BONUS - 5046

Vantage Search Group•Anchorage, AK

13h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN) at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, AK. The role involves providing comprehensive patient care, including initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties for a variable patient population. Key responsibilities include accurately recognizing, reporting, and recording patient information, observing and responding to patient needs, administering prescribed medications and treatments, and recognizing urgent or emergent situations to initiate appropriate interventions. The LPN/LVN will also support complex diagnostic tests and specialized procedures, orient peers and ancillary personnel, and integrate healthy work environment principles to improve healthcare delivery and employee satisfaction.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate state agency and accredited by the Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA) or another acceptable accreditation body.
Must have at least one year of recent post-grad clinical experience as a LVN/LPN.
Active, unrestricted license to practice as a LVN/LPN from any state.
Current AHA or ARC BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
Must possess ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.

Responsibilities

Initiate, perform and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable patient population
Complete assigned patient care based on the patients’ conditions, use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments, and accurately recognize, report and record relevant patient information.
Observe, identify and respond to the patient’s needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education.
Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and perform treatments according to established policies/procedures.
Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed
Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient’s condition before, during, and following the procedure.
Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies and procedures, skills, and standards of practice.
Integrate healthy work environment principles that result in improved patient healthcare delivery, education of patients and their families and employee satisfaction