What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Practical Nurse, LPN position at CSL?
Responsibilities
- Under general supervision, responsible for evaluating donor suitability for automated pheresis procedures
- Provides limited emergency medical care to donors and staff including administering medication or treatments in accordance with licensure or certification
- Interviews donors and performs medical history reviews to obtain necessary information to determine suitability to donate plasma
- In conjunction with the Center Medical Director, responds to medically related questions and provides information to staff on donor suitability
- Reviews test results and determines continued donor suitability; assesses donor symptoms that may result in the inability to continue donating
- Notifies and counsels donors regarding reactive test results; refers donors to community facilities for follow-up and counseling
- Provides routine care following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); escalates critical medical situations to Center Physician or local medical service providers as required
- Graduation from a paramedic, nursing, physician assistant, chiropractic, medical school or naturopathic medical training program
- If graduation is from a foreign allopathic or osteopathic medical school, must also currently be licensed as a physician or state certification as an emergency medical technician
- For NY: current state licensure or certification as an RN, MD or DO in the state you are applying for work or in a reciprocal state
- Minimum of one (1) year relevant experience in a health care environment
- Experience in a plasma or whole blood collection center or other regulated environment preferred
- Ability to make and analyze a physical assessment of heart, lung sounds, signs of drug use, etc.