Description

American Traveler is hiring an LPN for a Medical-Surgical unit at an acute care teaching hospital in Rochester, NY, requiring an active NY LPN license and Epic experience for a 13-week night shift assignment.

Details

• Work in a Medical-Surgical unit at a 528-bed acute care Magnet-recognized teaching hospital in Rochester, NY, affiliated with Cleveland Clinic and Roswell Park
• Patient population includes medical patients with COPD exacerbation, infections, failure to thrive, and social issues
• LPN works with their own patient assignment under the support of an RN
• Patient ratio of 1:5-6
• Clinical skills required include vital signs, pain assessment, intake/output monitoring, isolation precautions, physical restraints, specimen labeling, oxygen administration via nasal cannula, feeding tube management, telemetry monitoring, and 12-lead EKG
• Medication administration includes oral, IM, SQ, NG/G-tube, ear and eye drops, IV therapy with pumps, and blood glucose monitoring
• Additional skills include basic wound care (simple dressings, JP/Hemovac drains), Foley catheter insertion (male/female), clean catch urine collection, and communication of status changes to RN/MD
• Charting via Epic (experience required)
• 4x12-hour night shifts, 7:00 PM – 7:00 AM
• Every other weekend required
• Holiday coverage required every other holiday as needed
• Floating within skillset required
• Scrub color: any combination of navy blue and white

Requirements

• Active New York single-state LPN license required at time of assignment (NY is not a Compact state); license required if applicable
• Minimum 1 year of LPN experience
• Acute care experience within the last 2 years required
• Current BLS certification required
• Epic EMR experience required
• Ability to manage an independent patient assignment with RN support
• 2 professional supervisory references from within the past 2 years required for consideration
• Full 7-year work history with all gaps explained required for consideration

Additional Information

• Hospital is certified as an Advanced Thrombectomy Capable Stroke Center and offers specialized services including the Sands-Constellation Heart Institute, Lipson Cancer Institute, Neuroscience Institute, and advanced surgical programs in vascular, thoracic, and surgical oncology
• First-time travelers are welcome to apply
• Local candidates are accepted
• All time off and scheduling requests must be submitted at the time of initial consideration and cannot be adjusted after an offer is made
• 13-week contract