Job Abstract

As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Crozer Health - Taylor Hospital, you will provide high-quality direct and indirect patient-centered care by coordinating patient care, and working collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team, patients, and families. You must respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

You will be offered:

• Competitive Pay
• Tuition Reimbursement (eligible for full-time and part-time schedules)

At Crozer Health, you will find care you can trust from people who truly understand the people we care for. We know our communities better than anyone — who we are, what makes us thrive — because we are your friends, family, and neighbors. We provide clinical excellence across a broad range of services right here at home.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care, performing data collection, treatments and procedures in accordance with standards.
• Contributes to the nursing plan of care by reporting patient problems to the Registered Nurse, suggesting possible solutions to those problems.
• Implements nursing directives communicated by the Registered Nurse, shift report, patient therapy profile, and nursing plan of care.
• Administers medications in accordance with appropriate Standards.
• Instructs patients and families appropriately.
• Transcribes physicians’ orders in accordance with appropriate Standards.
• Maintains emergency equipment and supplies which are located in the nursing department.
• Documents pertinent observations and nursing procedures performed on the appropriate chart forms, in accordance with protocols and procedures.
• Reports patient problems, patient incidents, or changes in patient status to a Registered Nurse or supervisor.

Education and Training

• Current licensure to practice Practical Nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• BLS Certification
• Mandated and Permissive Reporter Training

We offer the largest network of primary care physicians in the county, as well as four hospitals to serve your needs, from delivering babies to open-heart surgery. We provide some of the most advanced neurosciences, burn, and trauma services on the East Coast. We offer the individualized care everyone in our community deserves.

If all this sounds good, apply now!