Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc Hiring for Licensed Practical Nurse (Family Medicine) Full Time

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
JOB SUMMARY

The LPN is responsible for assisting the physician and/or physician assistant with basic nursing care which includes performing nursing and laboratory procedures and testing, participating in patient and family teaching, communicating with others, and participating in decision making. Day to day supervision is provided by the Nurse Manager, Program Coordinator, Operations Manager, Practice Administrator, and/or Laboratory Director. Oversight of clinical competency, skills review, and nursing procedures is provided by the Director of Nursing.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Provides safe, accurate, and clinically competent direct care to patients and their families.

2. Monitors wait periods for patients in waiting room and either notifies front office staff or communicates to patients in waiting room so patient has option to wait, see another provider, or reschedule as needed.

3. Recognizes and interprets the patient’s symptoms or urgent problems and seeks appropriate assistance. Assists with remedial measures as ordered.

4. Documents all nursing areas in the electronic health record (EHR) appropriate to visit; Is specific as to reason for visit listing symptoms and complaints and/or patient concerns; Documents allergies.

5. Follows Nursing Standing Orders and documents completion and results as needed in the EHR.

6. Assembles equipment and assists the provider with medical procedures and treatments including but not limited to ear irrigation, pelvic exams, minor surgeries, dressings, injections, EKGs, etc.; Prepares the patient and exam room for procedure, giving necessary and clear instructions to the patient.

7. Recognizes the patient’s or their family’s need for diagnosis or prevention education. Provides instruction or refers per provider order, thereby assisting patients to achieve basic health care goals.

8. Documents appropriate patient education specific to age and condition in the EHR.

9. Completes nursing medication procedures in EHR as to time, site, location, medication dosage and route for the provider.

10. Triages incoming calls from patients and deals with them appropriately as documented in EHR and/or communication with provider; Accurately documents all messages in EHR using the telephone message jelly bean; sends messages to provider timely; makes sure patient has a return call regarding their request or concern.

11. Demonstrates patient advocacy which assures patient’s rights to privacy, safety, and confidentiality.

12. Understands HIPAA requirements and conducts clinical/business processes that ensures patient privacy as a priority.

13. Performs pediatric and/or adult immunizations per immunization schedule and provider direction. Documents all immunizations using the immunization module and nursing note in EHR. Updates pediatric GRITS system with immunizations given. Monitors inventory level of immunizations and requisitions per instructions.

14. Performs phlebotomy using skilled techniques following nursing policy and procedures regarding labeling, transport, accession into lab computer.

15. Performs waive testing procedures using skilled techniques following laboratory policy and procedures.

16. Reminds providers that current medications need to be reviewed for additional prescription refill as noted by documentation in EHR.

17. Gives a thorough and complete explanation of the Medicare Waiver of Liability form if anticipated service may not be covered under Medicare. All forms to be signed, dated, and reason for possible denial documented.

18. Responsible for maintaining, cleaning, sterilizing equipment, stocking examinations rooms ordering or listing supplies needed to be ordered, ing malfunctioning equipment, refrigerator logs, collecting/disposing of hazardous waste on a daily basis.

19. Responsible for maintaining a variety of education materials in exam rooms and stock area per education committee recommendations.

20. Following the Referral Policy, makes referrals at providers’ direction through the referral module in the EHR; Provides timely feedback to provider if appointment is not kept.

21. Keeping with Georgia law, notifies patient of lab results within 14 days of provider receiving the results. Patient will be notified through Televox Labcall system or contact by telephone and/or card notification. Notification will be documented in EHR.

22. Attends meetings as requested; Participates in in-service programs and skills fair.

23. Available to cover any clinic site as necessary.

24. Support AAPHC’s goals for patient care by promoting walk-in patients being seen by the providers and identifying barriers to their supervisor.

25. Demonstrate age specific competencies that will be evaluated though direct observation and QI process (information from chart reviews, patient/peer/physician feedback, variance s, and other mechanisms as indicated.

26. In the school base setting when AAPHC is contracted to provide a “school nurse” this employee will be responsible for the following:

· Daily medication passes to students both am and pm administration, to include documentation of administration, counting medication weekly for compliance.

· Requesting medication and treatment orders from student’s personal provider. Documentation of orders will be maintained and updated each school term and PRN.

· Assisting with triage of students coming into clinic for health care needs per policy.

· Medication administration and documentation per standing orders and per policy.

· Collaboration with AAPHC provider to meet needs based on triage assessment of students or faculty.

· Collaboration with school employees to coordinate student needs.

· Collaboration with any student’s personal provider for health care needs when the student is not a patient of AAPHC.

· Perform procedures and treatments as prescribed by students’ personal provider to meet students needs based on order. To include but not limited to, parental nutrition via gastrostomy tube or nasogastric tube, nebulizer treatment, assisting with insulin pump concerns, etc.

27. Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing. Current Georgia license. Current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS). Knowledge of computers helpful. At least one year of nursing experience preferred.

Typical Physical Demands

Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for prolonged periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Requires working under stressful conditions and working irregular hours. Requires exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.

TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS

Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, toxic substances, medicinal preparations, and other conditions common to a clinic environment. Occasional evening or weekend work.

EVALUATION OF THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

As appropriate, the Nurse Manager, Operations Manager, Practice Administrator, Laboratory Director and/or Program Coordinator reviews performance annually with input from the Director of Nursing and providers.
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Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Pediatrics
• Primary Care

Physical setting:

• Clinic

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• LPN License (Required)

Work Location: One location