PART TIME LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE-MED/SURG

Job Description

Job Description

WE HAVE AN OPENING IN OUR INPATIENT CARE DEPARTMENT FOR A PART TIME LPN/TECH.  THIS POSITION CONSISTS OF 12-HOUR OVERNIGHT SHIFTS EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (5:45PM - 6:15AM), WITH ROTATING HOLIDAYS.

BENEFITS INCLUDE: IPERS, HEALTH, VISION, DENTAL, LIFE, AND LONG-TERM DISABILITY.

PTO ACCRUAL BEGINS 1ST DAY OF EMPLOYMENT.

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

This position works under the direction of the RN and/or Provider. Administers quality patient care according to established standards. May be required to work in other areas according to skill of staff and acuity of patients. Provides exceptional service to all patients and customers.

DUTIES:

• Completes daily assessments for assigned patients and documents findings.

• Updates and implements the plan of care.

• Reinforces patient teaching and family education.

• Administers medications and monitors patients’ responses to medications including intravenous fluids and medications.

• Collaborates effectively with all members of the interdisciplinary team.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of practical nursing program.

• Licensed with IV Certification in State of Iowa preferred.

• One year in a hospital setting preferred

BLS certification required within 90 days from start date.

LPN FUNCTIONS:

Periodically requests are received by the Iowa Board of Nursing to clarify tasks or skills which fall within the scope of practice of a licensed practical nurse. The following list has been developed for use as a guideline. Some tasks require additional education and training with documentation of skill in the nurse's personnel file.

• May insert NG tubes and feeding tubes which do not require guide wires for insertion.
• May reinsert a gastrostomy tube in an established tract.
• May remove sutures and staples.
• May perform sterile CVP dressing changes.
• May participate in the nursing process, consistent with accepted and prevailing practice. The RN is responsible for the initial            assessment.
• May perform a patient history.
• May irrigate a urethral catheter. May not irrigate a nephrostomy tube.
• May perform continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis exchanges with RN assessment of client at least every 24 hours. LPN may add medication to the dialysate.
• May draw blood samples for routine testing when prepared to do so and practicing in accordance with agency policy.
• May perform cardiac monitoring on a telemetry unit.
• May monitor clients receiving mechanical ventilation with assessments verified by an RN.
• May perform tracheal suctioning.
• May receive telephone, verbal and written physician orders and process the same according to institution policy.
• May perform glucometer readings.
• May reduce a prolapsed rectum or uterus.
• May monitor the patient receiving total parenteral nutrition.
• May irrigate and remove a suprapubic catheter and reinsert a suprapubic catheter in a well-established tract.
• May reconstitute Rocephin with diluent containing Lidocaine.
• May assist a physician in an E.R.C.P. examination.
• May, under the supervision of a physician, perform facial exfoliation and therapeutic acne treatments.
• May do nasal suctioning.
• May administer newborn hearing screening test.
• May administer and evaluate tuberculosis skin tests.
• May monitor continuous subcutaneous infusions with an RN assessment every 24 hours.

The scope of practice for the licensed practical nurse in regard to provision of intravenous therapy and renal dialysis are identified in 655 IAC Chapter 6.

Acknowledgment

I have read and understand the responsibilities and requirements of this position and confirm that I am able to perform these duties with or without accommodations under ADA.