LPN- Cancer Center
About The Position
Provides nursing support to physicians and direct nursing care to patients in an inpatient setting at the Cancer and Infusion Center. The role delivers care according to patient care plans and guidance from the overseeing role, performs assigned therapeutic procedures, assists with examinations and procedures, contributes to assessment and care planning, supports patient and family education, documents care, and administers medications as assigned. The position requires an active Licensed Practical Nurse license, Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire, required criminal background checks, and one year of LPN experience. Work involves heavy physical demands, protracted or irregular hours, exposure to potential workplace hazards, and the ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts. The scheduled workweek is 40 hours on the day shift.
Requirements
- Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate LPN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
- Obtain Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.
- Complete state and, if applicable, federal criminal background checks as required for regulated areas.
- One year of LPN experience.
- Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt constantly to varying workloads and assignments.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Skill with computer systems used by physician offices and hospitals to capture data accurately and consistently.
- Ability to work as a team member in organization, communication, and task prioritization.
- Ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care according to the patient’s plan of care or direction from the overseeing role, consulting that role for guidance as needed.
- Perform designated therapeutic procedures for assigned patients.
- Observe, record, and promptly report patient concerns, symptoms, reactions, and progress to the overseeing role.
- Assist physicians and the overseeing role with examinations and procedures as assigned.
- Contribute to nursing assessments by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data.
- Observe patient conditions and changes, document signs and symptoms of deviations from normal health status, and report findings to the overseeing role.
- Contribute data and priorities to the development of patient care plans and help identify measures to maintain comfort and support human functions and responses.
- Assist with assigned patient and family education and rehabilitation by reviewing needs with the overseeing role and following the teaching plan.
- Document nursing interventions and patient responses, communicating with appropriate members of the health care team.
- Safely administer assigned intramuscular, subcutaneous, intravenous, and oral medications.
- Obtain instruction and supervision from the overseeing role as necessary when implementing nursing techniques or practices.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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