CommonSpirit Health

Saint Joseph Hospital is a 433-bed facility located in Lexington Kentucky.. Founded in 1877 a small group of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford began their health ministry.. Saint Joseph Hospital primarily serves central and eastern Kentucky with a full range of services including distinguished awards for cardiology orthopedics and stroke care.. CHI Saint Joseph Health supports 5000 active employees 8 hospitals specialty clinics and a Medical Group with more than 200 locations across Central and Eastern KY. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019.. Implements and/or modifies plan of care using assessment data, standards of care and evidence based practice inclusive of nursing care coordination, appropriate patient and family education, and discharge planning.

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Overview:
Saint Joseph Hospital is a 433-bed facility located in Lexington Kentucky. Founded in 1877 a small group of Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford began their health ministry. Their mission was to provide compassionate care to the poor and underserved – a tradition still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital primarily serves central and eastern Kentucky with a full range of services including distinguished awards for cardiology orthopedics and stroke care. CHI Saint Joseph Health supports 5000 active employees 8 hospitals specialty clinics and a Medical Group with more than 200 locations across Central and Eastern KY. CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health in 2019. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

Responsibilities:
Our LPN’s are part of our healthcare team who treats patients with a variety of illnesses. You can expect to collaborate on comprehensive screenings, risk assessments, and preventative health education for patients. Expectations<ul><li>Assumes responsibility for acquiring knowledge and skills necessary for patient care in the identified practice setting.</li><li>Performs assessment and analyzes patient problems and conditions using critical decision making to determine need for standard, urgent or emergent interventions.</li><li>Implements and/or modifies plan of care using assessment data, standards of care and evidence based practice inclusive of nursing care coordination, appropriate patient and family education, and discharge planning.  Facilitates interdisciplinary partnership in patient care (as appropriate for an LPN).</li><li>Integrates ethical provisions in nursing practice and delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity and rights.</li><li>Evaluates progress towards attainment of desired patient outcomes.</li></ul>

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:<ul><li style="margin-left: .5in;">Graduate from an accredited school of nursing program</li><li style="margin-left: .5in;">Active (LPN) license cleared by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or with eNLC multi-state practice privilege </li><li style="margin-left: .5in;">Basic Life Support (BLS)</li></ul>

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