LPN ENT Clinic

Position Overview

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – ENT Clinic at ప్రభుత్వం WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital.

• Provides direct nursing care to patients in an outpatient medical office setting.
• Uses standards of care and standards of practice to guide care delivery.
• Accurately and safely administers intramuscular, subcutaneous, and oral medications as ordered.
• Consults with the Provider or Registered Nurse to seek guidance in delivery of nursing care, as necessary.
• Obtains instruction and supervision as necessary from the Provider or Registered Nurse when implementing nursing technique or practices.
• Performs designated therapeutic procedures to patients as needed.
• Accurately observes, records and reports to the Provider all patient concerns, symptoms, reactions and progress in a timely manner.
• Assists Providers and the Registered Nurse with examinations and procedures, as assigned.
• Utilizes available supplies in a cost‑effective manner to help contain patient costs.
• Provides emotional support to patients and/or families.
• Participates in problem solving and decision making in the outpatient unit, ensuring staffing and patient needs are met.
• Obtains medical information from patients: takes height, weight, blood pressure, and vital signs; screens for chief complaint and pertinent health data; records data in the patient’s medical record and communicates it to the physician.
• Works closely with office assistant and physician to facilitate patient clinic visits, ensuring charts are available, escorting patients to and from exam rooms, and assisting with scheduling when necessary.

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided, or a current multi‑state Licensed Practical Nurse license through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.

• Heavy/Hard work: lifting, moving, stooping, reaching, positioning of patients, standing, walking, carrying of patients, materials and equipment weighing 40+ lbs performed daily.

• Standard clinical environment with a very high volume of patients.
• Position frequently exposed to blood borne pathogens, bodily fluids, toxins, and chemicals.

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Employment Type:

Full‑time, Non‑Exempt

Location:

United States of America

Company: PCH Princeton Community Hospital

Address: 122 12th Street, Princeton, West Virginia

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