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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is recruiting for Licensed Practical Nurses for our State Hospital South in Blackfoot, Idaho. We currently have openings for LPN's in our Syringa Chalet Nursing Facility, a 30-bed psychiatric care nursing home on our campus; this facility provides short-term and long-term care for adults over the age of 65 with mental illness who require skilled nursing care.
The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare is a drug-free workplace. Any applicant offered employment in this position at the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare will be required to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Responsibilities may include:

• Performs practical nursing care or assists a registered nurse or physician in routine to complex situations in clinics, private homes or state institutions.
• Observes, records, and reports patients 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, catheterizations and removal of sutures.
• Interviews patients to obtain health information and instructs and counsels patients regarding basic health needs.
• Teaches patients 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 Qualification:

• Must be licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse in Idaho as defined by Idaho Code 54-1407.
How to Apply:

To apply online,
click here, or visit www.dhr.idaho.gov and search for Announcement # 07676038867. Apply by 12/19/2011 to ensure you are considered for these positions..

The Department of Health and Welfare is an Equal Opportunity Employer/AA/Veterans may receive hiring preference.



Location: Blackfoot, Idaho
Compensation: $13.14 - $24.16 per hour - Plus Competitive Benefits!
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Published at 12-06-2011
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