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SAGE GROUP · NY, US
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About the Role
Licensed Practical Nurse needed for our Children/Adolescent Psych Unit. Peds experience is preferred, and psych experience is required. Will be required to work every other weekend and some holidays.
Responsibilities
- Able to perform majority of patient care functions needed in an acute care setting with minimal orientation and supervision.
- Greet patients, direct to exam rooms, prepare for exam.
- Routine assistance during exams: set up trays for injections, measure and record progress of patients, take and record vital signs.
- Assist with general office duties, reception, appointment scheduling, tiling and chart preparation.
- Contact various insurance companies to obtain authorizations for physical therapy, MRI's, CT's, surgery, etc.
- Contact primary care physicians to obtain referrals on new patients or extensions of referrals on current patients.
- Assist physicians in patient care.
- Maintain exam rooms and all clinical areas.
- Administer injections and assist with paps and other procedures.
- Implements nursing care activities under the direction of the primary or associate nurse as outlined in the nursing care plan.
- Observes and reports patient responses to treatments.
- Participates in activities related to nursing unit management.
Requirements
- Current New York State license.
- Able to be certified/re-certified in CPR.
- Minimum of 1 (one) year of experience required.
- Prior experience in an inpatient setting preferred.
- Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Demonstrates effective interpersonal communication skills with patients, family members and other members of the health care team.
Skills
- Peds experience
- Psych experience
- CPR
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication skills
- Electronic Medical Records experience
Location
- New York State
Work Type
- Variable Shift
- Day/Eve shift 07-1930
- 11-2330
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1 year minimum experience
Education Level
- Licensed Practical Nurse
Salary/Compensations
- Gross Weekly - $2232 for 36 hrs
- W2 taxable - $20/hr
- Non Taxable Stipend - $42/hr