Licensed Practical Nurse (Immediate Start)
Company: Kaiser
Location: Lafayette
Posted on: July 18, 2025
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Job Description:
$5,000 SIGN - ON BONUS ELIGIBLE POSITION! SEIU Local 105 -
$29.05 - $38.03 “May be entitled to translation/bilingual, shift or
other wage premiums as governed by the applicable collective
bargaining agreement. Please refer to the respective collective
bargaining agreement for additional information on such wage
premiums: https://www.lmpartnership.org/local-contracts. Job
Summary: Makes members/patients and their needs a primary focus of
ones actions; develops and sustains productive member/patient
relationships. Actively seeks information to understand
member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs.
Builds rapport and cooperative relationship with members/patients.
Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds
quickly to meet member/patient needs and resolves problems.
Performs duties as under Nurse Practice Act (Portions adopted from
the Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103). Essential
Responsibilities: - This position knows and complies with all
Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and
procedures. Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits
and clinical practice in every interaction with patients,
colleagues, providers, and leadership. Ensures patient safety in
the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited
to medications including the consistent use of 5 rights and 3
checks of medication administration, procedures, infection
prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two
patient identifiers and procedural time outs. Reports safety
hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions
promptly. - Applies principles of asepsis and infection control.
Maintains a safe and therapeutic patient care environment,
including identifying malfunctioning equipment. - Supports the
physician and other medical providers in the care and treatment of
patients, including rooming the patient; communicating delays to
patient, provider, and team members; and facilitating the medical
providers schedule. Performs duties and responsibilities with
excellence, enthusiasm, great service orientation demonstrating
courteous behaviors and mannerisms, and by anticipating physician
and other medical providers needs. - Practices within scope of
practice perimeters as inferred by licensure, standard nursing
practice, knowledge, skill level, and KP guidelines. - Performs
routine and specialized nursing procedures following physicians
orders and approved nursing care plan, e.g. administers treatment
using therapeutic equipment, such as intermittent positive pressure
breathing apparatus; administers medications (including narcotics)
orally or by injections; and provides specialized nursing care to
acutely ill patients. If IV certified LPN, may perform intravenous
therapy, as per Colorado State Board of Nursing Chapter IX. -
Monitors patients condition by observing, collecting, reporting,
and recording objective/subjective data; identifies changes in the
patients condition; collect data and report sign and symptoms of
deviation from normal health status, symptoms and/or reactions to
medications and treatments; initiates appropriate standard
emergency procedures and reports adverse patient conditions to
physician, Nursing Manager, or registered nurse. - Teaches and
promotes general preventive health measures to patients and members
of their families regarding home health care, such as use of
medications, administering injections, taking blood pressure,
general post-operative care, and general diabetic care.
Disseminates pre-printed standard aftercare instructions and
pre-printed patient instruction material. Licensed Practical Nurse.
- Assists physician with examinations, treatments and minor
surgery, by preparing patient and room for a specific procedure and
attending patient during procedure. - Records pertinent information
in patients medical chart, e.g., patients nursing history, physical
data, vital signs, symptoms, treatments, examinations, medications
administered, reactions and general observations, according to
standard requirements. - Assists in orienting and training new
employees, as assigned. May perform the duties of a Nursing
Assistant or Medical Receptionist, as required. May
assign/coordinate activities for nursing and medical assistants and
medical receptionist. - Orders, stores and maintains adequate
inventory of supplies and instruments used by department as
assigned. - In addition to defined technical requirements,
accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors and
principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo,
the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational
initiatives. Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the
knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide
superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our
members, and to purchasers, contracted providers and vendors. Basic
Qualifications: Experience - N/A Education - Graduation from an
accredited Practical Nursing program and licensed as a Practical
Nurse (LPN) in the State of Colorado and completed a minimum of 400
clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience and guided
learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty,
associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who
is physically present or immediately accessible. - High School
Diploma OR General Education Diploma (GED) required. License,
Certification, Registration - Practical Nurse License (Colorado)
Additional Requirements: - Demonstrated customer service focus and
exemplary service skills. - I.V. therapy certification may be
required for some positions. Preferred Qualifications: - Six (6)
months of experience with adults, pediatrics and/or trauma
preferred. - I.V. therapy certification preferred. - BLS preferred.
Notes: - Flexible. Teamwork. Proficient computer skills.
PrimaryLocation : Colorado,Lafayette,Rock Creek Medical Offices
HoursPerWeek : 40 Shift : Day Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
WorkingHoursStart : 12:00 AM WorkingHoursEnd : 11:59 PM Job
Schedule : Full-time Job Type : Standard Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : C01|SEIU|Local 105 Job Level :
Entry Level Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : Rock Creek Medical Offices - Head and
Neck-Surgery-General - 1608 Travel : Yes, 20 % of the Time Kaiser
Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair,
respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered
for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national
origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected
characteristic or status. Colorado Residents: In any materials you
submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such
as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation.
You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this
information.
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