Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – Lawrenceville

UPMC Canterbury Place is hiring LPNs for all shifts!!

Located in historic Lawrenceville in the city of Pittsburgh, Canterbury Place, a part of UPMC Senior Communities, offers all the amenities of personal care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation, and skilled memory support in an affordable, comfortable, home-like environment.

Canterbury Place’s exceptional care, warm surroundings, affordability, and excellence in service have made it one of Western Pennsylvania’s leading providers of geriatric care.

Canterbury Place’s long term care and rehabilitation services include Dementia Care, Heart and Vascular rehabilitation programs and LVAD nursing services. Caring, dedicated staff provide comprehensive skilled nursing and rehabilitation services that address the physical, psychological, and social needs of each resident.

Make a true impact at our senior living facilities, where you’ll have the confidence that your care is clinically backed by a best-in-class health care system and the rewarding knowledge that you are changing lives every day.

Commitment to our People:

A nursing career at UPMC maximizes your potential and advances you to wherever you’d like to go. UPMC takes care of patients – and our team, too. UPMC is committed to providing you with benefits that meet your needs and support your well-being in all areas of life

·       Sign on bonus up to $15,000, career ladder, and growth and development opportunities

·       Incentives such as tuition assistance (up to $6000 a year), student loan assistance, professional development, and continued on-the-job training.

·       Tuition assistance and discounts are available for eligible employees, spouses, domestic partners, and dependents.

·       Flexible scheduling including casual and part-time roles to full-time, flex-time, night, and 12-hour shifts

·       Enjoy a minimum of 17 days of paid time off accrued per year for sick, personal, or vacation time, along with seven paid holidays a year.

·       With outstanding medical coverage, empowering ways to build wealth and save for your future, and generous offerings like paid time off and paid parental leave, UPMC offers a Total Rewards package.

Responsibilities:

• Assure equipment malfunctions are reported to the appropriate department. Establish appropriate and effective communication strategies. Establish professional and respectful interpersonal relationships. Participate in health care conferences. Contribute to the universal unit activities including, but not limited to, responding to call lights and telephones, passing meal trays and transporting patients.
• Assist the RN and interdisciplinary team in evaluating, planning, and implementing plans of care. Provide appropriate, direct patient care. Give injections, take vital signs, perform basic diagnostic tests, observe patients, dress wounds and administer medication. Comply with established medication use policies. Observe and record patient’s symptoms, condition, and/or reactions to medications and treatments and report results to the RN in charge. Communicate effectively with patients and families about hospital stay and home care concerns. Instruct and demonstrate care. Discuss any patient or family concerns with RN in charge so that issue can be appropriately addressed. Perform assigned work in a timely and productive manner. Strictly adhere to all policies and practices relative to patient care and hospital-related information. Comply with safety policies and procedures including standard precautions.
• Maintain current CPR certification at Health Care Provider level. Constructively receive feedback and direction. Identify and communicate learning needs to the unit director. Take action to improve knowledge, skills and performance based on feedback or on self-identified developmental needs. Serve as a resource for staff and other disciplines. Serve as a preceptor for new staff members. Request assistance and reviews relevant policies and procedures prior to performing new or challenging skills. Request assistance to help in planning and prioritizing activities as needed. Participate in self-review as requested by unit director. Participate in project and committee work.
• Suggest and support changes within the department. Assume responsibility for assignment and view problems as challenges. Demonstrate awareness of behavior on the efficient functioning of the department.