Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Endocrinology
Job Location:
Columbus, OH - USA
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Job Summary
Looking to join our dynamic team at Ohio State University Physicians where excellence meets compassion
With over 100 cutting-edge outpatient center locations dedicated to providing exceptional patient care while fostering a collaborative work environment our buckeye team includes more than 1800 nurses medical assistants physicians advanced practice providers administrative support staff IT specialists financial specialists and leaders that all play an important an employee of OSUP youll be an integral part of a team committed to advancing healthcare education and professional growth.
Our culture
At OSUP we foster a culture grounded in the values of inclusion empathy sincerity and determination. We meet our teams where they are coming together to serve each other and our community.
Our benefits
We know that having options and robust benefit plans are important to you. OSUP prioritizes the wellbeing of our team and thats why we offer our employees a flexible competitive benefit addition to medical dental vision health reimbursement accounts flexible spending accounts and retirement we also offer an employee assistance program paid time off holidays and a wellness program designed to support our employees so they can live their best lives. As an OSUP employee you will be eligible for these various benefits depending on your employment status.
Purpose:The Licensed Practical Nurse provides skilled nursing services to patients under the direction of a physician or midlevelprovider andprovides a variety of related services tomaintaina safe therapeutic environment. The scope of the Licensed Practical Nurse includes but is not limited to nursing procedures and executing the patients nursing care plans such as sterile dressings soaks compresses enemas suppositories oxygen therapy catheterization diabetic care and pre- and post-operative care.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide safe highquality patient care within the LPN scope of practice including rooming patients obtaining and documenting vital signs administering medications/IV fluids performing treatments and collecting specimens.
- Prepare patients and exam rooms; assist providers with examinations procedures testing and realtime documentation as appropriate.
- Monitor patient conditions recognize and report changes or adverse reactions educate patients within scope and coordinate laboratory specimens results and followup care.
- Maintain clinical operations by sterilizing equipment managing supplies and inventory supporting scheduling and clerical tasks and adhering to safety infection control and compliance standards.
- Demonstrate professionalism through punctuality teamwork effective communication with supervisors ongoing skills training system usage travel as needed and completion of assigned duties or special projects.
- Graduate of a school of Practical Nursing
- Current Practical Nursing License in the state of Ohio
- Ability to maintain quality safety and/or infection control standards
- Knowledge of appropriate procedures and standards for the administration of medications and patient care aids
- Compassionate team players who are focused on providing the best care possible for their patients!
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
The Ohio State University Physicians, Inc. (OSUP) provides outpatient care throughout Central Ohio and the surrounding areas. We are the approved not-for-profit practice plan for The Ohio State University College of Medicine designated by the University Board of Trustees.
