Licensed Practical Nurse, Emergency Department, Full Time, 7:00am to 7:30pm

Responsibilities

• Interviews patient about current problems, medications, and allergies and reviews medical record for pertinent previous and current information.
• Keeps patients informed of their medical condition and the course of treatment being prescribed by an MD.
• Participates in patient treatment regimen, including administering medications (under the supervision of a physician and registered nurse).
• Establishes and documents patient treatment regimen under supervision of RN or MD and implements treatment as directed.
• Performs routine immunizations, nebulizer treatments, and visual acuity testing, and administers and reads TB tests.
• Affords assistance in phlebotomy: identifies patient, checks requisition form for requested tests, and prepares equipment, patient and puncture site.
• Affords assistance in IV set-up: verifies solution to be administered, evaluates infusion site, checks IV function and patient comfort, and discontinues IV at appropriate time, as ordered by MD and under supervision of an RN.
• Maintains adequate inventory of narcotics after each tour of duty, examination room supplies and prepares exam rooms at the beginning and end of day and between each patient contact.
• Performs variety of office responsibilities: answers phones and takes messages and performs triage within scope of licensed practical nursing practice in an accurate and timely manner.
• Facilitates and assists in the coordination of patient referrals.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new personnel.

Requirements

• Generally requires 1 to 3 years of related experience.
• Graduation from an accredited LPN program is required.
• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with critical thinking and professional composure.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions.
• Knowledge and skill in use of job appropriate technology and software applications.
• Must meet and maintain current all unit specific and organizational skills/competencies, certifications/licensures, as required by the nursing area.

Qualifications

• Valid Florida LPN license is required.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) and any additional applicable life support certification for Healthcare Providers is required upon hire with at least 6 months validity and maintenance at JHS for the duration of employment.
• 30 hour IV training must be from a Florida Board of Nursing approved program or be a Compact Nursing State (States participating in the multi-state compacts licensing).

Skills

• Ability to analyze, organize and prioritize work accurately while meeting multiple deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with critical thinking and professional composure.
• Ability to understand and follow instructions.
• Knowledge and skill in use of job appropriate technology and software applications.

Benefits

• Working Conditions: Extended standing or walking, carrying objects weighing 21 to 50 pounds, lifting or moving objects weighing 51 to 100 pounds with the use of appropriate devices.
• Environmental Conditions: Fast paced environment with occasional high pressure or emergent and stressful situations, frequent visual acuity, frequent interaction with a diverse population, exposure to various environments such as communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a hospital and medical office environment, exposure to needle sticks, airborne infections, medical gases, X-Ray, chemical exposures and other potential hazards, exposure to infectious/clinical hospital environment, exposure to various environments such as communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a hospital and medical office environment, exposure to needle sticks, airborne infections, medical gases, X-Ray, chemical exposures and other potential hazards, exposure to infectious/clinical hospital environment, exposure to various environments such as communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a hospital and medical office environment, exposure to needle sticks, airborne infections, medical gases, X-Ray, chemical exposures and other potential hazards, exposure to infectious/clinical hospital environment, exposure to various environments such as communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations and other conditions common to a hospital and medical office environment, exposure to needle sticks, airborne infections, medical gases, X-Ray, chemical exposures and other potential hazards, exposure to infectious/clinical hospital environment.

Pay

Details not specified.

Schedule

Full Time, 7:00am to 7:30pm.