Licensed Practical Nurse

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This position is covered by the 1199 Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current 1199 Contract.
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UConn Health is searching for a Licensed Practical Nurse to work in an OR Anesthesia Technician role This position will be responsible in preparing, maintaining and operating anesthesia equipment and assist Anesthesiologists and CRNAs during surgery. They are responsible for cleaning, sterilizing, and stocking equipment in the operating room, ensuring all devices are safe for patient use. Some responsibilities include equipment preparation, patient care support, safety and maintenance, supply management and Operating Room setup. The work is vital for efficient, safe anesthesia delivery in surgical settings.

• Assists doctors and nurses in the general care and treatment of patients
• Measures doses and administers medications including insulin injections
• Documents medications using appropriate forms; performs narcotic counts
• Checks and may administer intravenous medications
• Reports changes in patients to doctors
• Ensures that restraints are applied correctly
• Transcribes doctors medication orders
• Dispenses certain medications in doctor's absence
• Applies topical medication
• Takes and charts temperatures, pulses and respirations
• Performs simple nursing treatments
• Monitors general patient needs including personal hygiene
• Reports on patient conditions and behavior
• Keeps the unit safe and healthy
• Administers enemas or suppositories
• Performs Foley catheterization care
• Orients patients concerning medications and their use
• May perform emergency first aid

• Performs related duties as required

• Knowledge of practical nursing specialties and bedside care
• Knowledge of various medications used in conjunction with the physically and mentally handicapped
• Knowledge of infection control practices
• Some knowledge of nutrition and diets
• Basic knowledge of medical and lab sciences
• Considerable interpersonal skills
• Ability to keep records

• Some ability to lead staff.

• License to practice nursing in Connecticut by the State Board of Examiners for Nursing

• OR Anesthesia Tech experience
• Attention to detail, ability to work under pressure, good communication skills, and ability to troubleshoot equipment

• Experience in acute care hospital setting

MINIMUM full time equivalent salary: $66,65.00

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.