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Cooper Norcross Health

Academic health system serving South Jersey

Licensed Practical Nurse

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeCamden, NJ, USA$25 - $42.50In-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A degree from an LPN nursing program is required.
  • Current New Jersey LPN licensure is required.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.
  • Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills are required, along with strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively with people from varied backgrounds, ethnicities, and life experiences.
  • Ability to collaborate on a team, manage multiple priorities, use time effectively, and exercise sound administrative and clinical judgment.
  • Ability to work independently and use multiple computer systems.
  • One to three years of experience providing clinical services in an outpatient setting is preferred, but new graduates will be considered.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare patients for providers and assist with examinations and suture preparation.
  • Carry out provider orders, including arranging supplies, tests, X-rays, and medication dispensing.
  • Conduct health assessments and prepare patients for physicals; calibrate equipment and perform testing, including podiatric tests, respiratory approvals, spirometry, audiograms, electrocardiograms, drug testing, Timms testing, breath and saliva alcohol testing, and venipuncture.
  • Review physical and test results with providers and handle phone calls related to case management and test or physical results.
  • Implement and evaluate individualized care plans under the direction of nurse practitioners and attending physicians.
  • Educate patients on self-management behaviors and disease-management skills.
  • Support coordinated care plans during and between clinic visits to maximize patient health outcomes and patient experience.
  • Coordinate pre-visit and post-visit planning and scheduling to maintain patient engagement in consistent care.
  • Assist in organizing and conducting group visits.
  • Assist in optimizing training materials, patient communications, and other documents for program managers.
  • Participate in team case conferences to address patient progress and barriers to care.
  • Maintain licensure.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as directed.

About the Company

Cooper Norcross Health

Academic health system serving South Jersey

Cooper Norcross Health is an academic health system serving South Jersey from the Philadelphia suburbs to the Jersey Shore. Its Camden flagship is South Jersey's only Level I adult trauma center and the busiest in the Philadelphia region; the system also operates a Level II pediatric trauma center and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. Patients access primary, specialty, emergency, inpatient, surgical, urgent, and rehabilitation services at Cooper hospitals and outpatient clinics, while physicians teach at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and advance care and research. Rooted in Cooper Hospital, which opened in 1887, the not-for-profit system is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Camden, NJ
Founded
1887

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