Lead Licensed Practical Nurse- Dermatology - Full-time

Overview: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongLooking to join and lead a dynamic team at Ohio State University Physicians where excellence meets compassion?/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongWho we are/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"With over 100 cutting-edge outpatient center locations, dedicated to providing exceptional patient care while fostering a collaborative work environment, our buckeye team includes more than 1,800 nurses, medical assistants, physicians, advanced practice providers, administrative support staff, IT specialists, financial specialists and leaders that all play an important part. As an employee of Ohio State University Physicians (OSUP), you'll be an integral part of a team committed to advancing healthcare, education, and professional growth./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongOur culture/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"At OSUP, we foster a culture grounded in the values of inclusion, empathy, sincerity, and determination. We meet our teams where they are, coming together to serve each other and our community./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongOur benefits/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"We know that having options and robust benefit plans are important to you. OSUP prioritizes the wellbeing of our team and that’s why we offer our employees a flexible, competitive benefit package. In addition to medical, dental, vision, health reimbursement accounts, flexible spending accounts, and retirement, we also offer an employee assistance program, paid time off, holidays, and a wellness program designed to support our employees so they can live their best lives. As an OSUP employee, you will be eligible for these various benefits depending on your employment status./span/p Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"The Licensed Practical Nurse provides skilled nursing services to patients under the direction of a physician or midlevel provider, and provides a variety of related services to maintain a safe, therapeutic environment. The scope of the Licensed Practical Nurse includes, but is not limited to, nursing procedures and executing the patient’s nursing care plans, such as, sterile dressings, soaks, compresses, enemas, suppositories, oxygen therapy, catheterization, diabetic care, and pre- and post-operative care./span /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Knowledge of: /span/strong/span/pul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"li style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Medical equipment and instruments used in patient care/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Safety hazards and precautions to establish a safe work environment/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"EMR system and general computer usage/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"HIPAA/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Skills in: /span/strong/span/pul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"li style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Rooming patients, taking vital signs, administering medication and injections/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Documenting and maintaining records and recording test results/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with patients, employees, physicians and the public/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Following medical quality assurance and quality control standards/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Ability to: /span/strong/span/pul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"li style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"a target="_blank"/aspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Manage and operate equipment safely and correctly/span/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"React calmly and effectively in emergency situations/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Understand, interpret, adapt, and apply instructions, guidelines, and procedures/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Communicate appropriately and clearly to coworkers, physicians, and management/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Practice civility and teamwork, demonstrating poise, tact and diplomacy/span/lili style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Perform onstage behavior at all times during patient interactions and in patient care areas/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Duties and Responsibilities:  /span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"stronguspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Licensed Practical Nurse: /span/u/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"stronguspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" /span/u/strong/span/pul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Adheres to LPN established scope of practice; observes clinical protocols, policies, and standards; provides basic patient care and treatments including but not limited to dressing wounds, giving enemas, alcohol rubs, and performing catheterizations./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Rooms patient, measures, and records patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration. Collects data related to the reasons for patient visits./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Prepare patients for examinations, tests and treatments and explain procedures. May assist in examinations, treatments, special tests and/or procedures where directed./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Observe patients and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids and note times and amounts on patients' charts./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Where applicable, assemble and use equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Collect samples such as blood, urine, and sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Assist physicians, midlevel providers, and office staff with scheduling appointments, keep records and perform other clerical duties as assigned./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms for patients./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Maintains and stocks inventory of office and/or clinical supplies, as well as maintain ispan style="color: black;"nventory and requisition of supplies and instruments./span/span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Educates patients regarding health-related issues within scope of practice./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Coordinates labeling, delivery, and receipt of laboratory specimens and results; provides information and coordinates follow-up visits regarding laboratory results. /span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Practices safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Identifies and/or communicates any safety issues for the clinical equipment, building, follows-up to ensure completion./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Role may include assisting the provider with real-time documentation of each patient’s medical chart during his or her appointment.  /span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Ability to perform functions using job-related software and systems./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Travel may be required to accommodate staffing levels at other clinical facilities./span/lili style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Attendance, promptness, professionalism, the ability to pay attention to detail, cooperativeness with co-workers and supervisors, and politeness to customers, vendors, and patients./span/lili style="ma