LVN

Job Id:  163 # of Openings:  1

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• Education: Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Experience: Experience in medical office or clinic setting preferred.
• Physical and Mental Requirements: Duties of the position require intermittent walking, sitting, and standing. Some bending, stooping, and reaching is required with the lifting of items up to a weight of 50 pounds. Occasional heavy lifting when moving or supporting patients who may suddenly become weak or helpless.

• Direct patient flow to and from exam rooms.
• Take and record vital signs, current complaint, and history.
• Recheck all information sheets for completeness and accuracy.
• Assist the provider in the exam/ treatment of patient, including injections, immunizations, and other procedures by physician order or standing order.
• May preform in- clinic lab tests or draw blood for outside laboratory tests.
• Provide patient education as directed by provider.
• Document all patient contact information.
• Prepare exam rooms and instruments as appropriate to anticipated utilization including cleaning and sterilizing of instruments.
• File reports in charts.
• Patient referrals to providers, as necessary.
• Processing medication refill requests
• Order and maintain medical supplies and equipment.
• Communicate with patients by phone, including screening phone calls for providers, answering patient questions to his/her ability, calling patients as needed fir recheck or with lab results, and documenting all communication in the chart.
• Maintain the clinics inventory of drugs and biologicals in keeping with the Clinical Operational Procedures.
• Any other duties as assigned by Clinic Manager, Clinic’s Clinical Coordinator, and/or the provider supervising.

• Maintains confidentiality while working with confidential matters on a daily basis.
• Provides service direct to patients while maintaining a positive patient relations atmosphere.
• Interacts with patients, family members, medical staff members, and other department managers on a continuous basis.
• Conducts patient satisfaction surveys as required.
• Follows safety guidelines and infection control policies for the hospital district.
• Maintains licensure and certifications.