Licensed Practical Nurse Nephrology Clinic

Its more than a career its a calling

IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon

Regular

Job Highlights:

Join a team where your work matters every moment every patient every community. At SSM Health youll be empowered to grow supported to thrive and inspired to make a lasting impact.

In this role you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail compassion and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create a safer smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting this role is perfect for you.

• Department: LPN or Certified MA for Nephrology Clinic
• Schedule: Full time Day shift no nights weekends holidays or on call
• Location: IL-SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mount Vernon

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Pay Range:

$20.11 - $32.18

Pay Rate Type:

Hourly

SSM Health values the skills and talents that each team member brings to our organization. Compensation for this role is based on a variety of components including relevant experience labor market and other qualifications. The posted pay range for this position is what SSM Health reasonably expects in good faith to offer based on the circumstances at the time of posting. SSM Health may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.

Job Summary:

Provides care to patients under the direction of a registered nurse or physician functioning within the scope of license.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contributes to the assessment of patients and ensures the well-being of patients.
• Administers medications and observes patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments.
• Performs laboratory tests and therapeutic services.
• Educates patients/families about disease treatment plan including self care post discharge holistic health needs available resources and follow up care.
• May documents the providers encounter with patients. Lists all proper diagnoses and symptoms as well as discharge/follow-up instructions and prescriptions as indicated by the provider.
• May transcribes patient orders including laboratory tests radiology tests and medications. Completes patients charts by transcribing results of any labs x-rays or other evaluations. Continuously checks the progress of data availability for orders to ensure the patients workup is complete so that the provider is able to make treatment decisions regarding that patient.
• May transcribes consultations or discussions with family and/or the patients private physician or the on-call physician.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.
• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting reaching and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms malfunctioning machinery etc.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.
• Occasional bending stooping kneeling squatting twisting gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional driving.
• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

State of Work Location: Missouri Oklahoma Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Nurse Licensure Issued by Compact State

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

MP 420 Nephrology

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