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Are you a Licensed Practical Nurse in the Mechanicsburg area? UPMC Cardiovascular Institute is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for their Mechanicsburg office. We have 8 exam rooms and 2 procedure rooms. The staff functions as one team & are family oriented. There will be 3 clinical staff for rooming patients, with 2 RNs as backup. The LPN provides professional nursing care to office patients under supervision of patient care providers.
HOURS: Mon-Fri office is open from 7am-4:30pm. Hours will vary between those hours. NO weekends, NO holidays, NO on-call
Responsibilities:
- Room patients; assess patient's general condition, take vital signs, weight, and updated medication list
- Triage patient phone calls and schedule with physicians as needed
- Prepare charts for the next day's appointments
- Assist physicians and advanced practice providers with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments.
- Complete suture removal, staple removal, etc as needed by providers
- Document all activities/interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the medical record.
- Promote wellness by providing patient education materials, communicating physician advice/instructions.
- Draw blood.
- Comply with requirements of appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e. OSHA, CLIA, PA Department of Health).
- Administer medications including oral, SQ, IM and IV drip.
- Comply with all policies and procedures.
- Perform IV therapy under direction of Registered Nurse.
- Maintain strict confidentiality related to medical records and other data.
Qualifications
Graduate of an approved LPN school of nursing.
One-year clinical experience preferred, but not required.
New graduate LPN's welcome to apply
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) OR Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Act 34 with renewal
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