Licensed Practical Nurse

Summary: The Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for providing individualized care to customers and their families according to established standards, policies, and procedures. Depending on clinic, customer populations may include infants, children adolescents, adults and geriatrics. The LPN provides observation, monitoring, and intervention when necessary.

Essential Duties

• Assist customers to exam rooms and obtain vitals while ensuring room is prepped for exam.
• Assist providers with exams, procedure and treatments.
• Perform diagnostic tests, which may include but are not limited to: EKG's, Nebulizers, Peak Flows, O2 Sats, Vision / Hearing Screening, tympanograms, general laboratory and radiology if indicated. Documents results in EMR and communicates to provider.
• Give injections and other medication as ordered by provider.
• Schedule customers for referral exams, procedures and treatments as needed.
• Prepare customer rooms for exams by cleaning, stocking rooms with supplies and equipment.
• Notify customers of test and procedure results, per provider direction.
• May be asked to screen customer phone calls, gather and document pertinent information and follow-up per provider direction.
• Accepts other duties as assigned to promote the accomplishment of organizational goals.
• The team member is accountable to demonstrate proficiency for the skills outlined in the appropriate position skills list.
• The team member is accountable to maintain skill proficiency, including improvement where deemed necessary, and upgrading any additional or new skills on the appropriate position skills list.
• Recognizes and complies with legal, regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
• Recognizes and complies with legal, regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial's Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
  
  

Benefits

North Memorial Health offers a competitive benefits package that is comprehensive, supporting team members through health, financial, career growth and work/life balance goals. Benefits package may include:

• Team member and dependent health and dental insurance plans.
• Team member and dependent options for life insurance, up to five times the annual salary.
• Short-term and long-term disability plans.
• Health Savings Account.
• Team member pharmacy.
• Medication Therapy Management Services.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Team member health clinic services.
• Team member fitness centers located at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale and Maple Grove Hospital.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plans.
• Retirement savings plans, including up to a 4 percent match for team member 401(k) contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• 529 college savings plan.
• Team member credit union.
• Personal financial education and planning services.
• Child adoption assistance.
• Education tuition reimbursement.
• Career development programs.
• Community volunteer program.
• Matching gift program.
• Flex time.
• Job sharing.
• Compressed workweek.
  
  

Typical Day

Very busy; 130-180 appts daily; LPNs work mostly in the lab setting; accessing ports/PICCs for blood draws, venipuncture, injections, chemo pump disconnects, rooming functions, EKGs, work with EPIC tx plans, etc.