MA/CMA/LPN - Clinic (PRN)

Shenandoah Medical Center•Shenandoah, IA

15h•Onsite

About The Position

This position utilizes the nursing process to provide patient care, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation, to achieve prioritized patient outcomes within the scope of practice for an LPN. The role involves performing admission evaluations, comprehensive nursing assessments, and full body system analyses. Responsibilities include administering care, implementing healthcare provider orders, responding to patient needs promptly, recognizing and acting on changes in patient condition, serving as a patient advocate, performing patient rounding, evaluating patient progress, and demonstrating accountability in delivering competent, professional, and compassionate care. Intravenous interventions are performed within the scope of practice for LPN-C. The role also requires collaboration with healthcare providers and ancillary areas to coordinate patient care, demonstrating initiative and flexibility. Communication with the Nurse Manager regarding patient care issues is essential, as is completing patient and family education. Emergency treatment is performed as required, with appropriate triaging and involvement of other resources. Documentation of patient status, interventions, responses, and teaching is crucial. Effective communication and collaboration with other health team members regarding patient condition and satisfaction are expected. Promoting patient and staff safety through safe medication administration, adherence to standard precautions, proper use of identifiers, risk assessments, safe patient handling, and infection control measures is paramount. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) scope of practice.
Ability to perform complete admission evaluations.
Ability to perform comprehensive nursing assessments.
Ability to conduct full body system analysis.
Ability to administer and perform nursing assessment in accordance with applicable patient type.
Ability to review, discuss, and implement health care provider orders.
Ability to respond to patient needs in a timely fashion.
Ability to recognize abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition, establish priorities, and take appropriate action.
Ability to serve as a patient advocate.
Ability to perform patient rounding.
Ability to evaluate patient progress toward desired outcomes prior to discharge.
Ability to demonstrate personal accountability in the delivery of patient care.
Ability to provide intravenous interventions within the scope of practice for LPN-C.
Ability to collaborate with health care providers to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care.
Ability to work effectively with ancillary areas.
Ability to demonstrate initiative and flexibility in patient care.
Ability to inform and involve Nurse Manager regarding patient care issues.
Ability to complete patient and family education.
Ability to perform emergency treatment as required.
Ability to initiate or assist in patient care effectively and responsively.
Ability to triage emergency situations appropriately.
Ability to administer and perform emergent care.
Ability to follow emergency policies, procedures and protocols.
Ability to perform and maintain documentation.
Ability to document accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status.
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with other health team members.
Ability to identify and recognize abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition, establish priorities, and take appropriate action.
Ability to appropriately report condition changes to medical provider.
Ability to promote and ensure patient and staff safety.
Ability to administer medications, treatments and procedures in a timely and safe manner.
Ability to perform standard precautions.
Ability to use two patient identifiers.
Ability to perform patient risk assessments every shift.
Ability to utilize proper body mechanics, transfer/lifting techniques.
Ability to implement infectious disease controls.
Ability to follow proper procedures for disposal of sharps and hazardous materials.

Nice To Haves

MA/CMA certification.

Responsibilities

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene, and evaluate patient care.
Performs complete admission evaluations and comprehensive nursing assessments.
Administers and performs nursing assessments in accordance with applicable patient type.
Reviews, discusses, and implements health care provider orders appropriately.
Responds to patient needs in a timely fashion.
Recognizes abnormal symptoms/changes in patient condition, establishes priorities, and takes appropriate action.
Serves as a patient advocate.
Performs patient rounding for all patient assignments.
Evaluates patient progress toward desired outcomes prior to discharge.
Provides intravenous interventions within the scope of practice for LPN-C.
Collaborates with health care providers to coordinate medical and nursing management of patient care.
Works effectively with ancillary areas as part of the team approach to patient care.
Demonstrates initiative and flexibility in the provision of patient care.
Informs and involves Nurse Manager regarding patient care issues in a timely and appropriately manner.
Completes patient and family education throughout the patient’s visit.
Performs emergency treatment as required in accordance with LPN scope of practice.
Initiates or assists in patient care in an effective and responsive manner as each situation requires.
Triages each emergency situation appropriately and involves other resources as appropriate.
Administers and performs emergent care in accordance with the applicable patient population type.
Follows emergency policies, procedures and protocols in an effective manner.
Performs and maintains documentation, including accurate and ongoing assessments of patient status.
Communicates and collaborates effectively with other health team members regarding patient condition, patient satisfaction needs and recommendations.
Appropriately reports condition changes to medical provider.
Promotes and ensures patient and staff safety in all aspects of responsibilities.
Administers medications, treatments and procedures in a timely and safe manner.
Utilizes proper body mechanics, transfer/lifting techniques to minimize fall risk to patient and injury to self.
Implements infectious disease controls as appropriate.
Follows proper procedures for disposal of sharps and hazardous materials.
Performs other duties as assigned.