Practice Nurse (LPN) Healthworks Queen St (Full Time) at Lancaster General Health

**Summary**

Mon, Wed, Thurs 7:30 a. m.- 4:30 p. m.

Tues. 9 a. m. - 6 p. m.

Fri. 7:30 a. m.- 2 p. m.

No weekends; No holidays

We service the community by partnering with local employers to provide employees access to our network of primary care practices. We are modeled after Concierge Medicine and go above and beyond to provide the highest level of customer service and care to our patients. The member's experience at HealthWorks is extremely convenient and accessible, with our locations being onsite or near site to the employer, and well dispersed throughout the county. HealthWorks providers and clinical support staff provide relationship-based care and are able to spend plenty of time with members. Our network of primary care practices is growing and we currently have 9 locations.

This position will primarily be for our Queen Street Lancaster location with the the possibility of floating to a few other locations within that region.

**Job Description**

**LOCATION** : Lancaster, PA

**HOURS** : Full-Time. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 7:30am to 4:30pm, Tuesday 9:00am to 6:00pm, Friday 7:30am to 2:00pm. No weekends, no holidays!

**SIGN ON BONUS:** Up to $15,000 (based on FTE), with 2 year commitment. Eligibility rules apply, including 15 months or greater RN experience. External applicants only.

We service the community by partnering with local employers to provide employees access to our network of primary care practices. We are modeled after Concierge Medicine and go above and beyond to provide the highest level of customer service and care to our patients. The member's experience at HealthWorks is extremely convenient and accessible, with our locations being onsite or near site to the employer, and well dispersed throughout the county. HealthWorks providers and clinical support staff provide relationship-based care and are able to spend plenty of time with members. Our network of primary care practices is growing and we currently have 9 locations.

This position will primarily be for our Queen Street Lancaster location with the the possibility of floating to a few other locations within that region.

**POSITION SUMMARY:** Provides patient care under the direction of the Registered Nurse and within the auspices of the licensure. Patient care includes care to patients in the following age groups: adolescent (13 through 18 years), adult (19 through 64 years) and geriatric (65 years and above).

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:** Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

+ Gathers relevant patient information pertinent for the nursing assessment and assists the RN in developing and modifying the plan of care.

+ Organizes and implements designated nursing interventions and basic patient hygiene and comfort measures.

+ Assists physicians with implementing the medical treatment regime.

+ Evaluates and reports to the RN the status of, and changes in the patient's condition.

+ Documents pertinent information and nursing actions and outcomes in the medical record.

**SECONDARY FUNCTIONS:** **The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above:**

+ Assists in managing emergency patient situations following established protocols and under the guidance of the RN.

+ Assists the RN in implementing patient/significant others' teaching plans.

+ Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required.

+ Other duties as assigned.

**JOB REQUIREMENTS**

**MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

+ Current licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse, issued by a program for practical nursing accredited by the PA State Board of Nursing

+ CPR Certification required

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

+ One (1) year of hospital/clinical experience

**COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS**

**Attention/Concentration:**

+ The position requires strong concentration skills. The individual must have the ability to voluntarily sustain concentration to a task over an extended period of time as a result of an effortful and usually deliberate heightened and focused state of attention.

**New Learning and Memory:**

+ Job demands are only moderately routine and predictable. Minor changes may occur which require the individual to be able to understand and carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions.

**Problem Solving, Reasoning and Creative Thinking:**

+ The position deals with issues or problems that often require thoughtful reasoning before arriving at approaches or solutions. Some independent thought, planning or origination of options and solutions is necessary. The individual must have the ability to apply principles of reasoning and problem solving to resolve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

**APTITUDES:** The following are essential requirements of the position in relation to job-worker situations. These items describe how a worker must adapt, adjust, conform or act:

**Performing under stressful conditions:** Ability to perform under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations, or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are critical aspects of the job. Is subject to danger or risk, or to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job.

**Variety and change:** Ability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure involving significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, environmental factors, physical demands, or work situations.

**Communication:** Ability to exchange information with others clearly and concisely; to present ideas, facts and technical information.

**Interpersonal relations:** Ability to maintain relationships that facilitate task accomplishment; to cooperate and resolve conflicts; to recognize needs and be sensitive of others.

**EQUIPMENT USAGE REQUIREMENTS**

**Equipment/Tools:** Computer, Phone, Copier, Printer, Fax, Office Supplies, oxygen tank, AVI pump, PCA pumps, bed scale/floor scale, hoyer lift, suction bottles, feeding pump, anti-thrombic pumps, hypothermia blanket, stethoscope, scissors, flashlight.

**Software:** Microsoft Office Products, clinical information systems

**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS**

**Rarely 0-10%; Occasionally 11-35%; Frequently 36-70%; Continuously 71-100%**

**Body Position/Movement** :

+ Sit: occasionally

+ Stand: frequently

+ Walk: frequently

+ Bend: seldom

+ Push: occasionally

+ Pull: occasionally

+ Kneel/Squat: seldom

+ Reach: frequently

+ Twi