Licensed Practical Nurse - Center for Orthopedics - Evenings/Nights
Licensed Practical Nurse - Center for Orthopedics - Evenings/Nights
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Job Description
Full time (72 hours biweekly)
7pm-7am
Weekend and holiday rotation
General Summary
Provides nursing care to patients at an advanced level of practice. Takes patient vital signs assists with procedures/examinations administers medications assists patient with activities of daily living (bathing feeding etc.) and instructs patients and their families in appropriate care.
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Under appropriate supervision administers and controls narcotics and medications.
- Provides general nursing care and personal care assistance to patients including bathing dressing eating changing bed linens and bed pans and positioning.
- Maintains a safe comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients/families in accordance with hospital standards.
- Helps patients get into and out of chairs lifts patients raises patients in beds and turns the patients.
- Checks patients vital signs.
- Charts results of various tests.
- Monitors medical condition of patients and reports changes to appropriate personnel.
- Prepares patients for scheduled procedures to assist in patient assessment.
- Assists physicians with examinations procedures and other processes related to direct patient care.
- Arranges for patients ordered diagnostic and therapeutic services.
- Provides health care instruction/education to patient and family members.
- Ensures accurate maintenance of patients medical records and that patient records are treated as confidential information.
- Performs a variety of nursing administrative duties.
- Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment.
Common Expectations:
- Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span of the assigned patient population. Assesses and interprets patient age specific data and provides appropriate age specific treatment. Provides direct patient care to assigned patient age group(s).
- Demonstrates a commitment to patient visitor and staff by: complying with all applicable safety regulations; learning the impact of medical errors and methodology that will lead to reduction of errors; reporting actual and potential errors as well as hazardous conditions; identifying opportunities to standardize processes and error proof systems that will lead to increased safety; and participating in safety education programs and root cause analyses as required.
- Maintains established policies and procedures objectives quality assessment safety environmental and infection control standards.
- Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.
- Prepares and maintains records of patient charges.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
- Certificate Program Post High School Vocational/Specialized Training Required
Work Experience:
- 1 year Relevant experience. Required
Licenses:
- Licensed Practical Nurse Upon Hire Required or
- Licensed Practical Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required and
- Basic Life Support Upon Hire Required
Courses and Training:
- Completion of accredited LPN program. Upon Hire Required and
- Rhythm recognition course per unit of assignment. Upon Hire Required and
- ACLS/PALS certification as required. Upon Hire Required
Benefits Offered:
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Short-term disability
- Education assistance
- Financial education and support including DailyPay
- Wellness and Wellbeing programs
- Caregiversupport via Wellthy
- Childcare referral service via Wellthy
Employment Type
Full-Time
