Nursing Harrisville, PA

Responsibilities

• Administer direct patient care activities, such as lab tests, treatments, and medication administration under the direction of the Nurse Manager, RN Supervisor, or physician.
• Carry out clinical activities, quality‑control activities, and performance‑improvement initiatives supporting the Physician Practice.
• Deliver direct and indirect patient care in accordance with the LPN Practice Act, hospital and physician practice policies, procedures, and clinical standards.
• Collect patient health‑care data, including vital signs, weight, chief complaint, and pain assessment, focusing on physical, psychosocial, age, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Involve patients, families, and other health‑care providers when appropriate.
• Complete patient care treatments/testing as ordered by physicians.
• Administer medications and immunizations using appropriate routes and techniques specific to patient age.
• Ensure documentation is complete, accurate, and timely.
• Provide education and instruction within scope to patients and families.
• Assist in assessing educational needs, identify barriers, supply materials, and document all education provided.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with physicians to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Prepare patients for examination, treatments, and procedures, and assist physicians with procedures as requested.
• Ensure patient safety and compliance with hospital and physician practice policies.
• Use two forms of patient identification before any patient care and label specimens with identifiers per policy.
• Assist in compliance with all regulatory‑agency requirements and perform quality‑control testing for point‑of‑care testing.
• Participate in non‑punitive medication reporting and adhere to infection‑control processes, including standard precautions.
• Demonstrate leadership, problem‑solving, accountability, delegation, resource management, and patient advocacy; serve as preceptor or mentor to new hires and students.
• Assist in maintaining or reducing departmental costs and in compliance with JCAHO and other regulatory agencies.
• Participate in continuous survey readiness for inspections and surveys.
• Coordinate communications between patients/families, physicians, pharmacies, specialists, and insurance carriers.
• Provide advice based on protocols and physician instructions, directing patients to appropriate levels of care.
• Facilitate prescription refills, obtain prior authorization, and assist indigent programs per physician orders.
• Support performance‑improvement initiatives, assist with data collection, and implement and monitor new initiatives.
• Maintain a safe environment of care, ensuring supplies are replenished daily and areas remain clean.
• Perform point‑of‑care testing as ordered and complete quality‑control testing; identify out‑of‑range results and follow up before testing.
• Accurately record test results and prepare forms, copies, and responses per policies and procedures.
• Assist in maintaining the patient medical record for filing and retrieval.
• Participate in all other office functions and duties as required.

• Graduate of an accredited School of Practical Nursing.
• Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, and independent critical‑thinking.
• Sound judgment and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
• Effective communication skills to convey complex and controversial topics to a diverse audience.

• Previous LPN experience.
• Current licensure to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (CPR and AED).
• Act 33, Act 34, Act 73 licenses with renewal.
• FBI clearance.

Position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but serves as a coach and mentor for other department positions.

Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on‑call, etc.).

Independence Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of Independence Health is to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, non‑job related disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected class. Independence Health will conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.