LPN PRN Willowcrest

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• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Achieve and maintain compliance with all institutional policies and guidelines related to evidence best practices for patient care.
• An LPN shall communicate with a registered nurse, physician, and the patient's health care team members to seek guidance with patient care.

• An LPN may collect data as allowed by the licensed practical nurse scope of practice as defined by the Pennsylvania Nurse Practice Act

• Work closely with the registered nurse to assure the implementation of safe, quality care of the emergency department patients.

• Attends ongoing educational activities and completes mandatory education.

• Implements care in a knowledgeable and skillful manner through adherence to contemporary evidence-based standards.

• Contributes to professional development of self, peers, and colleagues to support staff development.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.