Practical Nurse - Licensed 1 or 2, OPC

State of Louisiana • Independence, LA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse 1-2 to join their dedicated healthcare team. Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is a 24-bed acute care critical access hospital serving the Florida Parishes region of Southeast Louisiana. They offer a wide range of services including general surgery and a 24-hour emergency department. This Licensed Practical Nurse 1-2 position is located in the Outpatient Department.

Requirements

• Possession of a current Louisiana Practical Nurse license, a temporary permit, or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state.

Responsibilities

• Ability to handle the required duties and tasks to provide coverage to Oncology, Cardiology, Surgery, GYN and Infectious Disease clinic and other specialty clinics on a moment's notice as well as LPN nursing care duties located in other Outpatient areas.
• Implement plan of care as established by the physician and interdisciplinary team members.
• Establish priorities based on acuity of health care needs when caring for assigned patients.
• Accurately transcribe orders, perform procedures, administer medications, and observe changes in condition during clinic visit.
• Reassesses patient per nursing policy/procedure following treatment delivered during the clinic visit, communicate with intra-hospital departments and community resources as necessary to provide ordered services.
• Provide patient counseling with patients, family, relatives, friends, or others the patient has identified who are involved with their health care, within the scope of the LPN license.
• Participate in assigned patient health evaluation at the time of each clinic visit by assessing as a minimum the vital signs, Height, Weight, BMI, pain, and obtaining from the patient and/or medical record and/or from the family, relatives, friends, or others the patient has identified who are involved with their health care, the dates of the last PSA, Mammo, PAP, as appropriate for sex and age of patient, smoking status, possible abuse, medical and surgical history, pertinent family history, immunization history and current medication list.
• Advise team leader, RN supervisor or attending physician of abnormal assessment findings that may require immediate intervention and/or as required by policy/procedure.
• Input required data into the electronic health record (EPIC) maintenance and other required programs per policy.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree