Licensed Practical Nurse Signing Bonus

Company: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Location: Nashville
Posted on: October 18, 2020

Job Description:

Your Role:

The Licensed Practical Nurse Allergy Clinic supports the licensed

healthcare team members in the provision of patient care to include direct

patient care, providing healthcare information to patients/families, and

following established plan of care. The LPN works in close

collaboration with the RN or a licensed healthcare team member to evaluate the

patient's plan of care and progress toward goal attainment. All patient care

activities are undertaken with the delegation/supervision of a licensed

professional in accordance with VUMC standards and licensure regulations.

$4,000 signing bonus available to eligible new hire for this position.

Department Summary:

We are

the first multi-specialty program in the country dedicated to treating airway

diseases. If you

have asthma, allergy or sinus problems, we offer total care including testing,

treatment, resolution and management - all under one roof.

If you need

relief from allergy, sinus or asthma issues, we can help you feel better

fast. Vanderbilt is the first multi-specialty program in the country

dedicated to the evaluation, treatment, and management of airway diseases.

Patients have access to a total care system that encompasses evaluation,

treatment, resolution, and management.

Position Shift (West End Location):

Monday -

Thursday 7:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Friday 7:30

a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

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Discover Vanderbilt

University Medical Center:

Located in Nashville,

Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and

patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work

each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your

expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities

challenged. It is a place where your diversity - of culture, thinking, learning

and leading - is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they

are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in

their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission

is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care,

education, and research.

Our Nursing Philosophy:

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is

essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission of quality in

patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and

science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent

health and well-being.

Achieve the Remarkable:

Learn more about VUMC

Nursing:

-- Nursing

Careers: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/index.html

-- Benefits: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/benefits.html

-- Our

Nursing Philosophy: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/philosophy.html

-- Our

Nursing Leadership: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/leadership.html

-- Shared

Governance: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/shared-governance.html

-- Education

& Professional Development: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/professional-development.html

-- Life

In Nashville: http://www.vumcnursingcareers.com/nashville.html

-- VUMC

Nursing: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=vanderbilt-nursing
Preferred Education, Skills, and Experiences:

-- Active LPN license

-- Graduate of an approved discipline specific program and 1 year of

experience or the equivalent.

-- Nursing experiencein an outpatient setting highly desired

-- Nursing experience in Asthma, Sinus, Allergy, ENT, or related discipline highly desired

Physical Demands:

• 
  
  
• Heavy Work category requiring exertion
  
  of 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 to 50 lbs. of
  
  force frequently and/or up to 10 to 20 lbs. of force continually to move
  
  objects
  
  Movement
  
  
  • 
    
    
  • Occasional: Sitting: Remaining in
    
    seated position
    
  • Occasional: Lifting over 35 lbs:
    
    Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward
    
    pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device
    
  • Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs:
    
    Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of
    
    coworkers or assistive device.
    
  • Occasional: Bending/Stooping: Trunk
    
    bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use
    
    of lower extremities and back muscles
    
  • Occasional: Climbing: Ascending or
    
    descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
    
  • Occasional: Kneeling:Bending legs at
    
    knees to come to rest on knee or knees.
    
  • Occasional: Crouching/Squatting:
    
    Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above
    
    shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
    
  • Occasional: Reaching above shoulders:
    
    Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.
    
  • Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one's
    
    feet without moving.
    
  • Frequent: Walking: Moving about on
    
    foot.
    
  • Frequent: Lifting under 35 lbs:
    
    Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another
    
  • Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to
    
    move objects away from or toward.
    
  • Frequent: Balancing: Maintaining body
    
    equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or
    
    maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in
    
    large and small spaces
    
  • Frequent: Reaching below shoulders:
    
    Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.
    
  • Frequent: Handling: Seizing, holding,
    
    grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.
    
  • Frequent: Fingering: Picking,
    
    pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine
    
    manipulation.
    
  • Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity:
    
    Requiring the use of both hands
    
    Sensory
    
    
    • 
      
      
    • Frequent: Communication: Expressing or
      
      exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.
      
    • Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the
      
      variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source
      
      of auditory information
      
    • Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near
      
      vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth
      
      perception, peripheral vision, color vision.
      
    • Continuous: Smell: Ability to detect
      
      and identify odors.
      
    • Continuous: Feeling: Ability to
      
      perceive size, shape, temperature, texture by touch with fingertips.
      
      Environmental Conditions
      
      
      
      • 
        
        
      • Occasional: Chemicals and Gasses:
        
        Medications, cleaning chemicals, oxygen, other medical gases used in work
        
        area.
        
      • Frequent: Pathogens: Risk of exposure
        
        to bloodborne pathogens and other contagious illnesses.
        
        
        
      • INDRN
        
        
        
        
      • NHCN
        
      • CA
        
      • GD

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