Practical Nurse - Licensed 1 or 2, OPC

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center; Independence (LA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse 1-2 to join our outpatient clinic team in Independence, LA. The role supports Oncology, Cardiology, Surgery, GYN and Infectious Disease clinics, with duties including charting, medication administration, and patient education.

Work location is the Outpatient Clinic with shifts determined by the department manager. SER salary is offered per hour with applicable shift diffs for LPN 1 and LPN 2.

Qualifications

• Possession of a current Louisiana Practical Nurse license, a temporary permit, or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state.
• Willingness to provide coverage in Oncology, Cardiology, Surgery, GYN and Infectious Disease clinics and other outpatient areas as needed.
• Ability to transcribe orders, perform procedures, administer medications, and observe changes in condition during clinic visits per nursing policy.
• Provide patient counseling within the scope of the LPN license.

Responsibilities

• Provide coverage to Oncology, Cardiology, Surgery, GYN and Infectious Disease clinics and other outpatient areas on short notice.
• Implement plan of care as established by the physician and interdisciplinary team; set priorities by acuity.
• Accurately transcribe orders, perform procedures, administer medications, and monitor patient condition during clinic visits.
• Reassess patient per nursing policy after treatments and communicate with intra-hospital departments as needed.
• Counsel patients and families about health care within the LPN scope.
• Assist in health evaluations during each clinic visit, collecting vitals and relevant history.
• Escalate abnormal findings to team leader, RN supervisor or attending physician.
• Input data into EPIC and other required programs per policy.

Job description

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse 1-2 to join our dedicated healthcare team. Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is a 24-bed acute care critical access hospital serving the Florida Parishes region of Southeast Louisiana. We offer a wide range of services including general surgery and a 24-hour emergency department. At Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center, we are able to bring you a wide range of services close to home, provided by a network of board certified physicians.

License Requirements

Possession of a current Louisiana Practical Nurse license, a temporary permit, or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

• Ability to handle the required duties and tasks to provide coverage to Oncology, Cardiology, Surgery, GYN and Infectious Disease clinic and other specialty clinics on a moment's notice as well as LPN nursing care duties located in other Outpatient areas.

• Implement plan of care as established by the physician and interdisciplinary team members. Establish priorities based on acuity of health care needs when caring for assigned patients.

• Accurately transcribe orders, perform procedures, administer medications, and observe changes in condition during clinic visit. Reassesses patient per nursing policy/procedure following treatment delivered during the clinic visit, communicate with intra-hospital departments and community resources as necessary to provide ordered services.

• Provide patient counseling with patients, family, relatives, friends, or others the patient has identified who are involved with their health care, within the scope of the LPN license.

• Participate in assigned patient health evaluation at the time of each clinic visit by assessing as a minimum the vital signs, Height, Weight, BMI, pain, and obtaining from the patient and/or medical record and/or from the family, relatives, friends, or others the patient has identified who are involved with their health care, the dates of the last PSA, Mammo, PAP, as appropriate for sex and age of patient, smoking status, possible abuse, medical and surgical history, pertinent family history, immunization history and current medication list.

• Advise team leader, RN supervisor or attending physician of abnormal assessment findings that may require immediate intervention and/or as required by policy/procedure.

• Input required data into the electronic health record (EPIC) maintenance and other required programs per policy.

Position Specific Details

Work Location: This LPN position is located in the Outpatient Clinic.

Work Schedule: Shifts will be determined by the department manager.

Career Progression: As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Practical Nurse Licensed 1 or2 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).

Compensation: The following is a Special Entrance Rate (SER) for the LPN 1 or 2 Vacancy within Outpatient Clinic:

• LPN 1 – Starting Salary is $19.48/per hour worked + Shift Diffs.
• LPN 2 – Starting Salary is $20.84/per hour worked + Shift Diffs.

No Civil Service test score is required to be considered for this vacancy.

Contact Information

Mandy Pierre, HR Analyst
Lallie Kemp Medical Center Human Resources
52579 HWY 51 South
Independence, LA 70443
Direct: 985-878-1385
[e-mail]

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