LPN/ CMA - 40 hours per week - Keokuk Clinic

Responsibilities

• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatments.
• Assess the needs of individuals, families or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments to identify potential health or safety problems.
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Direct and coordinate infection control programs, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
• Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
• Instruct individuals, families and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention and childbirth, and develop health improvement programs.
• Conduct specified laboratory tests.
• Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Authorize drug refills and provide prescription information to pharmacies.
• Change dressings on wounds.
• Clean and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
• Collect blood, tissue or other laboratory specimens, log the specimens, and prepare them for testing.
• Contact medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests or admission.
• Explain treatment procedures, medications, diets and physicians'

Requirements

• One Year Certificate from College or Tech School Graduate of an accredited school of nursing Required
• 1-3 years Health care experience Preferred
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• 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.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career
• The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Improves nursing and healthcare organization job knowledge by maintaining licensure; attending training sessions; reading technical publications.
• Actively looking for ways to help people.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Licensed Practical Nurse Iowa Board of Nursing (IBON) (United States of America) Required
• Basic Cardiac Life Support & First Aid - American Heart Association within 60 Days Required
• Dependent Adult Abuse Mandatory Reporter - Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 Days Required
• Child Abuse Iowa Mandatory Reporter - Iowa Department of Human Services within 180 Days Required
• CMA:

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Additional Information

Job Details: Scheduled Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 5:30pm, off on Thursdays Minimum Starting Wage LPN: $25.14 CMA: $20.78 Job Description: LPN: Assists medical provider in the care and treatment of patients with a variety of illnesses. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patient for examination, and administering medication as directed by provider.

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