LPN
Location: Branson Missouri
Description: Skaggs Regional Medical Center is hiring LPN right now, this career will be placed in Missouri. For detail informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. SUMMARY: Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill, injured, convalescent, and disabled persons in such settings as the hospital, clinics, physician offices, private homes, schools, nursing homes, and similar institutions by performing the following duties.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide exceptional service and/or care to all patients, customers and team members.
- Interviews and assesses patient to determine medical problem/condition and documents in chart for physician.
- Records all information accurately, concisely, and completely.
- Obtains and records patient's vital signs and weight.
- Assists physician with patient examination as needed.
- Schedules tests or treatments at other facilities and forwards medical information as indicated to complete care.
- Reviews physician's orders, lab requests, or follow-up needs with patient.
- Documents services performed for billing purposes.
- Observes patients and reports adverse reactions to medication or treatment to medical personnel in charge.
- Administers specified medication, orally or by subcutaneous or inter-muscular injection, and notes time and amount on patients' charts as prescribed by provider.
- Assembles and uses such equipment as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers as prescribed by provider.
- Calls and/or faxes prescriptions
- Collects samples, such as urine, blood, and sputum, from patients for testing and performs routine laboratory tests on samples as prescribed by provider.
- Participates in planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care plans and nursing care.
- Participates in team conferences, sharing knowledge, information, and ideas among team members.
- Performs more complex nursing activities as competence increases.
- Participates in emergency care as needed.
- Communicates frequently with the Team Lead regarding patients’ physical & mental conditions.
- Prepares or examines food trays for prescribed diet and feeds patients.
- Records food and fluid intake and output.
- Bathes, dresses, and assists patients in walking and turning.
- Assists in delivery, care, and feeding of infants.
- Perform other duties as required.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and
- One year certificate from college or technical school.
- One year of clinical practice preferred
- LPN Licensure in the State of Missouri
- BLS
- I.V. Certification required for Acute nursing but not for Home Health & Hospice or Hyperbaric positions
- Certification in specialty area preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Demonstrated clinical competence.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
- Ability to write routine reports.
- Knowledge of and ability to use all clinical software
- I.V. Insertion (does not apply to Home Health & Hospice positions)
- Skilled in operation of tools, equipment, and materials listed below.
- Must comply with all Star Care Standards
- Prompt and regular attendance according to policy
- Comply with dress code and appearance standards.
- Interact with patients, customers, the general public, management, and team members in a professional, courteous, and tactful manner.
- Work with integrity, uphold Skaggs’ mission, values, and maintain confidentiality in all situations.
- Follow safety & security policies & procedures, immediately report suspicious activities and unsafe conditions. Use equipment, tools & materials properly; wear and/or use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Participate in all mandatory job training and meetings as directed which may include overnight travel and extended stays as applicable.
- Adhere to requirements, policies and procedures outlined in the Employee Handbook and/or other Hospital/Clinic practices.
- Maintains awareness of and participation in community relations activities.
- Exercises appropriate use of Universal Precautions, personal protective equipment, and other safety guidelines/regulations as required by OSHA and other enforcement agencies.
- General office equipment
- Computer
- Diagnostic testing equipment
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee is frequently exposed to blood borne pathogens, body fluids, contagious diseases, blood, and bio-hazard materials.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Skaggs Regional Medical Center.
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This career starts available on: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 07:41:56 GMT