Licensed Practical Nurse

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What You’ll Do

Starting pay is approximately $58,000 based on shift assignments.

• Provides patient care as directed
• Documents patient-related care timely within the electronic health record
• Maintain patient medical records
• Administers medication, including oral and intramuscular medications, may administer intravenous therapy if appropriately certified
• Performs treatments
• Assists with Doctor’s Sick Call
• Assists with chronic care clinics management
• Participates in patient care planning and treatment team activities
• Responds to emergencies
• Provides emergency care and collection of patient data
• Collects vital signs and timely documents all findings
• Collects urine and/or other body fluid specimens
• May perform venipuncture in order to obtain blood samples for laboratory analysis
• Prepares patients for release and/or transfer (i.e., Intra-system, out to court) by reviewing patient care, completing Intra-System Transfer Summaries and/or Release Summaries
• Ensures discharge medication orders are completed and timely forwarded to pharmacy services
• Participates in work-related training and all institution training exercises as assigned.
• Provides assistance to other healthcare staff
• Investigates and documents problem areas and/or areas of concern
• Reviews shift report from preceding shift(s)
• Assist physicians with medical procedures
• Assumes duties of other nurses during absences
• Observes, documents and provides nursing support to assistive personnel (i.e., nurse aides, psychiatric attendants, and/or patient care assistants)
• Provides patient education regarding healthcare maintenance and prevention of disease
• Participates in continuous quality improvement activities.
• Schedules multidisciplinary team meetings
• Performs and/or assists with inventory and ordering of medical supplies
• Assists ancillary staff including Health Information Technicians and medical schedulers as needed to ensure patient care needs are met
• Must work overtime as required

• Provides patient care as directed
• Documents patient-related care timely within the electronic health record
• Maintain patient medical records
• Administers medication, including oral and intramuscular medications, may administer intravenous therapy if appropriately certified
• Performs treatments
• Assists with Doctor’s Sick Call
• Assists with chronic care clinics management
• Participates in patient care planning and treatment team activities
• Responds to emergencies
• Provides emergency care and collection of patient data
• Collects vital signs and timely documents all findings
• Collects urine and/or other body fluid specimens
• May perform venipuncture in order to obtain blood samples for laboratory analysis
• Prepares patients for release and/or transfer (i.e., Intra-system, out to court) by reviewing patient care, completing Intra-System Transfer Summaries and/or Release Summaries
• Ensures discharge medication orders are completed and timely forwarded to pharmacy services
• Participates in work-related training and all institution training exercises as assigned.
• Provides assistance to other healthcare staff
• Investigates and documents problem areas and/or areas of concern
• Reviews shift report from preceding shift(s)
• Assist physicians with medical procedures
• Assumes duties of other nurses during absences
• Observes, documents and provides nursing support to assistive personnel (i.e., nurse aides, psychiatric attendants, and/or patient care assistants)
• Provides patient education regarding healthcare maintenance and prevention of disease
• Participates in continuous quality…