What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN position at AG Globe Services?
Role: LPN
Location: Cambridge, MA
Contract Duration: 13 weeks with possibility of extension
Pay rate: $27/hr
Work Schedule: 40hrs/week
Shift: 8am-5pm
Location: Cambridge, MA
Contract Duration: 13 weeks with possibility of extension
Pay rate: $27/hr
Work Schedule: 40hrs/week
Shift: 8am-5pm
COVID VACCINE REQUIRED
WHO WE ARE
AG Globe Services is one of the major providers of clinical and non-clinical healthcare staffing across the United States.
We work with Clinical and Non-Clinical professionals to be deployed at Long- Term Healthcare facilities, Hospitals, Medical Centers and Behavioral Health Facilities. We are currently looking for staff to help us in supporting our clients during Covid -19 pandemic.
BENEFITS WE OFFER
AG Globe Services values our employees’ hard work, dedication, and unselfish act to help our clients in need during this global pandemic.
AG Globe Services offers a membership- based healthcare benefits to our employees. (*Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.)
Unlimited Direct Primary Care*
Unlimited Virtual DPC²
Prescription discounts of up to 65 percent
Dental and Vision discounts of up to 50 percent
CLIENT OVERVIEW
Founded in 1886 as the first hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our client is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School dedicated to delivering healthcare services in a personable, convenient and compassionate manner. Its mission is to improve the health of the residents of Cambridge and the surrounding communities.
The hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and is a member of the American Hospital Association, the Council on Teaching Hospitals, and the Association of American Medical Colleges.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Assembling the equipment like gastrostomy tubes, catheters, and oxygen supplies in emergent situations in the triage area.
- Apply continuous patient’s oxygenation pulse oximetry and verbalize any abnormal findings to the provider/triage RN.
- Providing the basic bedside care like dressing wounds, changing bandages, first aid treatment, casting/splinting equipment assembly and assistance.
- Taking the patient's vital signs such as respiration, temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate.
- Enter the data related to the record of patients in computer systems, including medications, verifying allergies, past medical history.
- Monitor vaccination history & provide vaccination injections.
- Keep the health records updated
- Inform the patients about the doctor’s order, keep the communication lines open with the patient and visitor.
- Assist the triage RN in operational/logistical operations in patient progression.
- Help the patients to understand documentation or paperwork
- Perform visual acuity testing in triage.
- Talk to the patients and their families about their treatment plan, tests, and diagnoses
- Aid in phlebotomy - analyze patients, look over the requisition form for requested tests, and set equipment, patient and puncture site.
- Assists in IV set-ups: validate solution to be regulated, analyzing infusion site, keep track of IV function and patient comfort, and terminate IV at an appropriate time, as ordered by MD ( Not in the scope of practice to initiate an intravenous IV- RN only)
- Manage adequate inventory of examination/triage room supplies and set the rooms.
- Undertake various triage responsibilities: answer calls, reply to patients and family members questions and concerns. Provide updates on progression of care.
- LPNs can screen for pain and report findings to RN or Provider.
- Process for suctioning patient via the oral, nasopharyngeal or tracheal routes and assure patient safety by maintaining optimum oxygenation and minimizing cross contamination
- Assessing a patient’s oxygenation status and utilize pulse oximetry.
- Blood glucose testing and monitoring.
- BSN preferred
- Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification required
- American Heart Association ACLS certification preferred
- Demonstrate critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communication skills, ability to read/comprehend written instructions, ability to follow verbal instructions, PC skills
- ICU experience
- Will be exposed to patients that may have COVID or work on units with COVID Patients
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