Licensed Practical Nurse at CLEAR SIGHT PARTNERS – St. Petersburg, Florida

We are looking for an energetic LPN to join our highly experienced team!

At Pasadena Surgery Center (a Sight360 company), we believe sight is our most important sense. It is a priceless gift that goes far beyond how you see the world. Sight is how we move through life, enjoy its wonders and form the memories that define us. That is why we are dedicated to care for our patient’s sight every day.

We’ve assembled the most capable and credentialed multidisciplinary teams across every specialty of vision health – ophthalmology, optometry and optical retail services – to deliver a complete, 360-degree approach to vision care. One seamless patient experience. While we do share a single medical record that allows us to collaborate and coordinate care across all locations and providers, more importantly, we share a common belief and set of principles that guide us as we care for our patients.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for the provision of nursing care to meet identified patient outcomes, and to achieve the goals of the facility as directed by the Registered Nurse. The LPN performs duties according to state nursing board scope of practice and facility position description.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Assesses patient status on admission and on an ongoing basis.
• Implements appropriate standards of care based on assessment data and patient’s own goals. Goals are mutually set with the patient and family
• Coordinates nursing interventions to enhance the achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for discharge.
• Ensures provision of patient care daily in an organized and timely manner.
• Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.
• Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
• Demonstrates ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situations.
• Assesses learning needs according to patient’s level of understanding and readiness to learn.
• Evaluates patient’s progress toward outcome achievement on an ongoing basis.
• Revises plan of care based on change in patient status and/or information gathered at change of shift
• Documents patient’s progress toward achievement of outcomes.
• Directs others in the implementation of the teaching plan.
• Utilizes specialized nursing knowledge, nursing process and discriminative judgment while giving direct or indirect care.
• Analyzes nursing care provided in the facility related to the established standards of care.
• Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of nursing care provided.
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate the nursing care provided in the facility.
• Assigns patient care responsibilities based on patient needs and abilities of available staff.
• Assumes charge nurse responsibility as assigned.
• Demonstrates ability to make decisions concerning facility-based problems.
• Participates on quality council to facilitate improvement of patient care
• Participates in the orientation of nursing staff.
• Participates in developing standardized patient education programs, as requested.
• Participates in team conferences on assigned patients.
• Maintains own clinical expertise and facility clinical practice.
• Displays an understanding of each patient’s cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturity in the assessments, treatment, and care undertaken based on age-specific criteria.
• Appropriately modifies approach to the patient based upon patient age utilizing a developmental perspective.
• Provides appropriate age-specific interventions related to safety issues.
• Checks updated schedule each morning and prepare supplies and equipment.
• Checks and documents defibrillator and laryngoscope functions each morning as assigned.
• History and physical assessment of patient.
• Completes review of medical record.
• Admits patient according to procedure.
• Maintains patient normothermia.
• Promotes physical comfort and provide emotional support and safety for patient.
• Administers and charts medications as ordered by physician.
• Reinforces and clarifies physician instructions and explanation of procedures to patient.
• Provides nursing care and appropriate monitoring according to policies and procedures.
• Communicates relevant information to physician, Facility Manager and appropriate staff.
• Verifies surgical/procedure site with patient and according to surgical schedule and patient History and Physical.
• Obtains and verifies operative/procedure consent.
• Communicates relevant information to physician, Facility Manager and appropriate staff.
• Provides for patient safety by use of monitors, side rails, and assistance in ambulating and instruction on the use of call bell in bathroom.
• Provides instructions according to patient need.
• Completes nursing documentation.
• Provides emergency care according to physician and administrative policy.
• Sets priorities to facilitate the flow of patient efficiently.
• Cleans equipment according to procedure.
• Assists with preoperative and postoperative patient calls.
• Reviews charts for completeness and signatures of physicians.
• Assists with cleaning of preoperative and recovery room areas according to policies and procedures.
• Prepares and restocks area for following day.
• Checks inventory and notifies appropriate staff member to re-order.
• Notifies appropriate staff member to order supplies.
• Initiates appropriate infection control measures.
• Maintains an environment that promotes safety
• Completes all documentation to ensure the availability of accurate and up to date information in accordance with established standards.
• Assists with housekeeping tasks as necessary to provide a safe environment for patients, Teammates, physicians, guests, and other healthcare workers.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by manager
• Maintains and evaluates own clinical expertise and clinical practice.
• Upholds and practices the principles and policies of the Pasadena Surgery Center Compliance program.
• Demonstrates the safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation.
• Communicates patient information to assure confidentiality and continuity of care.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Position reports to Clinical Supervisor
• This position has no direct Reports

Position/Type/ Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time position and core hours of work and days are Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Travel:

• No Travel is required

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing.
• At least one year of medical/surgical nursing experience required.
• Experience in preoperative and/or post operative care preferred.
• Current state licensure to practice in the state of Florida.
• Successful completion of Basic Life Support (BLS)/Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days of employment or documentation of current BLS/BCLS certification.
• Successful completion of ACLS Course within 90 days of employment or documentation or current ACLS certification.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate in the major language of the area of employment which is English.
• Ability to communicate in a second language is a plus.
• Ability to correlate clinical data with patient’s medical and nursing care.
• Ability to set priorities.
• Ability to provide direction to others that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency.
• Ability to communicate well with patients, families, co-workers, etc.
• Ability to apply education, experience, logic and common sense to the daily operations of the Center.
• Ability to deal with problems involving concrete and non-concrete variables in standardized and/or unexpected situations.
• Ability to respond immediately to a given situation and/or issue while seeking additional information and/or knowledge to enhance a foundation for growth and development.
• Ability to accept constructive criticism with the understanding that multiple tasking requires multiple variations of response to any given situation.
• Recognizes legal and policy limits of individual practice.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k and match
• 8 Paid Holidays
• PTO accrues immediately after start date
• Annual Work Shoe Reimbursement program
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Value Awards