Pre Screening LPN , Full Time

ParkCreek Surgery Center is a busy, multispecialty ambulatory surgery center located in Coconut Creek, Florida  We are an affiliate of United Surgical Partners International.  USPI provides first-class surgical services for local communities, and we recognize our employees as our number one asset. USPI’s mission is to care for each patient and their family as if they were our own. Each patient, each family, each and every time. If you share our mission, please reach out to discuss joining our team.

Job Duties include:

• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, through an IV) and records prescribed medications. Reports adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy regarding the administration of medications by a licensed registered nurse.
• Educates patients on surgical procedures.
• Records patients’ medical information and vital signs.
• Monitors and adjusts specialized equipment used on patients, and interprets and records electronic displays.
• Initiates corrective action whenever the patient displays adverse symptomatology.
• Provides bedside care for a wide variety of medical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients.
• Initiates patient education plan, as prescribed by physician.
• Teaches patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs.
• Changes dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs.
• Prepares equipment and aids physician during examination and treatment of patient.

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skill to provide nursing care to the rehabilitation patient.
• Performs job tasks to ensure personal, patient, and departmental safety.
• Communicates effectively and professionally with internal and external customers. Documents required information according to hospital policy.
• Functions in an organized and time conscious manner
• Presents self in a professional manner.
• Initiates and documents patient teaching including family and/or significant others in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members. Uses appropriate patient education documentation modality.
• Acquires and maintains current knowledge pertinent to nursing practice in Rehabilitation

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION

•  LPN license for the state of Florida, BLS is required.
• BLS certification 
• Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Preferred: Enrolled in a Registered Nurse’s Program.

What We Offer

As an organization, one way we care for our communities and each other is by providing a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage
• Life and AD&D coverage
• Availability of short- and long-term disability
• Flexible financial benefits including FSAs and HSAs
• 401(k) and access to retirement planning
• Paid holidays and vacation

Who We Are
At USPI, we create relationships that create better care. We partner with physicians and healthcare systems to provide first-class ambulatory solutions throughout the United States. We are committed to providing surgical services in the most efficient and clinically excellent manner.

USPI is committed to, and proud of, our inclusive culture. An inclusive culture, in our view, is respectful of differences and nurtures and supports the contributions of each individual, while also embracing and leveraging diversity. A diverse workforce, combined with an inclusive culture, makes USPI stronger and better able to meet the needs of our diverse patient and physician population.