Lpn - Practical Clinic Nurse - The Workplace At Uab Hospital Highlands

**FREE PARKING**
Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday
Work Location: The Workplace at UAB Hospital-Highlands
Under the direction of a clinic nurse, to provide direct and indirect patient care in a clinical area for specific age and patient populations. To practice within the scope of the LPN licensure.
UAB Hospital-Highlands
Located near the UAB Medicine campus, UAB Hospital-Highlands combines the feel of a community hospital – including small size, free parking, and neighborhood location – with the same expertise and technology available at our flagship facility. Providing both routine and acute care, UAB Hospital-Highlands offers a wide range of inpatient and specialty clinic services, including same-day surgery, geriatric care, pain management, an Infectious Diseases Clinic, and a Sleep/Wake Disorders Center. In addition, the UAB Hospital-Highlands Emergency Department is recognized as a Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department, making it the only accredited geriatric ED in Alabama, the first in the southeast, and only the 17th in the world.

Position Requirements:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Graduate from an accredited Practical Nursing program required. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement.
LICENSE, CERTIFICATION AND/OR REGISTRATION:
Currently licensed or licensed by endorsement as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) by the Alabama Board of Nursing required. Currently certified with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) required or must be obtained within 30 days of employment.
TRAITS & SKILLS:
Must be self-directed / self-motivated; must have good communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to: (1) perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure; (2) accept responsibility for the direction, control and planning of an one’s own work; (3) work independently; (4) recognize the rights and responsibilities of patient confidentiality; (5) convey empathy and compassion to those experiencing pain, physical or emotional distress and/or grief; (6) relate to others in a manner which creates a sense of teamwork and cooperation; (7) communicate effectively with people from every socioeconomic, cultural and educational background; (8) exhibit flexibility and cope effectively in an ever-changing, fast-paced healthcare environment; (9) perform effectively when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual or dangerous situations; (10) demonstrate the quality work ethic of doing the right thing the right way; and (11) maintain a customer focus and strives to satisfy the customer's perceived needs.