Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Surgical/ Telemetry - Full Time - Days - Porter Campus

Overview: This unit is a 28 bed Surgical Telemetry Unit and is a fast paced, post-surgical floor, where we specialize in the care of patients following surgery. Our primary patient mix includes General, Bariatric and Neurosurgical services. We are dedicated to providing exceptional care to our patients, and we accomplish this by combining proven nursing techniques, extensive post-surgical knowledge and top tier education and teamwork.

Norman Regional Health System is a team of more than 3,000 healers all working together to bring our mission and vision to life. Our mission is to serve our community as the leader in health and wellness care. Our vision is to be the provider of choice to improve the health and well-being of our regional communities.

We call our employees healers because we view every single member of our team as having an impact either face-to-face or behind the scenes on our patients’ and visitors’ journey through our health system.

We strive to recruit and retain healers who embody our spirit of customer service and who represent Norman Regional’s five core values: Integrity, Communications, Attitude, Results and Engagement or ICARE.

This is a special place to work. Apply today to join our compassionate team of healers and make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

Responsibilities:

LPN essential functions include, but are not limited to: collaboration with other health professionals, assessment, analyzing assessment data, establishing goals, planning care strategy, establishing priorities of care, implementing care, delegating tasks safely, providing safe direct and indirect nursing care, evaluating responses to interventions, and performing additional nursing functions in accordance with knowledge and skills acquired beyond basic nursing preparation.

Qualifications:EDUCATION
Completion of a vocational program for Licensed Practical Nurse.
EXPERIENCE
Prefer previous hospital experience.
Previous work history reflecting stable employment is necessary.
If no work experience, will consider school attendance record and performance.
LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION
Current Oklahoma State LPN License or active Mulistate LPN License.
Basic Life Support (BLS) training or re-training is required during orientation prior to providing patient care.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) training for duration of employment.