LPN- CHI HS Community Care Peds Clinic

Job Summary:

The Licensed Practical Nurse will care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities within the clinic of hospital. He or she may work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Administers medications or starts intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients’ charts.
• Observes patients, charting, and reporting changes in conditions such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment and takes necessary actions.
• Answers patients calls and determines how to assist them.
• Measures and records patients’ vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Provides basic patient care or treatments such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
• Works as part of a health care team to assess patient needs, plans and modifies care, and implements interventions.
• Evaluates nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health care team members.
• Assembles and uses equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
• Records food and fluid intake and output.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• General knowledge of nursing and health care terminology.
• Excellent patient care skills.

Education and Experience:

• Postsecondary certificate from vocational school or associate degree in nursing required.
• Current Arkansas state licensure required.
• Prior clinical experience preferred

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• May require prolonged periods of standing, moving, and bending.
• Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds at times.

Disclaimers

• This job description reflects EngageMED’s assignment of essential functions, it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
• Critical features of this job are listed above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.