Lpn Wound Care Outpatient Clinic

At Sharon Regional Medical Center, we are committed to improving the health of our communities by delivering exceptional, personalized health care with dignity, compassion, and respect. Our continued focus on the patient experience informs our caregivers in how to provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient and family preferences, needs and values.

We dedicate ourselves in the communities we serve to delivering affordable health care to all and being responsible partners. No matter what your role, as a member of the Steward family, you are a specialist in the making every patient and family feel right at home, every co-worker a key to our success, and every referring practice, a team of prized colleagues.

In support of this, we commit ourselves to the following values:

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Excellence

Stewardship

If you are seeking a fast-paced, challenging position in an organization committed to achieving and maintaining a standard of excellence in all we do, our organization may be a good fit for you.

Job Summary:

The Wound Center at Sharon Regional Medical Center is in Hermitage, PA and is an outpatient department of the hospital. The Center is open Monday-Friday 0800-1630. The Center is closed on weekends and holidays.

The LPN functions on a team of wound care professionals to support the operational needs of the Center. The LPN will provide patient care as directed by the Providers. This includes the removal and application of dressings, assisting with the application of total contact casts and skin substitutes, education, and the supervision of hyperbaric oxygen for wound therapy All educational needs are encompassed within the orientation period.

:

• Assist with removal of dressings, wound measurements, and application of dressings per orders
• Communicates with assigned RN regarding patient's needs
• Identifies opportunities for performance improvement and projects designed to improve clinical performance within and across departmental lines.
• Vital signs
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Provides direct care to patients to include:
  • Vital signs
  • Medication reconciliation
  • Assist with removal of dressings, wound measurements, and application of dressings per orders
  • Supervision of hyperbaric oxygen as assigned by Manager.
  • Blood glucose monitoring
• Documentation of patient care in medical record.
• Supervision of hyperbaric oxygen as assigned by Manager.
• Provide patient education regarding dressing changes and follow-up care
• Assist with office functions as needed, including but not limited to answering the phones, authorizations, filing, and stocking rooms
• Medication reconciliation

Requirements:

• Requires a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field
• Background clearances (as required by law).
• Pennsylvania State LPN License
• 3 years’ experience as an LPN
• CPR

Important COVID message

Please note, Sharon Regional Medical Center is taking additional, necessary preparations to ensure patients can receive compassionate care in a safe, carefully managed environment - with confidence and without fear. Our Safe and Ready program consists of a rigorous [five-point] standard ensuring patient safety, confidence, and convenience: Expanded hours will allow previously canceled procedures to be scheduled as quickly as possible. Any COVID-19 related care takes place in designated areas away from other patients and their families. Emergency Departments are reorganized to be a safe place to treat all emergency patients. A stringent cleaning policy has been implemented throughout the hospital. A strictly controlled visitor and masking policy is required for patient safety. You can rest assured that we have made the necessary preparations to provide care in a safe, controlled, and professional way.

Steward Health Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Steward Health Care does 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.