Travel LPN / LVN – $888 per week in Ohio

Job Description

ID: 54643122 Shift: Day 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Description: Bill Rate: $36.60Desired specialty of candidates in maternity or NICU nursing. Any experience with genetic consulting or newborn screening is suitable. Newborn Screening Clinical Case follow-up duties would include: Calling abnormal results to physicians Review medical records and repeat screens to close cases Respond to phone, faxes, and emails Send out scheduled reports to specialty centers Participate in weekly staff meetings and attend other meetings as need Contact hospital NBS coordinators for missing demographic information Reaching out to specialist to get clinical information Help with all duties assigned to AdministrativeLicensed Practical Nurse JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE: (These duties are illustrative only. Incumbents may perform some or all of these duties or other job-related duties as assigned.)Administers nursing care within scope of practice as set forth in Division (F) of Section 4723.01 of Ohio Revised Code under direction of registered nurse, licensed physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist or chiropractor (e.g., administers oxygen; applies sterile dressing, inserts catheters; reinserts gastrotomy tubes, suctions, irrigates wounds; gives enemas, douches; collects specimens; performs dialysis treatments, operates hemodialysis equipment & monitors patient duri ng procedure; assists physicians with physical exams, treatments &/or la boratory tests; assists in emergencies by administering first-aid, performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation &/or restraining patients; administers controlled drugs such as narcotics & min or tranquilizers & no n-controlled medication in oral, rectal, topi cal or injectable form (i.e., intramuscular & subcutaneous injections only) & provides medication instructions to patients). Maintains medication accountability records (e.g., charts patient records, prepares & counts medication, maintains medication stock & medical equipment & supplies); observes, documents & reports patient conditions (e.g., medication reactions, treatment responses, patient behavior & progress) & prepares &/or maintains related reports & records (e.g., unusual incident reports, patient records, medication reports, seclusion/restraint logs, patient kardex, team plan). Provides general nursing, direct care &/or p rogramming assistance (e.g., takes patient vital signs; assists with personal grooming & hygiene, bathing or daily living activities; administers topical ointments & solutions, eye, ear &/or nose drops; repositions patients; responds to patient alarms; makes medical appointments for patients; escorts patients & assists with recreational activities; provides one to one group activities according to intervention stated on treatment plan). Provides assistance (i.e., provides work direction, orientation & t raining) to l ower-level direct care staff (e.g., hospital aides, orderlies, psychiatric attendants) in providing general unskilled nursing care (e.g., dressing, bathing, feeding) to patients & attends & participates in various meetings (e.g., staff conferences, committees, interdisciplinary team meetings, in-service training programs, nursing meetings) as assigned. Orders medication & medical supplies; cleans nurses station & medication room/medication cart (e.g., cleans, sterilizes & restocks cart; defrosts & cleans medication refrigerator) & performs clerical tasks (e.g., answers phone, files). MAJOR WORKER CHARACTERISTICS: Knowledge of skilled licensed practical nursing procedures; pharmacology; client/patient care; first-aid; CPR; general hospital practices & proc edures; agency, institutional, hospital or c linic practices & procedures; HIPAA regulations & standards; human relations; inventory control; employee training & development. Skill in use of medical equipment (e.g., respirator, dialysis machine, sterilizer, oxygen equ ipment, blood pressure cuff); hypodermics; operation of person al computer. Ability to understand practical Guaranteed Hours: Contract