LPN

Open Health Care Clinic; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Open Health Care Clinic in Baton Rouge, LA seeks a nursing professional to deliver quality patient care within a primary care setting. The role includes rooming patients, collecting history, and documenting in the electronic medical record, while ensuring confidentiality and safety.

Qualified candidates will have 3–5 years of primary care experience and a high school diploma or equivalent. Preference may be given to applicants with infectious disease or HIV experience.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of primary care experience in a clinical setting.
• Preference given to those with infectious disease and/or HIV experience.

Responsibilities

• Satisfies core competencies and adheres to professional and ethical standards.
• Assists with patient office visits including rooming, interviewing, and data entry in EMR.
• Obtains and records vital signs and recognizes variances or red flags.
• Administers medications under provider orders and follows medication rights.

Skills

Primary care experience

Patient care

Electronic medical record

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

Essential job functions including, but not limited to:

1. Satisfies Core Competencies

• Accepts responsibility for ensuring that his/her nursing practice and conduct meet the standards of the professional, ethical and relevant legislated requirements
• Achieves customer/patient’s satisfaction by greeting and proactively attending to patient needs.
• Functions as case manager and advocate for providers’ patient population, assisting the patient in navigating the healthcare field.
• Responds to patient’s requests in a timely and efficient manner.
• Assists in making patient appointments and obtain all necessary patient information
• Maintains confidentiality of patient’s information at work and off duty.
• Relays messages in a timely manner to appropriate health care providers.

3. Clinical:

• Assists Providers with patient office visits which include rooming patients, interviewing patients, and entering information in patient electronic medical record.
• Obtains and records vital signs, recognize any variances, outliers or red flags, and takes appropriate action
• Administers and documents medication under provider’s order and follows the six (6) medication rights and reduces the potential for medical error
• Plans nursing care following agency policies, standard operating procedures, and standing orders when appropriate.
• Compiles and assists providers in responses to triages from team members and patients received by phone or electronic messages
• Provides education related to preventive health topics such as tobacco cessation, nutrition, and physical activity, immunizations, recommended health screenings, sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), etc.
• Provides education related to medication adherence, appointment compliance, and general health
• Provider’s pediatric education related to child safety, developmental milestones, feeding, oral health, etc.
• Ensures that an efficient system of communication and processing medical calls.
• Ensures that appointment confirmations are done on a daily basis.
• Participates in morning huddle as assigned
• Orders and retrieves patient’s medical records, x-ray films, scans, lab work, etc. in preparation for the patient’s office visit.
• Assist in making patient appointments and placing necessary referrals
• Performs administrative tasks, including form completions, prior authorizations, prescription refills and referrals.
• Strictly adheres to Universal Precautions
• Performs aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
• Follows job safety requirements. Reports and documents accidents or incidents within 24hours of occurrence to the immediate supervisor.
• Organizes exam rooms, including general cleaning, upkeep, and re-stocking of all supplies
• Responsible for maintaining up-to-date knowledge, skills, and abilities
• Attends and participates in in-service, monthly staff meetings, continuing education offerings, community training events, conferences and webinars as appropriate

Required Education:

High school diploma or equivalent

Skill, Licensure and Knowledge Requirements:

3-5 years of primary care experience in a clinical setting
(preference may be given to those with prior work experience in infectious
disease and/or HIV depending on position)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.