Responsibilities

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 9 hours between 7:30am and 4:30pm, with a one-hour lunch

No Weekends or Holidays

Job Specific Responsibilities and Tasks: Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Initiate, perform and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient population
• Complete assigned patient care based on the patients’ conditions, use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments, and accurately recognize, report and record relevant patient information.
• Observe, identify and respond to the patient’s needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education.
• Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and perform treatments according to established policies/procedures.
• Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed
• Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient’s condition before, during, and following the procedure.
• Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice.
• Integrate healthy work environment principles that result in improved patient healthcare delivery, education of patients and their families and employee satisfaction

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:
* Education: Graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate State agency and accredited by the Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) or another acceptable accreditation body outlined in the TO.

* Experience: Minimum 1 years experience as LVN/LPN after graduation 
* Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a LVN/LPN from any state.
* Life Support Certification: Possess a current AHA OR ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.

* Certification:Must complete a Certified Occupational Hearing Conservation Training (CAOHC) hearing conservation course and must possess a current National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH approved Spirometry Testing Certificate. Contractors must complete NIOSH approved spirometry and CAOHC within 12 months of their start date.
* Security: Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.