Licensed Practical Nurse Ambulatory

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Rome, GA

17h•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position for a Licensed Practical Nurse in an ambulatory setting, specifically within an ENT office. The role involves providing direct patient care, documenting interactions, participating in telephone triage, managing laboratory and diagnostic tests, assisting with procedures, administering medications, and ensuring compliance with various healthcare regulations and standards. The nurse will also be involved in patient education, prescription refills, and maintaining vaccine and pharmaceutical inventory.

Requirements

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.
BLS required per policy guidelines.
Must speak, read, and write Basic English fluently.
Intact senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.
Manual finger dexterity.

Nice To Haves

Previous medical office experience preferred.

Responsibilities

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.