LPN

WAYNE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS • Salem Township, PA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join the team at our Hamlin Family Health Center office. The role focuses on delivering outstanding patient care through patient monitoring, managing basic care, and accurately updating patient’s records. WMCHC’s Mission Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers creates and sustains healthy rural communities by providing accessible, high quality medical, dental, and behavioral health care for all, while recognizing and addressing other factors that influence health outcomes. If our mission inspires you and you are willing to go the extra mile for our patients, please feel free to apply for this or future employment opportunities for which you meet the minimum qualifications. Please know that only the candidates who meet the minimum qualifications can be considered, and only those selected for interviews will be contacted by a WMCHC representative.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited school for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)
• Current licensure in the State of Pennsylvania
• Participates in educational conferences and updates/maintains professional knowledge and skills related to areas of practice

Responsibilities

• Appropriate and accurate charting of patients and procedures
• Demonstrate effective knowledge of medical terminology
• Assists doctors with office exams and procedures
• Appropriately performs/demonstrates knowledge and/or use of:
• Vitals: B/P, temperature., resp., pulse, height and weight
• Exam room preparation
• Medical and Surgical aseptic techniques
• Patients rights and ethics (patient confidentiality)
• Venipuncture
• Collecting specimens; PAP's, throat, wound and urine cultures
• Routine urine tests
• Basic understanding and administration of drugs
• Universal precautions
• Draping and positioning patients
• Recording EKG's
• Pulmonary function tests
• Use of nebulizer
• Injections
• PDR and other reference books
• Care of surgical instruments and sterilization
• Visual acuity testing
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 403 (b) Retirement Plan Matching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed