Licensed Practical Nurse -Family Health at Health Advocates Network Wright County, IA

Licensed Practical Nurse – Family Health

Health Advocates Network is currently seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse – Family Health to work at a facility in Wright Patterson AFB, OH, with a location in Wright County, IA. These are registry positions with our company.

Pay Rate
: $30 per hour (W2)

• Telehealth nursing is an important part of the nursing services performed and shall be performed at the Medical Center; telephone messages and secure internet messaging are used daily to coordinate care.
• Initiate, perform, and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Complete patient care based on the patient’s conditions, using judgment to select the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments, and accurately recognize, report, and record relevant patient information.
• Observe, identify, and respond to the patient’s needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care, and patient/family education.
• Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and/or intravenous) and perform treatments according to established policies/procedures.
• Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
• Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests or specialized practices, including patient preparation, assisting during examinations, handling specialized instruments or equipment, and monitoring the patient before, during, and after procedures.
• Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice.
• Integrate healthy work environment principles that improve patient healthcare delivery, patient and family education, and employee satisfaction.
• LPNs in the Dialysis Clinic maintain dialysis and reverse osmosis machines in addition to assisting in medical treatment of patients.

• Must have a degree from Hondros College of Nursing.
• Degree/
  
  Education:
  
  Certificate. Graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university, or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate state agency and accredited by the Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA).
• Certifications:
  
  Basic Life Support (5.2.3) and an equivalent First Aid/CPR/AED course.
• Experience:
  
  Practiced as an LPN performing hands‑on patient care in an adult primary care outpatient setting for at least 12 months within the last 24 months.
• Licensure/Registration:
  Current, full, active, and unrestricted LPN license as a practical or vocational nurse.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Background check with NACI.

Health Advocates Network, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected basis under applicable federal, state, or local law, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies. EOE including Veterans/Disability.