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Job Description:

Job Profile Summary

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) performs a variety of delegated nursing tasks and participates in patient care within their Scope of Practice, guided by registered nurses, licensed physicians, or other specified health care professionals

Team Information:

The Center for Safe and Healthy Families is the Child Protection/Maltreatment team at Primary Children’s Hospital.  Our team specializes in providing patient-centered, trauma-informed care to patients that present with concerns for physical abuse, sexual abuse, and medical neglect to the Children’s Justice Center. Our nurses assist with examination and evidence collection. Nursing coverage is PRN. Will need to arrive and report to location within 1 hour once calls come in.

Nurses on our team will assist our advanced practitioners with patient examinations in the clinical setting. The nurse and advance practitioner will work closely with Primary Children’s medical team as well as the local Children’s Justice Center Multidisciplinary Team. Applicants should have superior assessment skills, be able to work independently and as a team, and possess excellent critical thinking skills.

Posting Specifics:

Benefits Eligible: NO

Shift Details: 4 hrs a week as needed. No benefits. **Will need to arrive and report to location within 1 hour once calls come in.**

Essential Functions

+ Assists with admission and check-in process, including orienting patients and completing necessary forms.

+ Prepares and administers medications within the scope of practice, and assists with patient activities of daily living, preparing them for medical or surgical interventions.

+ Obtains and tracks specimens for laboratory analysis, and documents patient care, interventions, updating care plans accurately and timely.

+ Communicates with supervisory RN, physicians, or licensed independent practitioners regarding patient care and changes in condition, and participates in patient education about health status, maintenance, and management of conditions.

+ Follows legal and ethical standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, accurate documentation, and participates in quality improvement projects and initiatives, acting as a mentor or trainer to other staff if required.

Skills

+ Patient Care

+ Patient and Family Education

+ Documentations

+ Quality Improvement

+ Communication

+ Accountability

+ Patient Care Coordination

+ Nursing

Minimum Qualifications

+ Current Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in state of practice.

+ Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS-HCP) certification upon hire OR obtained within 60 days of hire with prior approval. Advanced Care Life Support (ACLS) is required if applicable to unit.

+ May need IV certification as required by facility. **_Colorado sites:_** Current IV Certification or obtain IV Certification in the State of practice within three (3) months of hire.

+ **_Montana sites:_** Completion of in-house education and competency sign-off within three (3) months of hire.

+ LPNs hired into hospital departments that do not include a long-term care or behavioral health setting must be enrolled and complete their RN within 4 years.

Preferred Qualifications

+ One (1) year experience in a clinic or acute hospital nursing setting preferred.

+ One (1) year specialty clinic experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

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Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).

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May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

4

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$25.58 - $39.49

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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