As our Clinic Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you’ll keep the day running smoothly and efficiently for your patients and clinical team. You’ll take the lead on proactive preparation of patient charts; ensuring all information is obtained and up-to-date for those seen in our facility.
Every day, you'll manage care for multiple patients, adapting to physician availability on-site, and actively collaborate with your clinical team to prioritize tasks and ensure seamless patient flow throughout the clinic.
Your success in this role comes from your enthusiasm to help others, work efficiently, and your empathy for our patients.
- Prepares patients for practitioner visit; rooms patients, obtains and records vital signs and other appropriate information, such as height, weight, drug allergies, current medications and presenting problem; chaperones and documents the patient exam, ensuring patient privacy and comfort.
- Collects patient information through telephone and in-person contact; screens, communicates and responds to patient needs appropriately.
- Provide patient mobility assistance, as necessary.
- Manages patient flow ensuring enough time for patient and family education.
- Performs, or assists with, patient care, diagnostic tests and clinical procedures to appropriate level of training/scope of licensure and established procedures; follows triage standing orders/protocols for routine nursing situations and refers complex, urgent or emergent situations to an RN or provider.
- Instructs patients in the collection of samples and other tests; ensures that patient or family understands follow-up and referral information.
- Under supervision of the practitioner, informs patients of lab results, calls in prescriptions to pharmacies and returns practitioners’ phone messages.
- Performs a variety of patient assessment/care tests (e.g. EKG, Spirometry, vision/hearing screening, peak flow, color blindness, etc) in accordance with established protocols.
- Performs simple wound care and dressing changes under direct supervision of RN or provider; removes sutures or staples after wound assessment by RN/Provider.
- Inserts and/or removes tubes, drains, urinary catheters; applies simple splints/braces.
- Assists RN or provider in complex nursing care situations.
- Assists with point of care testing (CLIA-Waived Tests only)/lab tests following established protocols/instructions.
- Obtains samples for point of care tests including swabs and urine/stool; performs venipuncture to obtain venous blood samples.
- Performs POCT testing, following package insert instructions, and documents results (e.g. urinalysis, flu, RSV, Homoccult, Mono, H. Pylori, Hemoglobin, etc).
- Documents daily ambient, refrigerator/freezer temperatures and humidity levels for medication storage; follows established protocols if variation from standard range.
- Administers patient medications per written provider order; tracks and logs medication usage per established policies; inventories counts of controlled substances.
- Under supervision of practitioner or nurse supervisor, administer approved medications (e.g. legend drugs, vaccines and schedule III-V controlled substances) via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular or intradermal routes; administers IV fluids under the supervision of RN/Provider; performs installation of fluids or medications into bladder via catheter.
- Administers drops, topical ointments/pastes/creams and/or nebulizer treatments.
- Documents procedures and interactions in patient’s medical record in accordance with established procedures; enters, pends and signs orders as appropriate.
- Responds to patient telephone calls using approved protocols, ensuring documentation of phone call meets standards.
- Takes verbal orders from a provider in regard to urgent and/or emergent (not routine/non-complex care) patient safety issues; assures orders are signed off in accordance with established procedures.
- Processes and documents patient prescription refills.
- Organizes exam rooms, including general cleaning, upkeep and re-stocking of supplies; prepares, cleans and sterilize instruments and maintains related equipment.
- Anticipates Practitioner's needs for available medications, supplies and equipment for patient exams.
- Sets up proper equipment for specific clinic-based procedures.
- Cleans, leak tests and disinfects endoscopes and endocavity probes according to manufacturer’s directions; wraps, cleans and autoclaves instruments.
- Disposes of contaminated items according to Franciscan Medical Group Exposure Control Plan.
