LPN II - Clinic-CMG Neurology-FT/9a-5:30p
About The Position
The Clinic LPN provides patient care under the direction or supervision of a licensed medical practitioner, professional registered nurse, or other licensed health professional, as authorized by the Health Regulatory Boards. The role collaborates with providers and interdisciplinary team members to deliver high-quality outpatient or office-based care, uphold Centra quality and service practices, maintain a safe patient environment, and coordinate care processes that support desired outcomes. LPN practice reflects the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, the Virginia Nurse Practice Act, and ANA Principles of Nurse Staffing.
Requirements
- Completion of an accredited LPN training program.
- Valid, current, full, and unrestricted LPN license in the State of Virginia.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) certification.
- At least one year of nursing (LPN) experience.
Responsibilities
- Conduct individualized patient assessments according to the patient's condition, applicable policies and protocols, and RN or provider direction; reprioritize and implement appropriate care.
- Interview patients to obtain complete health and medication histories.
- Integrate nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, applying appropriate standards of care and practice to patient outcomes.
- Perform provider-ordered treatments accurately and promptly.
- Perform therapeutic nursing interventions established in the individualized plan of care for patients and their families.
- Recognize potential problems and respond to information indicating urgent or emergent risk; initiate emergency resuscitative measures as appropriate.
- Provide culturally sensitive, nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory care while preserving patient and family autonomy, dignity, and rights.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure care interventions are appropriate.
- Administer medications and vaccines within scope of practice and according to Centra policy.
- Assist providers with medication refills according to Centra policy.
- Participate in specimen collection and processing.
- Evaluate patient responses to care in relation to established goals; initiate changes to the interdisciplinary care plan and problem-solve with the specialty team to improve outcomes.
- Document assessment findings, responses to nursing interventions, and progress toward problem resolution.
- Provide health promotion and counseling, and reinforce patient education.
- Maintain current nursing specialty and departmental competency; attend required education and may attend additional workshops, review professional publications, build professional networks, and participate in professional societies.
- Support organizational efforts for appropriate resource utilization.
- Serve as a preceptor or mentor, support employee orientation, and assist with the orientation, instruction, direction, and evaluation of students assigned to the unit.
- Participate in quality assurance data collection when assigned; identify and communicate recurring specialty practice concerns and their effects on care.
- Participate in initiatives based on nurse-sensitive, quality, specialty, or unit-based indicators and metrics; demonstrate Centra safety behaviors, including Speak Up for Safety.
- May participate in research or evidence-based practice projects; communicate and interpret relevant research and quality-improvement findings for peers; contribute to methods that improve care in areas identified as deficient.
- Maintain confidentiality, protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights, advocate for patients, and maintain professional nurse-patient boundaries.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
