LPN

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Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs is a top-ranked hospital located in a top-ranked city.

With a regional team of more than 1,000 team members, Children's Colorado has been present in southern Colorado since 2001 and now has team members at five locations providing outpatient specialty care, emergency care, inpatient care and therapy care. Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs is the first pediatric-only hospital in the region and includes the region's only emergency department and operating rooms built just for kids and served by pediatric experts who have dedicated their lives to treating kids - and only kids - and who are directly linked to one of the country's leading pediatric academic medical centers.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child.

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In response to collected data, implements, and evaluates nursing care designed to meet the individual health and illness needs of complex patients and their families in collaboration with other disciplines. Carries out patient responsibilities under direct supervision of registered nurse with emphasis on family-centered care.

Department Name: Briargate ENT
Job Status: 40 hours/week
Shift: M-F Hours will vary. Shift requirements may change in the future.

Education: High School Diploma or GED and completion of a Practical Nursing certification or diploma program
Experience: One (1) year of LPN experience.
Certification(s): BLS from the American Heart Association / CPR
Licensure(s): State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

Neonate - <30 days
Infancy - >30 days to 1yr
Toddlers - >1yr to 3yrs
Pre-Schoolers - >3yrs to 5yrs
School age - >5yrs to 13yrs
Adolescent - >13yrs to 18yrs
Adult - >18yrs to 65yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

1. Actively participates in the reinforcement of patient/family education.
2. Contributes to the assessment of the patient's health status, report and record objective and subjective data to assist with carrying out the plan of care and escalates abnormal changes in each body system to RN or Provider for full assessment.
3. Collects, reports, and records objective/ subjective data. Reports signs and symptoms of deviation from expected health or plan of care to RN or Provider for full assessment.
4. Provides routine and common education to patients and families
5. Under the supervision of the RN, provides developmentally appropriate care, interventions and evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and communicate outcomes of care given.
6. Develops goals to advance clinical practice and professional growth through an understanding of the need for self-directed personal and unit based professional and educational activities.
7. Participates in quality and process improvement initiatives.
8. Understands the roles within the multidisciplinary team providing family centered patient care while maintaining objective and professional boundaries.

SCOPE & LEVEL
Guidelines: Trains in the field and assists higher level personnel to acquire learning through practical experience.
Complexity: Performs routine and/or basic tasks common to the field. Procedures, methods, and techniques to be used are well established with options to be considered well defined. Tools, work aids, and materials to be used are specified.
Decision Making: Duties assigned are primarily routine, repetitive, and restricted in intricacy with little or no discretion in how they are carried out.
Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where factual information relative to the organization or its functions are received, relayed, or a service rendered according to established procedures or instructions.
Supervision Received: Under close supervision, the employee receives training to develop skills and abilities in a specific line of work or general occupational area. Work product is subject to close, continuous inspection

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS
* Body Movement:
o Will frequently stand/walk up to 12 hours per day.
o Will frequently use hands while keyboarding and writing.
o Will frequently sit up to 2-4 hours per day while accessing computer, talking on the telephone, and while attending meetings.

* Back and Upper Body (lifting and carrying):
o Will occasionally lift/force exerted up to 35 pounds/16 kilos.

* Vision:
o Constantly uses sight in performance for daily job duties.

* Hearing:
o Constantly uses hearing in performance for daily job duties.

* Others:
o Able to assist or assume direct patient care as census directly permits. Exposure to unsteady or falling patient: In the course of transferring a patient, may encounter a patient who falls or loses balance, causing employee to fall and/or bear the full weight of a patient.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
Exposure: Exposure to blood/body fluid: Regular/Frequent.
Exposure: Exposure to heights: Occasional.
Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Frequent.
Exposure: Exposure to lung irritations: Occasional.
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Independent discretion/decision making.
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Makes decisions under pressure.
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.
Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.