Licensed Practical Nurse: Emergency Dept.

Matrix Providers is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse for the Emergency Department at 633 Medical Group, Langley Air Force Base, VA. You will provide healthcare services to military service members and their families in a fast-paced emergency care environment.

Clinical Setting

You will work in a military medical facility emergency department, caring for a variable patient population with diverse acute and emergent care needs.

Responsibilities

• Initiate, perform, and complete assigned duties in providing care to patients with varying conditions
• Use clinical judgment to select the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments
• Accurately recognize, report, and record relevant patient information
• Observe, identify, and respond to patients' needs for care, including medication administration, equipment-assisted care, and patient and family education
• Prepare and administer prescribed medications via oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intravenous routes
• Perform treatments according to established policies and procedures
• Recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance from the RN and MD/DO, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed
• Perform support duties for complex diagnostic tests and specialized procedures, including patient preparation, assistance with diagnostic examination, preparation and handling of specialized instruments and equipment, and monitoring patient condition before, during, and after procedures
• Orient peers and ancillary personnel to unit policies, procedures, skills, and standards of practice
• Integrate healthy work environment principles that result in improved patient healthcare delivery, education of patients and families, and employee satisfaction

Required Qualifications

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
• One year of practical or vocational nurse experience after graduation
• BLS certification
• Graduate from an accredited community college, junior college, college, university, or vocational nursing program approved by the appropriate state agency and accredited by the Commission on Nursing Education Accreditation (CNEA)

Schedule

• Full-time position
• Monday through Friday, 0630 to 1800 hours
• Shifts normally scheduled for nine hours, including one uncompensated 60-minute meal break
• Maximum 80 hours per two-week period

Compensation

• Hourly position, paid bi-weekly
• $28-30 per hour plus health and welfare benefit of $5.42

Benefits

• Comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage
• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid holidays as outlined in handbook
• 401(k) plan