Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Ambulatory Float Pool

Advocate Aurora Health; Winston-Salem (NC); Sur place; USD 48 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Advocate Health is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join the Ambulatory Float Pool serving the Northwestern AHWFB clinics and Winston-Salem Medical Center area. The role involves providing clinical support across multiple ambulatory sites, covering primary care, OB/GYN, pediatrics and specialty clinics.

The ideal candidate has an active LPN license, BLS, and at least two years of direct patient care. You will document care in EMR, assist with procedures, administer meds, and support triage,

Qualifications

• LPN license in applicable state required.
• BLS required per policy guidelines.
• Minimum of two years direct patient care experience.

Responsabilités

• Document patient care and interactions in the medical record.
• Assist with telephone triage and provide patient instructions per protocol.
• Track and report lab/diagnostic tests and present results to provider.
• Pre-visit planning with provider and care team.
• Administer medications, including injections.
• Check vital signs, height, weight.
• Update medication history and lists.
• Assist with procedures and room cleanup.
• Follow standard precautions and regulatory standards.
• Assist with patient inquiries for refills, scheduling, and referrals.
• Enter orders in EMR per provider orders.
• Perform CLIA-waived tests and Point of Care testing.
• Perform quality control for Point of Care lab procedures.
• Perform venipuncture and specimen collection as needed.
• Provide depart summary at end of visit.
• Manage vaccine and pharmaceutical orders per regulations.

Connaissances

Vital signs

Venipuncture

Injections

EMR documentation

CPOE entry

Lab coordination

Patient care

Medication administration

Telephone triage

Inventory management

Formation

LPN license

Graduate of PN program

Outils

EMR systems

Description du poste

LPN - Ambulatory Float Pool

The Ambulatory Float Pool provides staffing support for ambulatory clinics across the entire Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist region. For this position, we are specifically seeking clinical support staff able to support the Northwestern areas of the AHWFB ambulatory region (Elkin, Hickory, Mt. Airy, Sparta, Statesville, Wilkes, etc.), with coverage needs as far east as the AHWFB Medical Center Clinics in Winston-Salem, NC. Clinics provide a variety of care to our patients including primary care/internal medicine, specialty care, OB/GYN, pediatrics, and others.

Education, Experience and Certifications:

• Licensed Practical Nurse with current license to practice in applicable state (dependent on the practice's physical location) required.
• Graduate of an Accredited School of practical nursing required.
• Previous medical office experience preferred.
• BLS required per policy guidelines.
• Applicants should have a minimum of two years direct patient care experience.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care or arrange for the provision of appropriate care, for patients, as pertinent to the scope of nursing practice and specialty of the office setting.
• Appropriately and accurately documents all patient care/interactions in patient medical record.
• Participates in telephone triage by obtaining clinically appropriate data and symptoms from the patient and advises and instructs patients according to established protocols and/or orders from the provider.
• Ensures that all ordered laboratory and diagnostic tests are tracked and logged, and that the provider is presented with all test results.
• Pre-visit planning with provider and care team.
• Medication administration, including injections.
• Check vital signs, height, weight
• Assist with reviewing medication history and updating medication list.
• May assist with satisfaction of pertinent health maintenance requirements.
• Assists providers during procedures and examinations and performs instrument and room clean-up.
• Utilizes standard precautions. Complies with Policies; Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) regulations; and The Joint Commission (TJC), Division of Facility Services (DFS), and other Regulatory Agency standards as applicable to the practice.
• Reports patient's condition and reaction to the provider following procedures, medication administration, or treatments.
• Assists with patient inquiries for prescription refills, appointment scheduling, and referral authorization as needed.
• Participates in electronic documentation of care at the direction of the provider.
• May enter orders in EMR (computerized physician order entry CPOE) per provider order.
• Completes Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) approved waived laboratory tests and practice-specific diagnostic testing; including Point of Care testing for Hemoglobin A1C and other Point of Care testing as applicable. Adheres to CLIA standards.
• Performs Quality Control and maintenance for Point of Care in-office lab procedures, as applicable.
• Performs venipuncture. May be required to assist with collection of specimens of body fluids such as urine and blood for laboratory testing.
• Completes lab requisitions and prepares specimens for pick-up.
• Provides patient with Depart Summary and review at the end of the visit
• Responsible for all vaccine and pharmaceutical orders including applicable state Immunization Registry (NCIR), and South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SC DHEC) regulations and monitoring inventory level of clinical supplies specific to the practice setting.

Physical Requirements

• Work consistently requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases.
• Must speak, read, and write Basic English fluently. Intact senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Manual finger dexterity.