Endoscopy RN with On Call Requirement PT

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. One-of-a-kind care for our patients comes from one-of-a-kind team members and caregivers like you. As our employee health nurse, you’re a critical component of our nursing team. It’s a fact that healthy and safe work environments foster better outcomes, higher job satisfaction, and greater employee engagement. When it comes to that, we’re all in. Every team member plays a vital role in our vision to deliver healthcare with heart, so we’re completely vested in the emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being of our employees. That makes you the center of our healthcare family. If you love the idea of being a vital contributor to our workplace health and wellness, infection control, and safety initiatives, then we’re going to love you right back and give you the support and tools you need to help every team member achieve their everyday extraordinary, including you! Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this diverse nursing role.

Requirements

Current practical nursing license in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

Responsibilities

Monitor and teach Joint Commission infection control policies, procedures, and safety rules for nursing staff.
Incident/accident tracking in compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
Perform employee health nursing duties such as: conducting TB screenings, reviewing laboratory results, administering immunizations, performing fit testing, pre-employment drug screening and follows-up on incident reports.
Participate in the employee evaluation process by providing attendance records and observation of nursing assistants performance to the leadership.
Implement the restorative nursing program and oversee and evaluate restorative aides' performance.
Monitors and ensures provisional training and certifications for CPR for nurses and CNAs.
Perform quality assurance for AED equipment and eye wash stations.
Plan, implement, direct and evaluate the education program, prepare course content, provide leaders with an annual schedule, and maintain records of classes, attendance, and clinical performance of each nursing assistant.
Performs all functions to monitor, track, and prevent blood borne pathogens exposure, TB and other communicable disease control programs.
Tracks and tends UTIs, urinary catheter days, culture repo up on TB and other exposures.