Muscp-Muscp – Licensed Practical Nurse – LPN

Muscp-Muscp – Licensed Practical Nurse – LPN

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited Practical Nurse program
• Licensed as an LPN within the state of South Carolina or a compact state
• Current South Carolina LPN License or compact state license
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required

Responsibilities

• Coordinates care for infusion patients
• Functions as a liaison between registration staff and clinical staff to facilitate the efficient flow of patients throughout the system
• Confers with physicians regarding need, urgency, and appropriateness of infusion and clinic visits
• Assesses and reviews physician orders to assist with scheduling patients in a timely fashion
• Manages comprehensive nursing care for patients whose needs range from uncomplicated to complex and rapidly changing
• Organizes and prioritizes nursing care activities considering the needs of the patients and other staff members
• Initiates/facilitates/collaborates with all members of the interdisciplinary team to improve care delivered to the patients
• Coordinates and manages care by applying analytical reasoning, reflection, rational problem solving skills, using evidence based information and clinical judgment
• Functions as a patient/family advocate
• Collaborates with physicians to monitor, evaluate and trend patient responses to treatments during duration of status as a patient
• Work with support staff to maximize efficiency in infusion scheduling
• Requires familiarity with both IDX and EMR
• Document all patient care activities in the electronic medical record
• Generates ancillary requests in practice partner and updates medicines as needed in EMR
• Participates in performance improvement /research activities designed to improve patient care, and/or organizational processes

Preferred Qualifications

• IV Therapy and previous Infusion experience preferred