LPN - Multispecialty Clinic

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans seeks a healthcare assistant to participate in patient care under supervision, assist with clinic flow, and prepare patients for examinations and procedures.

You will document tasks and manage specimens, assist with basic procedures, and help maintain safety, privacy, and inventory per hospital policy.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the care of patients under the supervision and in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.
• Measures and records appropriate vital signs based on departmental policy and patient age.
• Identifies abnormal values based on age and developmental level and reports findings to the appropriate medical provider.
• Participates in clinic flow, including assisting with patient arrival, procedures, scheduling new and follow-up appointments, and patient exit.
• Prepares patients for examination, treatment and/or procedures.
• Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports in accordance with policy.
• Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately per organizational policy and procedure.
• Performs non-complex procedures per clinic policy and competency, such as simple dressing changes.
• Provides for comfort needs of patients with consideration of age and special needs.
• Handles clinic equipment, including preparation, safety testing, cleaning and disinfection.
• Administers prescribed medication and/or vaccinations per department policy.
• Properly collects, prepares, and secures specimens for point of care testing and/or transport when necessary.
• Performs point of care testing per Laboratory Point of Care Testing Manual Guidelines.
• Maintains medication inventory and proper disposal of expired medications.
• Stores medications per department policy and ensures safety with multi-dose vials/containers.
• Maintains refrigerator/freezer monitoring logs for proper storage of meds and vaccines.
• Documents clinical tasks, testing and procedures.
• Documents appropriately in the patient medical record per departmental guidelines.
• Completes paperwork including waived testing quality control procedures.
• Maintains privacy of patient information by keeping computer screens secure.
• Navigates EMR to obtain lab/radiology results, records, demographics, and follow-up scheduling.
• Prepares safety reports as warranted or directed by clinic manager/designee.
• Consults and informs clinic manager of activities, requirements and problems.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Assists with safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and regulatory standards.
• Implements standard and transmission-based precautions as per policy.
• Ensures patient safety during clinic visits per policy.
• Maintains a clean clinic working environment.
• Reports safety hazards or violations to clinic manager/designee.
• Participates in quality improvement processes, QAPI projects and EOC Rounds.
• Gathers clinical documentation for review by the medical provider/licensed practitioner.
• Uses equipment including computers, printers, scanners and fax machines.
• Scans outside correspondence into EMR.
• Obtains medical records from outside facilities when needed or requested by medical provider.
• Answers the telephone and routes calls promptly to the appropriate person.

Job description

GENERAL DUTIES

Clinical skills:

• Participates in the care of patients under the supervision and in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.
• Measures and records appropriate vital signs based on departmental policy and patient age.
• Identifies abnormal values based on age and developmental level and reports findings to the appropriate medical provider.
• Participates in clinic flow, including but not limited to assisting with patient arrival to the clinic, assisting in and performing patient procedures, scheduling new and follow-up patient appointments, facilitating a smooth patient exit from clinic.
• Prepares patients for examination, treatment and/or procedures.
• Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and reports in accordance with policy.
• Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policy and procedure.
• Performs non-complex procedures, according to clinic policy and documented competency, such as simple dressing changes.
• Provides for comfort needs of patients with consideration of age and special needs.
• Handles clinic equipment, including preparation of equipment, testing of equipment for safety prior to use on patient, cleaning and disinfecting of equipment according to hospital policy.
• Administers prescribed medication and/or vaccinations via ordered route in accordance with department policy.
• Properly collects, prepares, and secures specimens for point of care clinic testing and/or transport when necessary.
• Performs point of care testing per Laboratory Point of Care Testing Manual Guidelines.
• Maintains medication inventory and demonstrates proper disposal of expired medications.
• Stores medications according to department policy and ensures medication safety when using multi-dose vials and containers.
• Maintains refrigerator/freezer monitoring logs to ensure proper storage environment for all medications and vaccines.

Documentation:

• Documents clinical tasks, testing and procedures.
• Documents appropriately in the patient medical record according to established departmental guidelines.
• Completes proper paperwork including documentation of waived testing quality control procedures.
• Maintains privacy of patient personal health information by ensuring computer screens are secure in the absence of medical/nursing/clinical staff.
• Navigates Electronic Medical Record to obtain laboratory and radiology results, medical records, update patient demographic data and schedule follow-up appointments.
• Prepares safety reports when warranted or as directed by the clinic manager/designee.

Professionalism and support:

• Consults and keeps clinic manager informed of clinic activities, requirements and problems.
• Maintains strict patient confidentiality.

Safety and infection control standards:

• Assists with compliance to safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards.
• Implements standard and transmission-based precautions as per policy.
• Ensures patient safety during clinic visits as per policy.
• Maintains a clean clinic working environment.
• Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designee.
• Participates in quality improvement Process, QAPI projects and EOC Rounds.

Clerical support:

• Participates in the clinic preparation process by gathering appropriate clinical documentation for review by the medical provider/ licensed practitioner.
• Uses equipment including computers, printers, scanners and fax machines.
• Scans outside correspondence into the appropriate area of the electronic medical record.
• Obtains medical records from outside facilities when needed or requested by medical provider.
• Answers the telephone and routes calls promptly to the appropriate person.