Licensed Practical Nurse Clinic- Float

Alomere Health; Alexandria, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 47,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Health+ clinic for employees and their

Retirement Savings

Job summary

Alomere Health is seeking a part-time LPN/CMA to support outpatient nursing in the Alexandria Clinic. The role involves direct and indirect patient care, coordinating with the Provider, and ensuring adherence to nursing standards and policies.

Responsibilities include delivering injections, administering prescribed treatments, and maintaining accurate chart documentation in the EMR. A flexible schedule with weekend coverage may be required.

Qualifications

• LPN licensure and CMA certification preferred.
• Experience with outpatient nursing care and care coordination is advantageous.
• Familiarity with EMR systems and nursing quality initiatives like Meaningful Use/PQRS.
• Ability to deliver injections, immunizations, and medications per Provider orders.

Responsibilities

• Meet and follow nursing objectives and quality measures.
• Provide nursing care per Provider orders within scope of practice.
• Coordinate patient care efficiently and accurately.
• Prepare and administer injections, immunizations, and medications as prescribed.
• Document patient interactions thoroughly in the EMR.

Skills

Communication

Patient care coordination

Education

LPN/Licensed Practical Nurse

CMA Certification

Tools

Electronic Medical Records (EMR)

Crash cart & defibrillator

Job description

Department: Alexandria Clinic Nursing

Employment Status: Part-Time (0.9) - 72 Hours Per Pay Period

Benefit Status: Full-Time

Benefits include:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Employee Health Clinic (health +): Our health+ clinic provides office visits and prescription medications for little to no cost to Alomere Health employees and their dependents who are on a medical insurance plan

• Retirement Savings

• Please see more details about our benefits here: https://alomerehealth.com/careers/

Hours:

• Four week days and one consistent half day off: 7:45 am-5:00 pm

• One weekend (Sat + Sun) every 4 weeks: 8:45 am-3:00pm

• As a Float, you may occasionally need to cover shifts that consist of hours ranging between 7:00am -8:00pm

Position Objective:

The LPN/CMA supports the Provider in provision of individualized patient care, direct and indirect in an outpatient clinical setting. LPN/CMAs participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care, based on objectives, standards, and policies of nursing. They have the ability to handle a diverse range of situations and responsibilities, which is their primary duty. LPN/CMAs are responsible for rendering nursing care in an assigned area in terms of individualized patient needs, according to conformance with recognized nursing techniques, procedures, and established standards based on the scope of practice, under the direction/delegation of a Registered Nurse or Provider.

Essential Responsibilities:

Nursing Service Delivery

• Meet, maintain, and follow Meaningful Use, PQRS, MN community Measures requirements, and other quality initiatives
• Adequate knowledge of Provider practice type
• Ensure efficient and accurate patient care coordination
• Perform all tasks per Provider order within scope of practice or specialty training
• Work in accordance of primary Providers' clinic schedule
• Possess prior authorization of medications

Alexandria Clinic Specific

• Prepare and administer injections, immunizations, and medications
• Administer treatments as prescribed by Provider
• Submit appropriate charges for services rendered
• Process patients' charts upon admission and discharge
• Collect and handle all specimens appropriately

Patient Care

• Facilitate communication in regards to patient care between patient and Provider and work to be a patient advocate at all times

• Complete thorough documentation of all patient interactions in the electronic medical record
• Improve the patient experience and improve patient flow within Alomere Health
• Effectively communicate with patients, families, and those involved in the patients' care
• Assist in emergent situations, using knowledge and skill of crash cart and defibrillator resources
• Respond to patient and visitor requests, complaints, and recommendations

Specialty Practice

• Employees working in specialty areas will be required to perform procedures specific to that specialty

Other Responsibilities

• Perform all other related duties as assigned in a professional and responsive manner
• Demonstrate the ability to use relevant equipment
• Support, understand, and promote Alomere Health's mission, vision, values, policies and procedures
• Ability to meet the work schedule requirements with flexibility dependent upon the needs of the department
• Foster respectful working relationships with professional colleagues, patients, families, and general public regardless of age, gender, lifestyle, culture, beliefs, race, socioeconomic class, or ability