Licensed Practical Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse - Sono Bello

Sono Bello is a fast-paced small surgery center, and we provide our team members advantages that most other medical facilities don't:

• No work on Holidays or night shifts so you can have a normal/regular life balance
• Work in "happy medicine"; treating patients who are excited about improving their lives
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Our LPN/LVN's get to work in the OR!

Key Responsibilities:

The role works through the full patient experience; pre-procedure, intra-procedure, post-procedure and includes work in the surgery suite.

• Responsible for the timely retrieval of individual records upon request
• Monitors the collection, processing, maintenance, storage, and appropriate access to and usage of patient and clinical records
• Assists as required with pre-operative and post-operative visits
• Provides assistance to RN with opening and closing duties
• Prepares instruments, equipment and operating room
• Charting; prepares surgery notes and progress notes
• LPN/LVN to provide support for physician during procedure as necessary
• Cleans and sterilizes operating room and instruments
• Explains treatment procedures, medications and physician's instructions to patients and caregiver(s)
• Schedule follow-up appointments
• Maintain appropriate medical supply

Physical Demands:

• Use of the telephone, computer and other related instruments or devices while communicating with patients, caregivers, physicians, and staff
• Vision and hearing acuity
• Standing and walking for periods of time
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Key Skills/Qualifications:

• Must have valid and current State LVN/LPN License
• Must be ACLS certified within 90 days of hire and maintained annually
• Sound clinical judgment regarding wound assessment including s/s of infection, bleeding, proper healing, etc. is essential
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
• Ability to write reports and correspondence
• Ability to problem solve and clarify necessary steps of logic and reasoning in a professional manner
• Must be familiar with MS Office, including Excel
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide

Education:

Must be a graduate of an accredited program for LVN/LPN having successfully passed the state licensing test

Experience:

• Less than 1 year as an LVN/LPN
• Experience in a cosmetic surgery center is a plus