SERVE THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY!Luke & Associates provides contract medical services to our US Military.We are looking for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN / LVN) to work at the Deployment Health Clinic at Schofield Barracks, HI and the surrounding area.

PLEASE FAX RESUME TO 888-852-8085 OR E-MAIL to george.wolf [at] lukeassoc [dot] com QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS: Licensed Vocational NurseContract Licensed Practical Nurses must have sufficient education, knowledge, skills and experience to be able to adequately perform the tasks identified in this work statement.

Contract Licensed Practical Nurses shall possess the following

1. Be a graduate of an accredited school.

2. Current active unencumbered license from any state or territory of the United States.

3. Have and maintain current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) with hands-on training through an American Heart Association approved training program.

Online certification is unacceptable.

4. Minimum of three years of experience as a licensed practical nurse (at least one year of experience must be within the last three years) caring for patients in an ambulatory care setting.

HOURS OF PERFORMANCE The Contract Licensed Practical Nurses shall provide services within their assigned duty sections.

Contract personnel may be scheduled for up to 80 hours biweekly.

Contract personnel shall perform services on a schedule established by the health care facility personnel.

Services may include 8, 10, and 12-hour shifts, 7 days per week including weekends and federal holidays.

There is no overtime for this contract.

SPECIFIC TASKS.

Contract Licensed Practical Nurses must have the knowledge, skills, abilities and experience to perform the following duties/tasks

1. Prepare patients for special procedures.

2. Perform Foley catheterization on adult and pediatric patients as appropriate for clinical area.

3. Perform irrigations of eyes, ears, stomachs, abscesses and wounds.

4. Perform technical procedures such as shunt care, insertion and maintenance of NG tubes, Hickman Catheter Care, changing IV tubing and dressing as appropriate for clinical care area and in accordance with unit SOPs.

5. Perform care and maintenance of drainage tubes.

6. Perform suctioning of patients.

7. Draw venous emergency lab work independently when directed to do so[^%dot%^

8. Correctly perform sugar and acetone testing of urine and other authorized satellite laboratory procedures.

Ensure laboratory specimens are correctly labeled and laboratory slips correctly completed.

9. Assist with special procedures, as appropriate in specialty clinics or on the units.

10. Document in-patient record and other required forms such as Intake and Output, TPR graphic, and nursing notes.

Use computerized information systems (CIS), CHCS, and/or AHLTA as required.

11. Assure patient safety.

12. Correctly transcribe doctor's orders.

Reinforce patient education and discharge instructions.

13. Use and maintain simple and complex diagnostic tools and equipment (e.

g., stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, cardiac monitor, digital readout, hemodynamic monitoring systems, infusion pumps, central venous lines, respiratory ventilator) to obtain and/or validate observations and provide for the care of critically ill patients.

14. Recognize and respond to serious alterations in patient's condition, determine appropriate action to include notification of the Registered Nurse/Physician, airway management and initiation of CPR[^%dot%^

15. Administer sedation analgesia medications in accordance with scope of practice and documented competency level.

Provide on-going monitoring of patients receiving sedation analgesia.

(This requirement is specific to unique clinical areas) EXCELLENT PAY & BENEFITS!CONTACT LUKE & ASSOCIATES TODAY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY!

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