Full Time Licensed Practical Nurse - Rural Health Clinic

This position will care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in clinic setting. The LPN is responsible for referrals of physicians, including the follow-up and authorization process.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Administer prescribed medications and give injections as ordered by physician.
• Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, sterilize equipment and supplies, using technique outlined in policy and procedure manual.
• Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
• Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
• Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
• Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
• Help patients with entering facility in wheelchairs on crutches. Assist them on scale and onto exam tables.
• Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.
• Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
• Clean rooms and sanitize beds.

Required Qualifications and Education

Active Oklahoma LPN License required.

Previous experience preferred.

Skills

• Active Learning -Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening -Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking -Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension -Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking -Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Writing -Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Internet -Navigating the Internet to find information, including the ability to open and configure standard browsers; use searches, hypertext references, and transfer protocols; and send and retrieve electronic mail (e-mail).
• Word Processing-Using a computer application to type text, insert pictures, format, edit, print, save, and retrieve word processing documents
• Databases -Using a computer application to manage large amounts of information, including creating and editing simple databases, inputting data, retrieving specific records, and creating reports to communicate the information.