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DEDICATED TO STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND INDEPENDENCE OF IDAHOANS

Come join a great team at State Hospital West (SHW)! We are looking for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to fill a temporary (benefits eligible) position. Our temp position provides an allotted amount of 1,385 hours to work in a 12-month period for any one state agency. We are needing a LPN to work weekends (either every weekend or every other weekend) with some intermittent weekday, vacation/or sick coverage. We offer 8 hour shifts and 12 hour shifts. Our day shift is 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and swing shift is 2:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. however, we can be flexible on length of shift that you would like to work as well as start time.

SHW is a smaller Adolescent Psychiatric Treatment Hospital with one unit of 16 beds. The SHW nursing staff work as a team and are very supportive of each other. If you are someone who wants to make a difference, share in the growth and development of a new hospital, and know at the end of the day you have made a positive impact, then our Nursing position might be for you!

Not only do we offer a great team atmosphere and fulfilling work, we also provide the following:

BEST RETIREMENT AVAILABLE IN THE NATION

We have one of the (PERSI) that offers a lifetime benefit.

EXCELLENT BENEFITS
insurance * generous vacation and sick leave accrual beginning as soon as you start

• 11 paid holidays a year
• paid parental leave
• multiple savings plans, optional 401K, and optional 457
• basic life insurance for employee and family
• employee covered at one times annual salary
• spouse covered at $10,000
• child covered at $5,000
• wellness programs
• ongoing training opportunities
• an opportunity for
• and more!

General Information:

• This position will be working under the direction of the Nurse Manager and Director of Nursing to implement, maintain, and manage patient care and safety.
• Employees may be required to work weekends, holidays, day, evening and night shifts (swing or night shifts may include 5% shift pay).
• This position also requires applicants to become certified in CPR and Nonviolent Crisis Intervention.

SHW is located in Nampa nestled between Ridgecrest and Centennial golf courses on a picturesque piece of state property along the Nampa Interstate 84 corridor. SHW provides psychiatric inpatient treatment care for Idaho\'s adolescent citizens with the most serious and persistent mental illnesses. The hospital will work in partnership with families and communities to enable clients to return to community living and will be accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations and certified by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Temporary positions are limited to working 1,385 hours in a 12-month period for any one state agency.

Employees are eligible for benefits if they work twenty (20) hours or more per week and the term of employment is expected to exceed five (5) continuous months.

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. Applicants will be required to pass a background investigation after a conditional offer of employment.

Example of Duties

• Performs practical nursing care or assists a registered nurse or physician in routine to complex situations in clinics or on the floor.
• Observes, records, and reports patient\'s 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, catheterizations and removal of sutures, insertion of nasal gastric tubes under the direction of the charge nurse and physician\'s orders.
• 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, medications, side effects, labs, infection prevention, 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 Qualifications

You must possess all the minimum qualifications listed below to pass the exam for this position. Click on the Questions tab associated with this announcement for the details regarding minimum qualification requirements. The Supplemental Questions on the application are the exam questions. Please make sure your resume supports your answers. Failure to do this may result in not passing the exam and disqualify you from being considered for this position.

• Licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse by the state of Idaho or state licensure as a Practical Nurse pursuant to the Nurse Licensure Compact, Idaho Code 54-1418, in one of the following compact states: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin or Wyoming.

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The State of Idaho is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, political affiliation or belief, sex, national origin, genetics, or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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