nursing procedures:

• Adheres to Ohio LPN scope of practice.
• Provides patient care as directed.
• Documents patient-related care timely within the electronic health record.
• Maintain patient medical records.
• Administers medication, including oral and intramuscular medications, may ad-minister intravenous therapy if appropriately certified.
• Performs treatments and screenings.
• Assists with Doctor's Sick Call and telehealth appointments.
• Assists with chronic care clinics management.
• Participates in patient care planning and treatment team activities.
• Responds to medical and behavioral health emergencies.
• Provides emergency care and collection of patient data.
• Collects vital signs and timely documents all findings; collects urine and/or other body fluid specimens.
• May perform venipuncture in order to obtain blood samples for laboratory analysis.
• Pre-pares patients for release and/or transfer (e.g., Intra-system, out to court) by reviewing patient care, completing Intra-system Transfer
• Summaries and/or Release Summaries; ensures discharge medication orders are completed and timely forwarded to pharmacy services.
• Participates in work-related training and all institution training exercises as assigned. Provides assistance to other healthcare staff; investigates and documents problem areas and/or areas of concern.
• Reviews shift report from preceding shift(s).
• Assist physicians with medical procedures.
• Assumes duties of other nurses during absences.
• Observes, documents and provides nursing support to assistive personnel (e.g., nurse aides, psychiatric attendants, and/or patient care assistants.
• Provides patient education regarding healthcare maintenance and prevention of disease; participates in continuous quality improvement activities.
• Performs administrative duties.
• Attends meetings.
• Schedules multidisciplinary team meetings; performs and/or assists with inventory and ordering of medical supplies.
• Assists ancillary staff including Health Information Technicians and medical schedulers as needed to ensure patient care needs are met.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Starting p ay is approximately $53,400 based on location/shift assignments.

Ohio has joined the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), which went into effect January 1, 2023. The NLC allows an LPN to hold one multistate license (MSL) in their primary state of residence while practicing virtually or over state lines in 37 other compact states across the country.

Qualifications
At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.