Licensed Practical Nurse

Job Description

Title:

LPN

Reports to:

Nurse Manager

Job Summary:

Assists with nursing care of patients, under supervision of RN.

• Greets patient and provides comfort and reassurance to the patient and supports the patient’s right to privacy, dignity, and confidentiality.
• Stocks all areas of the Center with supplies, stocks refrigerators with nourishment for patients.
• Takes vital signs including patient weights and reports them to RN. Documents appropriately in EMR.
• Performs Point of Care Testing, including Blood Glucose, Pregnancy, and Drugs of Abuse as per RN.
• Assists in the monitoring of patients’ physical symptoms and behavioral changes. Reports any concerns to RN.
• Administers preoperative and / or postoperative medications within LPN scope of practice under guidance of the RN. Documents appropriately in EMR.
• Provides nourishments for patients under supervision of RN.
• Assists patients in and out of bed and to the bathroom as per RN.
• Assist patient in dressing as needed.
• Provides patients and families with discharge instructions per the RN. Documents appropriately in EMR.
• Escorts the patients to car after discharge.
• Cleans equipment in all areas of the Center according to manufacturer’s recommendations and stores equipment safely.
• Performs room turnover and appropriate room cleaning in all areas of the Center in accordance with Center policy. Northtowns Ambulatory Surgery Center Policy and Procedure Manual
• Performs preoperative and postoperative patient phone calls and documents appropriately in EMR.
• Schedule procedures in EMR as needed.
• Performs other clerical tasks as needed.

• Graduate of school for Practical Nursing.
• Active LPN license.
• Prior experience in a physician’s office or health care setting.
• Able to speak, read, and write in English.

• Ability to sit / stand for a considerable amount of time; ability to walk.
• Visual and auditory acuity for frequent use of computer, telephone, and occasional use of other office equipment.
• Ability to perform occasional overhead and low reaching.
• Physical strength required for equipment needs and patient-care activities.
• Visual and auditory acuity for timely responsiveness and patient-care assessment activities.
• Ability to move quickly in response to center needs.
• Constant and frequent judgment and response.
• Occasional judgment and response to disasters or emergencies, actual events, or drills.

• Well-lit and ventilated, with non-hazardous and hazardous equipment.
• Category I : involves occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious body fluids and materials.