LPN - Clinic Surgery

Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center; Hartsville (SC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center in Hartsville, SC is seeking an experienced nurse to provide direct patient care under RN supervision in a high-quality, safety-driven setting.

You will monitor patients, document care, collaborate with the care team, and support pain management, discharge planning, and infection control.

Qualifications

• Ability to complete orientation checklist and meet competency requirements.
• Strong attention to detail and patient-safety focus.
• Ability to respond calmly in emergencies.
• Flexible to cover varying shifts as needed.
• Proficiency in EMR systems and basic computer skills.
• Excellent time management and teamwork.
• Strong written and verbal English communication.
• Additional languages preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care under RN supervision.
• Monitor vital signs and assess patient conditions.
• Document assessments and treatments accurately.
• Communicate with patients, families, and care teams.
• Administer medications following the six rights.
• Assist with care plans and evaluations.
• Coordinate with physicians and hospital departments.
• Ensure infection control and sterile technique compliance.

Skills

EMR Proficiency

Critical Thinking

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Adaptability

Emergency Response

English Proficiency

Multilingual Preference

Job description

Description

Join Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, a 116-bed community hospital located in Hartsville, SC, that has been recently honored with ScionHealth’s Platinum Award, eight consecutive “A” safety grades from Leapfrog, Top General Hospital honors from Leapfrog, and recognition as a Great Community Hospital by Becker's Hospital Review. The hospital delivers excellence across the continuum of services, and holds numerous accreditations and certifications in areas that include chest pain, stroke and heart failure, hip and knee replacement, sepsis, and more. Come grow your career at Carolina Pines, where innovation, safety, and community are core to everything we do.

Job Summary

As supervised and delegated by a Registered Nurse, provides direct patient care in the clinical setting.

Essential Functions

• Interacts professionally with patients/families; treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families.
• Effectively and appropriately communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers, demonstrating customer service excellence through application of positive language principles, appropriate response and use of constructive problem-solving techniques which foster positive outcomes.
• Provides direct patient care, consults with nursing staff/providers as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care. Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain.
• Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.
• Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Demonstrates knowledge of lab requirements, requisitions.
• Collects a baseline summary of a patient’s medical to include, check and record a patient's body temperature, pulse, respiration weight and blood pressure.
• Maintains accurate and continued documentation appropriately for all assessments, treatments, and evaluations performed.
• Documentation meets current standards and policies.
• Decisions made reflect knowledge of facts, knowledge of diseases/surgical conditions, care required and good judgment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over patient life span and the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the patient population served.
• Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
• Apply principles of sterile techniques and infection control procedures.
• Follows the six (6) medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
• Maintains current knowledge of medications and IV fluids and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition.
• Assists with establishment of plan of care which is appropriate to problems identified and involves the patient according to his or her capabilities and desires.
• Identifies and documents goals, anticipated progress and plans for reevaluation.
• Assists other nursing staff with the delivery of nursing care.
• Consults other providers as appropriate to collaborate in patient care and performance improvement activities.
• Coordinate patient services with referring physician / facility.
• Performs other reasonably related job duties as assigned or requested, within scope of practice.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Expectations

• Requirements will include successful completion of orientation checklist and skills/credentials/competency requirements of specific area of work.
• Able to maintain a high awareness of patient satisfaction and teamwork.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to respond to and cope with emergency situations professionally and calmly.
• Adaptable to performing well under pressure in a stressful environment and taking appropriate action.
• Must be flexible, able to work as needed for appropriate departmental coverage.
• Basic computer knowledge; become proficient in Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates proficient time management skills.
• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security.
• Additional languages preferred.