LPN/MA- HS Community Care

Priority Dispatch Corp.; Hot Springs (AR); Vor Ort; USD 42.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Priority Dispatch Corp. in Arkansas seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) / Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) to care for ill or convalescing patients in a clinic or hospital setting under supervision of a RN or physician.

You will administer medications, monitor vital signs, assist with procedures, document changes, and collaborate with the health care team to plan and modify care.

Qualifikationen

• General nursing knowledge and terminology.
• Excellent patient care skills and bedside manner.
• Active Arkansas state nursing license required.

Aufgaben

• Administers medications and starts IV fluids as ordered.
• Observes and reports changes in patient condition.
• Records vital signs and clinical data accurately.
• Answers calls and triages patient needs.
• Provides basic patient care such as wound care and catheterization.
• Collaborates with health care team to plan and modify care.

Kenntnisse

Nursing knowledge

Patient care

Arkansas nursing license

Ausbildung

Postsecondary certificate

Associate degree in nursing

Jobbeschreibung

Position Title: Licensed Practical Nurse/CMAJob Summary:The Licensed Practical Nurse/CMA will care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities within the clinic of hospital. He or she may work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician.Supervisory Responsibilities:NoneDuties/Responsibilities:Administers medications or starts intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients’ charts.Observes patients, charting, and reporting changes in conditions such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment and takes necessary actions.Answers patients calls and determines how to assist them.Measures and records patients’ vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.Provides basic patient care or treatments such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.Works as part of a health care team to assess patient needs, plans and modifies care, and implements interventions.Evaluates nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health care team members.Assembles and uses equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.Records food and fluid intake and output.Required Skills/Abilities:General knowledge of nursing and health care terminology.Excellent patient care skills.Education and Experience:Postsecondary certificate from vocational school or associate degree in nursing required.Current Arkansas state licensure required.Prior clinical experience preferredPhysical Requirements:Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.May require prolonged periods of standing, moving, and bending.Must be able to lift up to 75 pounds at times.DisclaimersThis job description reflects EngageMED’s assignment of essential functions, it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.Critical features of this job are listed above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.