Licensed Practical Nurse, Lead-Stony Brook Children’s Service, UFPC

SB Clinical Practice Management•Town of Islip, NY

4d•$31 - $39•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead LPN will provide clinical support and oversight of clinical staff and, in collaboration with the Lead Physician and Ambulatory Office Manager, ensure efficient and optimal patient care is delivered to the patients in the practice. This role involves ensuring standards of clinical practice and infection control are maintained, overseeing that all clinical standards and administrative policies are practiced and upheld by support staff, and certifying clinical support staff annually in waive testing. The Lead LPN will collaborate with the Ambulatory Office Manager to ensure staff attend orientation, annual recertification, and yearly physicals, and will oversee that daily quality controls are performed. Additionally, the role involves developing and overseeing a cleaning and stocking assignment and schedule for support staff, ensuring an adequate level of medical supplies, maintaining the medication room, and ensuring lab logs are maintained. The Lead LPN will also have oversight of clinical staff in conjunction with the Ambulatory Office Manager, assessing and evaluating staff performance, assigning staff to work with providers, addressing staffing shortfalls, and handling provider concerns with regard to clinical staff, including counseling and disciplinary action. Monitoring staff time and approving time off requests, while ensuring adequate staffing, is also a key responsibility. The role contributes to the efficiency of clinical operations by making recommendations to improve efficiency and physician productivity, attending leadership meetings, and collaborating with other leads to ensure consistency in processes. Clinical support includes performing injections, working with providers, and providing patient and family teaching as needed. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Valid New York State License as LPN.
Four (4) years of full time medically related experience in patient care required with a demonstrated working knowledge of many procedures under a variety of work conditions, including strict deadlines or emergencies.

Responsibilities

Ensure standards of clinical practice and infection control are maintained.
Oversee that all clinical standards and administrative policies are practiced and upheld by support staff.
Certify clinical support staff annually in waive testing.
Collaborate with Ambulatory Office Manager to ensure staff attend orientation, annual recertification and yearly physicals.
Oversee that daily quality controls are performed.
Develop and oversee a cleaning and stocking assignment and schedule for support staff.
Ensure an adequate level of medical supplies.
Maintain the medication room, by checking for expired items and correct par level of medications. Maintain refrigerator temp log and daily O2 check.
Ensure that lab logs are maintained.
Assess and evaluate staff performance and complete annual assessment, performance programs and competencies.
Assign staff to work with providers and address staffing shortfalls in conjunction with other leads.
Address provider concerns with regard to clinical staff and provide counseling/disciplinary action as required.
Monitor staff time and approve time off requests ensuring adequate staffing; review biweekly time and attendance forms for accuracy.
Make recommendations to physician and operations lead to improve efficiency and physician productivity within the practice.
Attend regular leadership meetings and participate in decision making related to the clinical practice as a whole.
Work closely with other clinical leads and Ambulatory Office Manager to ensure consistency in processes and procedures across practice locations.
Perform injections as ordered.
Work with providers when assigned.
Provide patient and family teaching as needed.
Other duties as assigned.