ER LPN: Fast-Paced Patient Care & Team Collaboration

Parrish Medical Center; Titusville (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, FL is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for our Emergency Room to provide skilled nursing care under RN supervision. The LPN will participate in assessments, data collection, and care planning, ensuring quality and timely care.

Responsibilities include administering medications, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, and reinforcing patient education. Requires Florida LPN license and BLS; ACLS/PALS/NRP preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a practical nursing education program (accredited preferred) or has successfully completed courses, equivalent to practical nursing education in a professional nursing program and were qualified for NCLEX-PN based on practical nursing equivalency (PNEQ), approved by the FL Board of Nursing.
• State of Florida LPN License required
• BLS through the American Heart Association required
• NIH Stroke Scale required within 6 months of hire
• ACLS or PALS or NRP through the American Heart Association preferred
• Florida Board of Nursing IV Certification required

Responsibilities

• Administer medications and infusion therapy.
• Perform physical and psychosocial re-assessments.
• Participate in the daily care of patients as planned & directed by the RN.
• Actively participates in the multi-disciplinary team conference and collaborates with other health team members to meet patients educational and discharge planning needs.
• Appropriately delegates tasks to the nursing attendant.
• Implement direct patient care and treatments.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of planned interventions in relation to patient responses and the attainment of expected outcomes. Document and communicate actions to maintain continuity among the nursing team.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers, physicians, patients, families, and other health care team members. Actively participates in bedside report, communicates in SBAR format for all handoff/handover reports and changes in patient's status to the RN. Follow the chain of command.
• Reinforce patient education as planned, directed, and initiated by the RN and/or provider. Evaluates effectiveness of patient education. Promotes patients' independence by reinforcing teaching to ensure that patients and families understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
• Nursing care is provided in an organized, timely, safe, cost-effective manner.
• Participates in Quality Monitoring/Performance Improvement. Incorporates Evidence Based practices into daily care.

Education

Graduate of a practical nursing education program (accredited preferred) or equivalent

Job description

Parrish Medical Center in Titusville, FL is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for our Emergency Room to provide skilled nursing care under RN supervision. The LPN will participate in assessments, data collection, and care planning, ensuring quality and timely care.

Responsibilities include administering medications, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, and reinforcing patient education. Requires Florida LPN license and BLS; ACLS/PALS/NRP preferred.