LPN- Emergency Department, General; PRN

JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION
Provides nursing care to designated patients under the direction/supervision of a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department. Performs job duties appropriately for the needs of the age population served, as defined in the department’s scope of service.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

CRITERIA A:
Everyday Excellence Values

Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.

A. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.
• Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.
• Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.
• Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.
• Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.

CRITERIA B:
Corporate Compliance

Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.

B. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.
• Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.
• Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.

CRITERIA C:
Personal Achievement

Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.

C. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments.
• Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.
• Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.
• Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.

CRITERIA D:
Performance Improvement

Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.

D. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.
• Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.
• Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.
• Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.

CRITERIA E:
Cost Management

Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.

E. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Effectively manages time and resources.
• Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization — material, human, and financial.
• Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.

CRITERIA F:
Patient & Employee Safety

Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.

F. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.
• Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.
• Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.
• Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:

1. Performs nursing care according to standards and individualized needs of the patients.

1. PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Provides nursing care for patients receiving services in the Emergency Department.
• Collects data essential to assessment and indicates deviations from normal to the physician.
• Assists Physician(s) and Registered Nurse(s) perform patient assessments.
• Develops appropriate educational tools for patients and their family members.
• Provides instructions to patients and family members.
• Individualizes patient care based upon physical, psychosocial and educational needs.
• Escorts patients to and from treatment rooms.

2. Maintains patient records and charts to ensure an accurate record of the patient’s…