- Location
- Touro - 1401 Foucher St., United States of America
- Type
- Full-time
- Source
- Workday
Description
Your job is more than a job.
One-of-a-kind care for our patients comes from one-of-a-kind team members and caregivers like you. As our employee health nurse, you’re a critical component of our nursing team. It’s a fact that healthy and safe work environments foster better outcomes, higher job satisfaction, and greater employee engagement. When it comes to that, we’re all in. Every team member plays a vital role in our vision to deliver healthcare with heart, so we’re completely vested in the emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being of our employees. That makes you the center of our healthcare family.
If you love the idea of being a vital contributor to our workplace health and wellness, infection control, and safety initiatives, then we’re going to love you right back and give you the support and tools you need to help every team member achieve their everyday extraordinary, including you!
Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this diverse nursing role.
Your Everyday
Monitor and teach Joint Commission infection control policies, procedures, and safety rules for nursing staff.
Incident/accident tracking in compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
Perform employee health nursing duties such as: conducting TB screenings, reviewing laboratory results, administering immunizations, performing fit testing, pre-employment drug screening and follows-up on incident reports.
Participate in the employee evaluation process by providing attendance records and observation of nursing assistants performance to the leadership.
Implement the restorative nursing program and oversee and evaluate restorative aides' performance.
Monitors and ensures provisional training and certifications for CPR for nurses and CNAs.
Perform quality assurance for AED equipment and eye wash stations.
Plan, implement, direct and evaluate the education program, prepare course content, provide leaders with an annual schedule, and maintain records of classes, attendance, and clinical performance of each nursing assistant.
Performs all functions to monitor, track, and prevent blood borne pathogens exposure, TB and other communicable disease control programs.
Tracks and tends UTIs, urinary catheter days, culture repo up on TB and other exposures.
The Must-Haves
Minimum:
Current practical nursing license in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.
WORK SHIFT:
Variable Hours (United States of America)LCMC Health is a community.
Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary
Touro
Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans' most enduring healthcare monuments. It’s where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction
Your extras
- Deliver healthcare with heart.
- Give people a reason to smile.
- Put a little love in your work.
- Be honest and real, but with compassion.
- Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
- Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
- See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective.
- Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
- Love what makes you, you - because we do
You are welcome here.
LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.
Simple things make the difference.
1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information.
2. To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background.
3. To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed.
4. To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.
