License Practical Nurse

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Education: · Graduate of an approved practical nursing education program.
• Related Work Experience:
• · Previous nursing experience preferred.
• Pediatric, ambulatory, primary care, specialty
• clinic, community health, or other relevant
• pediatric experience strongly preferred.
• Licensure/Certification:
• Current, unrestricted licensure as a Licensed
• Practical Nurse in the State of Illinois.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• for healthcare providers from an organization
• accepted by hospital policy.
• Specialist Knowledge & Skills:
• · Knowledge of pediatric growth and
• development.
• · Ability to provide developmentally
• appropriate and family-centered care.
• · Knowledge of medication and vaccine
• administration principles.
• · Ability to recognize and communicate
• changes in patient condition.
• · Ability to work effectively under the direction
• and clinical guidance required by the LPN
• scope of practice.
• · Strong communication, teamwork,
• organization, and time-management skills.
• · Ability to function effectively in a fast-paced pediatric outpatient environment. · Ability to use electronic health records and other clinical technology required by the department.
• La Rabida Children’s Hospital is very proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
• La Rabida is a place unlike any other. We understand the needs of families with children dealing with the most serious or complicated of conditions. With teams of the best healthcare providers in Chicago, we give continuous, comprehensive care, education, and support, helping families face their unique obstacles head-on.
• La Rabida Children’s Hospital provides specialized, family-centered health care to children with medically complex conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness. Through expertise, compassion, and advocacy we help children and their families reach their fullest potential, regardless of their ability to pay.
• Our not-for-profit hospital, licensed for 49 beds, helps transition children from neonatal or pediatric intensive care to home, by providing medical, rehabilitative and developmental care, and by training families to continue treatments and manage the necessary equipment in the home. La Rabida also provides extensive rehabilitation for those recovering from wounds or burns and treatment for exacerbations of chronic conditions.
• The hospital’s enhanced pediatric patient-centered medical home provides primary care to children with complex medical conditions and their siblings. Children with medical homes elsewhere come to La Rabida for specialty services. La Rabida offers a wide range of specialty services provided to children with sickle cell disease, diabetes, and many others. Children are supported in their emotional and developmental growth, particularly in cases where such growth has been interrupted by accident or disease.
• Finally, La Rabida provides forensic and treatment services for children exposed to abuse and neglect, comprehensive assessments for wards of the state, early intervention for children between 0 and 3 years of age. Care coordination services for medically complex children are also provided for those who are covered by a health plan and receive care from providers in Cook County
• QUALIFICATIONS: