Licensed Practical Nurse LPN

Job Details

Job Location
Amberwell Highland Clinic - Highland, KS

Position Type
Full Time

Education Level
2 Year Degree

Job Shift
Day

Job Category
Nursing - Clinic

Description

Position Summary

A professional care provider who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of pediatric to later adult patient populations, providing care through the continued utilization of the nursing process in collaboration with other health care team members.

Qualifications

Education
Vocational/ Technical
Kansas LPN license
BLS
Experience

None required
2 yrs preferred
Skills

Organizational
Verbal
Interpersonal
Customer Relations
Mathematical
Analytical
Grammar/Spelling
Read/Comprehend written instructions
Follow verbal instructions
Computer:EMR
Age of Patients Served

Neonate/Infant (birth-1 year)
Child/Ped (1-11 years)
Adolescent (12-17 years)
Adult (18-64 years)
Geriatric ( 65+ years)
Mental and Emotional Requirements

Manage stress appropriately
Make decisions under pressure
Manage anger/fear/hostility/violence of others appropriately
Handle multiple priorities
Work alone
Work in areas that are confined and/or crowded
Working Conditions

Exposure to communicable diseases
Exposure to blood and/or body fluids
CRT (computer) monitor
Physical Requirements

Medium work- Exert up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 10 lbs. constantly
Stand for 2-4 hours per day
Sit for 2-3 hours per day
Walk for 5-6 hours per day
Perform repetitive tasks/motions
Distinguish colors
Hear alarms/telephone/tape recorder/normal speaking voice
Have good manual dexterity
Have good eye/hand/foot coordination
Have clarity of vision: Mid (>20=-