Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The LPN is an individual who functions under the general supervision of a RN in providing nursing care through the utilization of the nursing process. The LPN practices within the guidelines of the Nurse Practice Act and the Standards, Policies and Procedures of Carney Hospital. He/she reports to the Clinical Manager or designee.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Job Summary: Under the direction of the RN, contributes to the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to deliver safe, therapeutic and age appropriate patient care. The LPN provides input to the health care team to promote wellness, maintain current health, and/or intervene in acute or chronic illness.

Minimum Education Requirements: Graduate of accredited School of Practical Nursing. Current MA LPN license.

Minimum Work Experience: 1 year acute care experience preferred

Equipment/Software/Certification/License: General physiologic monitoring and patient care equipment such as defibrillator and cardiac monitor preferred. Basic computer literacy required

Other skills and abilities: Knowledge of nursing process and social, behavioral, biological and physical sciences as normally acquired through completion of an approved practical nursing program.

About Steward Health Care
Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.
As the country\'s largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.
Steward is among the nation\xe2\x80\x99s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Steward Health Care is proud to be a minority, physician owned organization. Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are at the foundation of the care we provide, the community services we support and all our employment practices. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.

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