Pediatric LPN/LVN

LPN/LVN Pediatric Department

Matrix Providers is hiring a LPN/LVN for the pediatric department to join our team of talented professionals providing healthcare services to Military Service Members and their families at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth VA.

Employment Status: Full Time

Compensation: This is a salaried position, paid bi-weekly.

Schedule: Shifts will normally be scheduled for an eight and half (8.5) or nine (9) hour period.

Benefits: Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage. Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook) 401(k) Plan

Requirements:

• Education: Degree/Education Certificate. As an alternative to the education requirements in the basic contract, the HCW may be a graduate of a State Board of Nursing approved LPN/LVN training program OR be a graduate of an accredited LPN program by Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), OR have completed an equivalent military training program
• Experience: Possess a minimum of one (1) year of experience within the last two (2) years as an LPN working in a pediatric setting.
• Licensure: Possess a current unrestricted license to practice as an LPN/LVN in any one (1) of the fifty (50) States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S.

Job Summary:

• Ensure patient care is carried out in accordance with the Standards of Nursing Care and the policies and procedures of the clinic.
• Check patients into the clinic and triage using clinic guidelines. Inform the nurse or physician of the patient condition and potential problems.
• Obtain and document patient and pertinent family history.
• Perform a full range of diagnostic support duties which include taking vital signs, collecting specimens, obtaining, recording and tracking results of diagnostic tools.
• Assist the physician in a variety of diagnostic examinations such as lumbar punctures, colposcopies and sigmoidoscopies, by preparing, positioning and monitoring patients, and setting out and handling instruments and equipment.
• Perform laboratory tests such as checking urine for sugar and stool for blood. Record and report results of test.
• Perform a range of treatment procedures that include sterile dressing changes, applying compresses, monitoring IV fluids, inserting catheters and suctions, inserting nasogastric tubes, administering medications, giving enemas, setting up and giving treatment that requires auxiliary equipment such as oxygen and suction. Ambulate patients to other areas to include Radiology, various clinics, and physical therapy.
• Prepare patients for tests, examinations, treatments, and/or surgery. Collect specimens such as urine, sputum and stool. Label specimens for laboratory examinations and follow up by calling the laboratory for reports. Alert provider to conditions which deviate from expected findings.
• Prepare, start, monitor and discontinue intravenous fluids with accuracy and in accordance with established procedures.
• Observe, report and document all observed symptoms, reactions, treatments and changes in the patient condition to the registered nurse or physician. Make careful observations to assess that nursing procedures and treatment do not cause additional distress.