Licensed Practical Nurse

When you work at St. Jude, you’ll join a highly-collaborative work culture that inspires you every day to be your best. With opportunities for learning and growth, you can shape a career path that is right for you while also enjoying all the benefits and stability of working for a world-class institution. This includes work-life balance with generous paid time-off and on-campus conveniences that make life a little easier. Join us and you’ll quickly see why St.

Jude is consistently ranked by our employees on Glassdoor as a “Best Place to Work.”

In this role you will provide patient centered age appropriate care in a professional manner via collaboration with the RN/MD through the use of clinical skills and educated judgements to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Job Responsibilities:

Provide age appropriate nursing care and education in collaboration with other team members; Report deviations from the patient’s rooms promptly.

Participate in assessing knowledge base and learning needs of patients and families.

Consult with licensed healthcare providers to prioritize patient care needs; Recommend referrals to other licensed healthcare professionals.

Ensure optimal implementations of the plan of care and to promote continuity of care; Assess patient care needs in collaboration with the RN and/ or MD

Communicate to RN/ MD patient’s response to nursing interventions, treatments, and medications. Reports lab and test results to RN/ MD.

Provide nursing care consistent with individualized medical and nursing plans of care, following policy, procedures, and standards of care.

Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.

Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Minimum Education and/or Training:

Graduate of a school of nursing required.

Minimum Experience:

Minimum requirement: 2+ years of nursing experience.

Experience in pediatric or oncology nursing preferred (not required).

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to patients from birth to early adulthood depending on duties in the assigned unit.

Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development for all ages served.

Demonstrate ability to assess and interpret age-specific data.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by Law:

(LC: LPN-TN) Must possess a current Tennessee State Board of Nursing LPN license if primary residence is Tennessee or a non-Nurse Licensure Compact state.

(LC: LPN-ARK or LPN-MISS) Must possess a current State Board of Nursing LPN license in the state of primary residence if the state is a Nurse Licensure Compact state.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification Required by SJCRH Only:

None