Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Summary:
The CPUP Licensed Practical Nurse assists physicians and performs healthcare services to patients in ambulatory clinics, and other healthcare facilities. Monitors and charts patients and performs other tasks as assigned, all under the direction of registered nurses and doctors.
Responsibilities:
· Administers prescribed medications, gives injections and vaccines.
· Completes allergy skin testing following standard operating procedures and documents results, taking appropriate action with unexpected results.
· Gather information from patients and direct it to the RN or Provider when necessary.
· Prepare paperwork to complete patient visit.
· Obtains and documents patient's vital signs as needed and reports abnormal results to provider.
· Calibrates, cleans, disinfects, sterilizes and checks to make sure all instruments and equipment are in proper working order.
· Maintains medication storage closets.
· Participates in orienting and precepting new team members.
· Completes all necessary allergy injection prep.
· Completes breathing testing including Feno and Spiromerty.
· Completes all necessary assigned back-office duties
Credentials:
· Licensed Practical Nurse (Required)
· Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
Education or Equivalent Experience:
· H.S. Diploma/GED (Required)
· Other (Required)Practice Nursing School and 1+ years Outpatient experience
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.
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