Licensed Practical Nurse

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<div class="isg-job-description“>Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse
Location: Holyoke, MA 01040
Duration: 3 Months to long term
Shift: 3P-11:30P for 24 or 32 hours (including every other weekend).
Onsite: Yes
Job Description:

• Provide exceptional nursing care to veteran residents s by assessing health status, responding to call lights or veterans’ requests for assistance, and making observations on rounds.
• Administer nursing treatments, procedures, doctor orders, and care plans; observe, identify and respond to the needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education.
• Identify, evaluate, and assess veteran health status; confer with supervising Registered Nurses (RNs) and assigned medical staff for treatment modalities.
• Recognize urgent or emergency patient care situations; seek assistance of the RN and/or medical staff and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed or needed.
• Collaborate with other resident services personnel to ensure that residents’ individual care plans are being followed.
• Establish constructive relationships with veterans and their families to promote positive r.elationships and learning as established by the “treatment/teaching plan.”
• Document incidents with or without adverse effect to the veteran and refer to RN for follow-up and/or investigation.
• Foster the Veterans Home’s mission, vision and operational policies while maintaining regulatory and department compliance with Joint Commission, and state/federal regulations.
• Maintain personal and professional growth by attending in-services, keeping current with healthcare trends and nursing practices, and other Veterans Home committees.
• Skilled in the use of computers as needed for the completion of work assignments

Required Qualifications:

• Active MA LPN license.
• BLS/CPR Certification by AHA.

About our Company: –
22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.
Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer” and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.”
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.