Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)

Matrix Providers is hiring a *Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)* to join our team of talented professionals who provide health care services to our Military Service Members and their families in *Bremerton, WA.
* * *Employment Status: *Full Time * *Compensation: $30.
00/hr.
*This is an hourly position.
* *Bonus: $500 Speed bonus if you apply and complete onboarding docs within 72 hours.
* * *Schedule: *Monday thru Friday, 8.
5 or 9-hour shift between the hours of 7:00 am.
to 5:30 pm, to include a 30 or 60-minute lunch break.
* *Benefits:* Competitive financial package with a comprehensive insurance package including health, dental, vision, and life coverage.
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Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) Paid Holidays (Outlined in Handbook) 401(k) Plan *Requirements: *The *Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN) *must have and meet the following: * *Degree: *Certificate.
* *Education:* 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).
May be a graduate of a State Board of Nursing approved LPN/LVN training program or a graduate of a nursing program accredited by ACEN, OR have completed an equivalent military training program.
* *Experience:* Possess one year of clinical work experience as a full-time LPN/LVN within the preceding three years.
* *Licensure:* Possess a current unrestricted license to practice as an LVN in any one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.
S.
Virgin Islands.
*Job Summary:* * Initiate, perform, and complete assigned duties in providing care to variable * Ensure patient care is carried out by the Standards of Nursing Care and the policies and procedures of the clinic.
* Check patients into the clinic and triage using clinic guidelines.
Inform the nurse or physician of the patient's condition and potential problems.
* Obtain and document patient and pertinent family history.
* Perform a full range of diagnostic support duties, which include taking vital signs, collecting specimens, and obtaining, recording, and tracking results of diagnostic tools.
* Assist the physician in a variety of diagnostic examinations, such as lumbar punctures, colposcopies, and sigmoidoscopies, by preparing, positioning, and monitoring patients and setting out and handling instruments and equipment.
* Perform laboratory tests such as checking urine for sugar and stool for blood.
Record and report the results of the test.
* Perform a range of treatment procedures, including dressing changes, applying compresses, monitoring IV fluids, inserting catheters and suctions, inserting nasogastric tubes, administering medications, giving enemas, and setting up and giving treatment that requires auxiliary equipment such as oxygen and suction.
Ambulate patients in other areas, including Radiology, various clinics, and physical therapy.
* Prepare patients for tests, examinations, treatments, and surgery.
Collect specimens such as urine, sputum, and stool.
Label specimens for laboratory examinations and follow up using CHCS/AHLTA or call the laboratory for reports.
Alert provider to conditions that deviate from expected findings.
* Prepare, start, monitor, and discontinue intravenous fluids accurately and in accordance with established procedures.
* Observe, report, and document all observed symptoms, reactions, treatments, and changes in the patient's condition to the registered nurse or physician.
Make careful observations to assess that nursing procedures and treatment do not cause additional distress.
* Perform routine nursing care activities such as taking blood pressure, temperatures, baths, and hygiene care, passing and removing trays, changing linen, and otherwise assisting in the care of the patient's physical needs.
* Operate essential equipment required for delivery of patient care, such as pumps, IV pumps, oxygen administration apparatus, and incentive spirometers.
* Execute physician's orders within the guidelines of standard nursing practice.
Ensure proper medication is administered in the correct form and dosage to the proper patient as directed by the physician.
* Maintain records of nursing care, dose, and time of medication administered, and indicate if the medication was not administered and the reason.
* Administer immunizations safely and accurately with strict adherence to all Military/Medical and DoD Treatment Facilities and CDC Immunization policies.
* Recognize emergencies and assist with or institute emergency measures for sudden adverse developments in patients, such as cardiac arrests.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $30.
00 per hour Benefits: * 401(k) * Dental insurance * Flexible schedule * Health insurance * Life insurance * Paid time off * Vision insurance Standard shift: * Day shift Supplemental pay types: * Bonus opportunities Weekly schedule: * Monday to Friday Work Location: In person