Medical Surgical

First Connect Health•Rochester, NY

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The LPN – Medical Surgical works in a medical-surgical/telemetry care setting at Rochester General Hospital, caring for medical patients with conditions and needs including COPD exacerbation, infections, failure to thrive, and social issues. The LPN takes an independent patient assignment with RN support and may be required to float within their skillset. The schedule is 1900–0700, with every other weekend and availability for every other holiday if needed. EPIC experience is required. Staff wear any combination of navy blue and white scrubs. Rochester General Hospital is a 528-bed acute care teaching facility in Rochester, New York. It is Magnet-recognized and certified as an Advanced Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center, and is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic and Roswell Park. The hospital offers services through the Sands-Constellation Heart Institute, Lipson Cancer Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Pediatric & Young Adult Emergency Center, Twig Birthing Center, and advanced surgical programs including vascular, thoracic, and surgical oncology.

Requirements

Active New York single-state LPN license; pending licenses are not accepted.
BLS certification.
Acute care experience within the last two years.
Ability to take an assigned patient caseload with RN support.
EPIC experience.
Required clinical skills include vital signs, pain assessment, intake/output monitoring, isolation precautions, physical restraints, specimen labeling, nasal-cannula oxygen administration, feeding-tube management, telemetry monitoring, 12-lead EKG, medication administration, IV therapy with pumps, blood glucose monitoring, basic wound care, bathing and mouth care, Foley catheter insertion, clean-catch urine collection, and communicating status changes to an RN/MD.

Responsibilities

Take an assigned patient caseload with support from an RN.
Provide medical-surgical and telemetry care to medical patients.
Monitor vital signs, assess pain, and monitor intake and output.
Apply isolation precautions and manage physical restraints.
Label specimens and collect clean-catch urine samples.
Administer oxygen via nasal cannula and manage feeding tubes.
Perform telemetry monitoring and 12-lead EKGs.
Administer medications by oral, IM, SQ, NG/G-tube, ear-drop, and eye-drop routes.
Provide IV therapy using pumps and monitor blood glucose.
Perform basic wound care, including simple dressings and JP/Hemovac drain care.
Provide bathing and mouth care.
Insert Foley catheters for male and female patients.
Communicate patient status changes to the RN or MD.
Float within the LPN’s skillset as required.
Work every other weekend and be available to work every other holiday if needed.