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What Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse contributes to Cardinal Health

Nursing is responsible for the delivery of safe and efficient quality nursing care. Examines patients and administers prescribed medications to facilitate healing and increase comfort. Nursing requires training and or licensed to care for patients.

Job Purpose:

The Licensed Vocational Nurse supports the registered nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or physician in the provision of patient care, to include delivery of patient care, collection of ongoing patient response to care, and patient education.

Essential Functions:

• Record patient vital signs: pulse, temperature, blood pressure, weight, height.

• Administer medications to patients and monitor the progress throughout the treatment.

• May administer injections or give treatments under direction of physician.

• Schedule or perform clinical procedures as directed.

• Prepare exam rooms for patient visits.

• Gather patient information and keep records updated with the relevant data.

• Maintain effective communication with the medical personnel, patient and patient’s family.

• Treat wounds, change wound dressings.

• Collecting samples from patients, which include blood and urine. They may also assist in doing some lab work.

• Regular attendance and punctuality.

• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

• Ensures that all processing and reporting deadlines are consistently achieved.

• Perform any other functions as required by management.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

• Possess a valid LPN license.

• Ability to work a flexible schedule as necessary.

Preferred Skills

• 1-2 years in an oncology setting

Required Competencies

Excellent judgment, dependability, conscientious performance. Detail oriented. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Caring and empathetic. High ethical standards. Mechanical ability and manual dexterity for operating complicated equipments.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must lift and/or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, speech clarity, climb, balance, and stoop, kneel, and bend.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

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