LPN IV, Dialysis Outpatient: FT 5a-5p

Job Details

Description

Position Highlights:

• Retention Bonus: $5,000!
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
  
  

About Firelands Health

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do

• Provides nursing care to designated patients under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse. Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties. Provides to individuals and groups nursing care requiring the application of basic knowledge of the biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. Utilizes nursing practice standards and evidence-based practices.
• Patient Care:
• Provides direct patient care for assigned patients and assists in care of other patients as needed.
• Performs all technical aspects of dialysis procedures for assigned patients as prescribed.
• Responsible for accurate documentation of information related to patient treatment.
• Responsible for reporting any significant information or change in patient conditions to the supervisor.
• Administers medications as ordered to assigned patients and assists supervisor with administration of medications to other patients as needed.
• Educates patients and family regarding renal disease, treatment options, medications, laboratory results, diet and access care.
• Competency with all emergency operational procedures. Initiates CPR measures in the event of cardiac and/or pulmonary arrest. Responds to emergency situations related to dialysis.
• Utilizes nursing practice standards and evidence-based practices, obtains patient information/data; assists in planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient’s care.
  
  

• Technical:
• Able to safely operate all dialysis related equipment. Able to provide minor troubleshooting.
• Competency with all emergency equipment and ability to operate the equipment efficiently.
• Staff-Related:
• Acquires information and knowledge in current practice related to dialysis principles and techniques by participating in inservices.
  

What You Will Need

• Must have a current Ohio LPN license and CPR prior to patient care experience.
• Excellent organizational, customer service skills, and computer proficiency are a must.
• May be required to have a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and insurable under Firelands' auto policy. Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.