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St. Mary´s Hospital is dedicated to meeting the healthcare needs of the residents of western Colorado and eastern Utah.

St. Marys Hospital recognizes quality patient care requires a talented and experienced staff of professionals dedicated to superior customer service. As the largest medical center between Salt Lake City and Denver, St. Marys Hospital employs over 2,000 people and we provide our employees with market-competitive wages, excellent benefits, tuition reimbursement, family care programs and retirement plans.St. Marys has developed an Employee Compensation and Benefits program that ensures our ability to recruit qualified employees from around the country, while rewarding employees who have been with the organization for many years.High School/GEDSt. Marys Hospital is seeking a Full Time LPN for the Family Medicine Clinic.*Candidate must have a current CO LPN license*New LPN grads are welcome to apply*Applications must be completed in full; Please include a resume and cover letter in the space provided on the applicationExternal Candidates Please Note: This position will not be filled until March 2010DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:-Maintain clinic and hospital standards, procedures, protocols, and guidelines. Maintain Joint Commission recommendations. Apply principles of aseptic technique and infection control. Provide an environment conducive to safety and health. Room patients and obtain vital signs, chief complaint, and medication reconciliation at the direction of an RN or physician. -Collect, report, and document objective/subjective data. Report signs and symptoms of deviation from normal health status. -Prepare the exam or treatment room with the appropriate equipment before patient visits. Set up for all procedures. Assist the provider with exams, procedures and treatments as directed. -Perform diagnostic tests in accordance with job specific competencies. -Collect and process specimens. -Nurse visits as per hospital policy and under the supervision of a RN or physician. -Prepare, administer and document immunizations, injections, and medications per hospital policy. Maintain medication storage in accordance with hospital standards. -Document prescribed interventions and responses. (LPN can provide IV therapy if completed a Board approved IV certification course including supervised clinical). -Perform selected IV therapy functions as delegated and supervised by a RN. -Verify that medical orders are accurate, properly authorized with no documented contraindications. -Record and log oxygen tank monitoring, refrigerator temperatures, and urine controls daily. Record and log eyewash checks as appropriate. -Maintain sample medication management system in accordance with hospital standard. -Track laboratory test results. -Return calls for providers as directed. -Maintain exam, treatment rooms and inventory of supplies and equipment. -Inspect exam and treatment rooms monthly for outdated medications and supplies. -Wash, wrap, and sterilize equipment. -Provide direct care, comfort measures, and emotional support to patients whose condition is stable or predictable. Under direct supervision: Provide care, interventions, and communicate response for patients whose condition is complex or unstable.-Assist and provide reinforcement with patient teaching. Document teaching. Document accurately and timely. Communicate completion of assigned duties and patient responses. -Complete assigned audits with results and action plan. Perform office procedures including all general administrative duties as directed. -Perform other duties as assigned. -Demonstrates professionalism in interactions with patients, physicians, nursing, staff, and other patient care members and co-workers. -Attends scheduled meetings and inservices.JOB REQUIREMENTS:Education: More than 1 year beyond high school Experience: Greater than 3 months of LPN experienceLicense / Certification / Registration: Current Colorado Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)Working Environment: Works in a well lit, heated and ventilated area. Position requires considerable mobility throughout the facilities. Potential exposure to routine, communicable diseases through regular contact with employees and the public at large.

St. Marys Hospital recognizes quality patient care requires a talented and experienced staff of professionals dedicated to superior customer service. As the largest medical center between Salt Lake City and Denver, St. Marys Hospital employs over 2,000 people and we provide our employees with market-competitive wages, excellent benefits, tuition reimbursement, family care programs and retirement plans.St. Marys has developed an Employee Compensation and Benefits program that ensures our ability to recruit qualified employees from around the country, while rewarding employees who have been with the organization for many years.Formal Education beyond HS at a Technical or Trade SchoolExternal Candidates Please Note: This position will not be filled until January 2010 *Applications must be completed in full; Please include a resume and cover letter in the space provided on the applicationDuties and Responsibilities: Responsible for compiling and using information related to assignments, analyzing and handling procedures and problems that involve independent judgment and decision-making. Demonstrates self directed learning and participates in continuing education to ensure professional growth. Establishes and continuously demonstrates professionalism in interactions with patients, family, physicians, nursing, staff and other patient care members and co-workers. Assists co-workers in completing their duties to promote effective teamwork. Demonstrates flexibility to assist in achieving safe, effective and efficient staffing and scheduling. Utilizing the nursing process, provides on-going assessment of patient condition, pt/family readiness to learn, current level of knowledge, ability to learn, observing and recording significant conditions and reactions, detecting deviations from normal, reporting findings and documenting appropriately. Assists and advocates applicable interventions and care planning. Assists RN in initiating a patient education plan, patient are plan &/or clinical pathways, according to individualized needs of the patient utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, and as prescribed by physician and hospital policy, including patient and family instruction. Responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies and procedures and protocol. Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and applicable standards.Cooperates with other personnel and stakeholders to achieve departmental objectives and maintains positive relations. Vital Signs. Bathing upon admission and every other day. Demo if desired by parents. Changing diapers. Assisting with circumcisions and cleanup afterwards (equipment, cribs, etc.) Assisting with breast feeding BGs per protocol. Discharge teaching. Assisting with routine newborn care with parents. Checking charts and daily charting. Transporting babies in and out of nursery. Checking on feeding times, etc, while babies are out in room. Daily shift equipment checks. O.E. on Meditech, verifying labs, etc. Calling physicians on abnormal lab values, etc. Routine lab draws PKUs, H/H;s, etc. After initial assessment completed by RN, daily shift assessment done on each baby. JOB REQUIREMENTS:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education: More than one year beyond HS Experience: Greater than 3 months License / Certification / Registration: Current Colorado LPN License Working Environment: Works in a well lit, heated and ventilated area. Position requires considerable mobility throughout the facilities. Potential exposure to routine, communicable diseases through regular contact with employees and the public at large.