Orthopedics Clinic LPN/MA - Hands-on Patient Care

EngageMED, Inc.; Hot Springs (AR); In loco; USD 42.000 - 54.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

EngageMED, Inc. in Hot Springs, AR is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide bedside care and support within the clinic. You will administer medications, monitor vital signs, document changes, and collaborate with physicians and RNs to plan and adjust patient care.

The ideal candidate holds a state license, postsecondary nursing credential, and prior clinical experience. This on-site role requires lifting up to 75 pounds and the ability to work in a team-based environment.

Competenze

• General nursing knowledge and health care terminology.
• Excellent patient care skills.

Mansioni

• 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.

Conoscenze

Nursing knowledge

Patient care

Formazione

Nursing certificate/Associate degree

Descrizione del lavoro

EngageMED, Inc. in Hot Springs, AR is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide bedside care and support within the clinic. You will administer medications, monitor vital signs, document changes, and collaborate with physicians and RNs to plan and adjust patient care.

The ideal candidate holds a state license, postsecondary nursing credential, and prior clinical experience. This on-site role requires lifting up to 75 pounds and the ability to work in a team-based environment.