Employment Type:
Full time
Shift:
Description:
The Licensed Practical Nurse in the Endoscopy Unit combines the technological of the Operating Room with the patient contact of the Access Units. EU nurses are responsible for admitting and discharging outpatients, intra-procedural monitoring of inpatients and outpatients receiving Moderate Sedation, and assist with procedures such as colonoscopy, gastroscopy, bronchoscopy, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiogram pancreatogram (ERCP). Our unit performs more than 3,000 procedures a year. The unit is open Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with call for weekends and holiday coverage.
A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is a licensed health care provider who provides nursing care under the direction of an RN, physician, or other authorized health care provider.
The Nurse Practice Act defines the practice of a LPN as "performing tasks and responsibilities within the framework of case finding, health teaching, health counseling, and provision of supportive and restorative care under the direction of a registered nurse or licensed physician, dentist, or other licensed health care provider legally authorized under this title and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations."
Details:
Position Highlights: Varying shifts, weekend and holiday rotations.
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