LPN
JOB SUMMARY
Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, provides total patient care in accordance with physician’s orders and individual patient needs in conformance with the recognized standards of nursing practice.
DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
EDUCATION / LICENSE / CERTIFICATION / OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Minimum requirement :
Graduate from a Practical Nursing Program.
Maintains active LPN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and any other states as applicable.
Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
Preferred qualifications :
NA
WORKING ENVIRONMENT
Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
Constantly exposed to blood and / or body fluids and infection.
Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
Frequently required to walk and move about.
Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments / devices.
Constantly required to lift and / or move items up to 10 pounds.
Frequently required to lift and / or move items up to 50 pounds.
Occasionally required to lift and / or move items up to 100 pounds.
Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.
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Lpn • Ashland, Kentucky, United States, 41101