Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - ER

Tenet Healthcare; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide, promote and maintain quality patient care during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures through education, standards of practice, professional growth, and collaboration with other multidisciplinary health care providers.

The role requires completing admission histories, ongoing patient assessment, and execution of the physician’s treatment plan while ensuring medication safety and accurate order verification

Qualifications

• Education: Degree in Licensed Practical Nursing required.
• Experience: Prior clinical experience reviewed for acceptability.
• Licensure: Valid multi-state LPN license; compact state must obtain multi-state license within 30 days.
• CPR/BLS: American Heart Association BLS CPR required within 7 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Completes and documents initial adult admission history within specified time frame.
• Assesses patient as ongoing process utilizing physician and psychosocial input and documents in the chart.
• Carries out physician's treatment plan continuously.
• Verifies, during hospitalization, orders for accuracy (including reconciliation of medications), appropriate scheduling of tests and/or procedures, pre-op data, and consent forms.
• Follows medication policy including patient identification, understanding about medications, administering meds and recognizing/reporting interactions 100% of the time. Appropriately monitors first dose medication(s) for adverse reactions.
• Performs related duties as required.

Skills

LPN license

BLS CPR

Clinical experience

Education

LPN degree

Job description

Provide, promote and maintain quality patient care during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures through education, standards of practice, professional growth, and collaboration with other multidisciplinary health care providers.

• Completes and documents initial adult admission history within specified time frame.
• Assesses patient as ongoing process utilizing physician and psychosocial input and documents in the chart.
• Carries out physician's treatment plan continuously.
• Verifies, during hospitalization, orders for accuracy (including reconciliation of medications), appropriate scheduling of tests and/or procedures, pre-op data, and consent forms.
• Follows medication policy including patient identification, understanding about medications, administering meds and recognizing/reporting interactions 100% of the time. Appropriately monitors first dose medication(s) for adverse reactions.
• Performs related duties as required.

Required:

• Education: Degree in Licensed Practical Nursing required
• Experience: Each candidate's previous clinical experience is reviewed to determine acceptable experience
• Licensure/Certification: A valid Permanent Multi-State LPN License from the state in which you reside is required.
• Should you hold a LPN license from another Compact state, you are required to apply for and obtain a Multi-State LPN License from the state in which you reside within 30 days.
• American Heart Association BLS CPR required, must be obtained within 7 days of hire.