Lead LPN
Location: Albuquerque New Mexico
Description: ABQ Health Partners is currently interviewing Lead LPN right now, this career will be placed in New Mexico. For complete informations about this career opportunity please read the description below. JOB SUMMARY:
Under the supervision of an outpatient manager and/or director, provides direct, safe, appropriate, and effective nursing care to designated patients in accordance with patient needs, ! current standards of nursing practice, and organizational policies within the scope of LPN Licensure and clinic policy. Performs general nursing tasks. Manages efficient patient flow, appropriate use of supplies and other operational functions. Collaborates with the outpatient manager and/or director in shift schedule assignments and monitor attendance. Provide clinical supervision for nursing and non-clinical staff. Serves as a role model to staff, preceptor and/or mentor. Adheres to policies, procedures and regulations to ensure compliance and patient safety. Participation in Compliance and other important training is a condition of employment.
ABQ HEALTH PARTNERS CORE COMPETENCIES:
1. Customer Focus: Ensures that the patient and customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafts and implements service practices that meet our patients’, customers’, and organization’s needs. Recognizes and is attentive ! toward both internal and external customer issues.
2. A! daptability: Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
3. Communication: Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
4. Contributing to Team Success: Actively participates as a member of a team to move the team toward the completion of goals.
5. Professionalism: Sets high standards of performance for self and others; assumes responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposes standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
6. Continuous Improvement: Initiates and supports action to improve existing conditions and processes; identifies improvement opportunities, generates ideas, and implement! s solutions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
1. Identifies and collects information concerning the health status of patients.
2. Evaluates patient’s responses to interventions and to the revision of the plan of care as needed.
3. Ensures the implementation of patient care orders in a timely manner.
4. Manages efficient patient flow, appropriate use of supplies and other operational functions. Collaborates with the outpatient manager and/or director in shift schedule assignments and monitor attendance.
5. Demonstrates accountability for professional practice. Services as a role model to staff, preceptor and/or mentor.
6. Assumes responsibility for care provided by non-licensed members of the nursing team. Responsible for orientating new clinical staff; providing department specific training.
7. Demonstrates quality improvement, facilitating the generation of ideas for improvement of patient care and functioning of the unit.
8. Responsib! le for completing basic clinical staff LPN competencies in addition to ! departmental specific competencies.
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION
Required - Graduate from a practical nursing program.
Preferred - Associate’s Degree in related discipline
EXPERIENCE
Required - One (1) year of LPN experience in clinical setting
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
Knowledge of clinical/specialty area. Strong conflict resolution skills. Ability to maintain strict patient confidentiality; basic math skills, basic computer skills. Supervision/management knowledge and experience.
LICENSURE
Required - CPR; Valid NM LPN Licensure, valid multi-state compact license
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If you were eligible to this career, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to ABQ Health Partners.
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This career starts available on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 01:54:04 GMT