Specialty Clinic LPN — Patient Care & Care Planning

Arkansas Children's Hospital; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 45,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Arkansas Children's Hospital in Springdale is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to support specialty clinics on a full-time basis. You will collect patient data, contribute to care plans, and help implement nursing interventions under RN supervision.

The role requires completion of an approved nursing program, 1 year of related experience, and a current Arkansas LPN license with ASBN. Salary starts with a competitive hourly wage and benefits.

Qualifications

• Completion of an approved nursing program per state's requirements.
• Related Field - 1 year of experience.
• Licensed Practical Nurse license with Arkansas State Board of Nursing (ASBN).

Responsibilities

• Collects patient/family data to facilitate the identification of clinical, educational, psychosocial, and cultural needs and communicate data and observations to health team members.
• Contributes to patient plan of care based on clinical, educational, psychosocial, and cultural needs while recognizing when to resource other health team members.
• Plans, prioritizes and organizes patient care tasks to ensure time and resource utilization.
• Completes routine patient care tasks and medication administration in a sage, efficient and timely manner but recognizing and intervening in emergency situations.
• Individualizes nursing interventions to meet identified needs and modifies interventions when the needs of the patient or family change.
• Reassesses and modifies patient plan of care in collaboration with the registered nurse.
• Participate in quality and safety initiatives, i.e. HAC groups, QAPI, KPI, Top 10 list
• Participate in recruitment activities- interview team, open house, marketing.
• Patient experience- formulates plans and implements changes to improve satisfaction.

Education

Completion of an approved program per state's requirements

Job description

Arkansas Children's Hospital in Springdale is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to support specialty clinics on a full-time basis. You will collect patient data, contribute to care plans, and help implement nursing interventions under RN supervision.

The role requires completion of an approved nursing program, 1 year of related experience, and a current Arkansas LPN license with ASBN. Salary starts with a competitive hourly wage and benefits.