ED-LPN, Shift Varies

Responsibilities

Working under routine supervision of the Emergency Department Registered Nurse, utilizes regulatory and HIPAA requirements, cultural sensitivity guidelines, Indiana Nurse Practice Act, Emergency Nurses Association standards, infection control requirements, and NKDH organizational and nursing values, policies, and procedure, to ensure safe, quality patient care for all age groups. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Ability to set priorities and manage workload, accepting and completing assignments in a timely manner and according to the Delineation of Duties
• Assists registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and physicians in a variety of supportive functions to facilitate delivery of care to patients in all age groups
• Rooms patients, records vital signs/medical data, records information in EMR, prepares treatment rooms and patients for examination
• Administers medications, starts/discontinues IVs, draws blood, etc. according to the Delineation of Duties
• Provides quality patient care and treatment, with attention to continuity of care and patient advocacy, while maintaining a safe, comfortable, and therapeutic environment for the patient and family
• Utilizes proper technique when lifting, transferring, and ambulating patients for safety of self, patient, and other staff
• Provides patient and family teaching
• Documentation of care completed in the electronic health record
• Ability to maintain calm in emergency situations
• Facilitates communication between the physician/APN and patient/family
• Utilizes excellent customer service standards and Studer principles in communicating with patient, family and coworkers through use of verbal amenities, pleasant facial and body expressions as well as pleasant voice tone
• Ensures work areas and patient rooms are safe, clean and orderly
• Participates in departmental QAPI process and patient experience initiatives

This represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited practical nursing program and possessing Indiana LPN licensure
• Basic understanding of behaviors and needs appropriate to age in order to support provision of an individualized plan of care
• Organizational and time management skills
• Good communication and computer skills
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions
• Accountable for own actions, personal growth and skill development, seeks advice and assistance when necessary
• Obtains AHA BLS within one year of employment and maintains certification.

Preferred:

Previous Emergency Department experience