Licensed Practical Nurse (Ongoing Recruitment)

About the position

The position is for a Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) at various locations including Tripler Army Medical Center, Warrior Ohana Medical Home, and Desmond Doss Health Clinic on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii. The Military Treatment Facility operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, including holidays. The LPN/LVN may be assigned to both inpatient and outpatient wards, including areas such as Medical/Surgical, Pediatric, OB/GYN, Emergency Department, ICU, and more. The role requires flexibility in scheduling, with potential shifts of 8, 10, or 12 hours, including weekends and federal holidays.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients for special procedures.
• Perform Foley catheterization on adult and pediatric patients as appropriate for clinical area.
• Perform irrigations of eyes, ears, stomachs, abscesses, and wounds.
• Perform technical procedures such as shunt care, insertion and maintenance of NG tubes, Hickman Catheter Care, changing IV tubing and dressing as appropriate for clinical care area and by unit SOPs.
• Perform care and maintenance of drainage tubes.
• Perform suctioning of patients.
• Draw lab work independently when directed to do so.
• Correctly perform point-to-point-of-care and other authorized satellite laboratory procedures.
• Assist with special procedures, as appropriate in specialty clinics or on the units.
• Document inpatient record and other required forms such as Intake and Output, TPR graphic, and nursing notes.
• Reinforce patient education and discharge instructions.
• Use and maintain simple and complex diagnostic tools and equipment.
• Recognize and respond to serious alterations in patient's condition, determine appropriate action to include notification of the Registered Nurse/Physician, airway management, and initiation of CPR.

Requirements

• Minimum of one (1) year experience within the last five (5) years, caring for patients in an ambulatory and/or acute care setting as an LPN/LVN.
• Graduation from a Practical Nursing program.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification with hands-on training through an American Heart Association approved training program.
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification for specific clinical areas.
• Current certification from the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) for Mother/Baby Unit, Pediatrics Clinic/Ward, Labor & Delivery, and NICU areas.
• Possess a current, unencumbered LPN/LVN license from any state or territory of the United States.

Nice-to-haves

• Board Certification in relevant nursing specialties.

Benefits

• Compensation for actual hours worked.
• Reimbursement for travel outside of a 40-mile radius (if applicable).
• Paid training provided by the government.