JGH Float LPN Job Kansas City area,Missouri USA,Nursing

Position: JGH Full Time Float LPN

Position Overview

Prepare charts and physical facilities for patient visits. Assist with medical procedures during patient visits. Establish helpful and friendly relationships with patients.

Minimum Qualifications

Current unencumbered licensure with the WV Board of Practical Nursing, or appropriate state board where services will be provided, as a practical nurse OR current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).

Current CPR required.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience as an LPN.

Core Duties and Responsibilities

Check examining rooms daily – clean and stock as required.

Prepare patients for the physician (e.g., weigh patients, measure patients, perform tests as necessary).

Clean examining room after patient leaves.

Carry out physician orders, i.e., give injections, make appointments, clean and bandage wounds, do assigned treatments.

Assist physician and/or Nurse Practitioner with treatments.

Screen incoming calls – decide if the physician and/or Nurse Practitioner needs to see or call patient.

Inform parents how to care for and what to expect from their illness.

Periodically check entire work area including waiting rooms and tidy up as necessary.

Record test (lab, radiology, etc.) results in patient charts and contact patients as necessary regarding tests.

Collect urine drug screen specimens and do proper paperwork.

Perform breath alcohol tests.

Perform well-child exam and administer immunizations.

Contact pharmacies to authorize prescribed medication for patients.

Pull and process patient charts for next day (stamping, adding sheets, updating immunizations).

Thoroughly clean and stock each examination room weekly.

Make patient appointments.

Perform filing, answer phone, and other duties as assigned by the physician.

Physical Requirements

Heavy/Hard work: lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning of patients, standing, walking, carrying or moving patients, materials and equipment weighing 40+ lbs.

Working Environment

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Additional Information

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40 hours per week.

Shift: (Specify shift here if applicable).

Employment Type:

United States of America (Non-Exempt).

Company: JAX Jackson General Hospital.

Equal Opportunity Employer

West Virginia University Health System and its subsidiaries (collectively “WVUHS”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. WVUHS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

All WVUHS employees, other workers, and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment.

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