LPN - Telemetry Cardiac, The General (FT Nights)

1 week ago


Baton Rouge, United States Baton Rouge General Full time
Description

JOB PURPOSE OR MISSION: Administers nursing care to designated patients under the direction/supervision of a Registered Nurse. Performs a variety of direct and indirect patient care duties in accordance with the needs for the age population served, as defined in the department's scope of service.

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

CRITERIA A: Everyday Excellence Values - Employee demonstrates Everyday Excellence values in the day-to-day performance of their job.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Demonstrates courtesy and caring to each other, patients and their families, physicians, and the community.

• Takes initiative in living our Everyday Excellence values and vital signs.

• Takes initiative in identifying customer needs before the customer asks.

• Participates in teamwork willingly and with enthusiasm.

• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and privacy needs of customers through personal action and attention to the environment of care.

• Keeps customers informed, answers customer questions and anticipates information needs of customers.

CRITERIA B: Corporate Compliance - Employee demonstrates commitment to the Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest Guidelines, and the GHS Corporate Compliance Guidelines.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Practices diligence in fulfilling the regulatory and legal requirements of the position and department.

• Maintains accurate and reliable patient/organizational records.

• Maintains professional relationships with appropriate officials; communicates honesty and completely; behaves in a fair and nondiscriminatory manner in all professional contacts.

CRITERIA C: Personal Achievement - Employee demonstrates initiative in achieving work goals and meeting personal objectives.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Uses accepted procedures and practices to complete assignments. Uses creative and proactive solutions to achieve objectives even when workload and demands are high.

• Adheres to high moral principles of honesty, loyalty, sincerity, and fairness.

• Upholds the ethical standards of the organization.

CRITERIA D: Performance Improvement - Employee actively participates in Performance Improvement activities and incorporates quality improvement standards in his/her job performance.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Optimizes talents, skills, and abilities in achieving excellence in meeting and exceeding customer expectations.

• Initiates or redesigns to continuously improve work processes.

• Contributes ideas and suggestions to improve approaches to work processes.

• Willingly participates in organization and/or department quality initiatives.

CRITERIA E: Cost Management - Employee demonstrates effective cost management practices.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Effectively manages time and resources

• Makes conscious effort to effectively utilize the resources of the organization - material, human, and financial.

• Consistently looks for and uses resource saving processes.

CRITERIA F: Patient & Employee Safety - Employee actively participates in and demonstrates effective patient and employee safety practices.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

• Employee effectively communicates, demonstrates, coordinates and emphasizes patient and employee safety.

• Employee proactively reports errors, potential errors, injuries or potential injuries.

• Employee demonstrates departmental specific patient and employee safety standards at all times.

• Employee demonstrates the use of proper safety techniques, equipment and devices and follows safety policies, procedures and plans.

JOB FUNCTIONS

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include, but are not limited to:

1. Collects data essential to R.N. Assessment and reports deviations from normal to the R.N.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Collection of assessment data will be completed within eight hours of admission, as observed by chart review.

• Assist with checking patient according to unit standards and/or hospital policy, as patient needs dictate and reports pertinent changes in patient status to the R.N.

• Completes documentation before completion of shift, as observed by chart review.

2. Performs patient care according to standards of care and the needs of the patient.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS:

• Collects data from patient and family for R.N. evaluation and development of a teaching plan.

• Teaches family and patients.

• Completely and accurately documents medication administration, treatments, collected data, interventions, and unusual occurrences, as observed by chart review.

• Administers medications as ordered by physician.

• Performs treatments as prescribed by physician.

• Directs and assists ancillary nursing staff with assigned duties.

• Monitors IVs and blood for proper functioning and reports any untoward side effect to the R.N. immediately.

• Starts IVs prn and as ordered by physician.

3. Performs all other duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

One-year experience preferred

SPECIAL SKILL, LICENSE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

Current Louisiana LPN licensure

Knowledge of basic ECG rhythm interpretation.

HIPAA REQUIREMENTS:

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable HIPAA regulations appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Medical records without limitation both paper and electronic, patient demographics, lab and radiology results, patient information related to surgery or appointment schedules, medical records related to quality/data, patient financial information, patients related complaints, information related to patient location, patients' religious beliefs and/or public health records.

SAFETY REQUIREMENTS:

Maintains knowledge of and adherence to all applicable safety practices appropriate to Job Position including but not limited to: Incident reporting, handling of wastes, sharps and linen, PPE, exposure control plans, hand washing, environment of care, patient identification, administers/receives/collects medication orders or products, validates, transports, monitors or observes patients for procedures including infusion pumps, and monitors clinical alarms.

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