Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Nephrology Clinic

Avera Health • Sioux Falls, SD

123d • $22 - $31

About The Position

Provides for the delivery of professional nursing care under the direction of the provider. The position involves performing general nursing care to patients, administering prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards, and coordinating patient care activities for the clinic. Responsibilities include preparing equipment and assisting the provider during procedures, treatments, examinations, and testing of patients, observing, recording, and reporting patient’s condition and reactions to drugs and treatments to the provider, overseeing appointment scheduling, and ensuring preferences are given to patients in emergency situations. The role also involves maintaining timely flow of patients, greeting patients, preparing them for physical examinations, screening patients for appropriate information including obtaining health history and taking vitals, documenting obtained information in patient charts, instructing patients in the collection of samples and tests, responding to patient phone calls in a timely manner, educating patients and families about diagnostic processes, medications, nutrition, and maintenance of health and wellness, suggesting solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints, maintaining exam rooms with necessary supplies and materials, ensuring cleanliness, preparing lists of medical supplies needed, assuring appropriate labeling of pathology specimens according to lab protocol, and performing quality control and maintaining records on all lab testing.

Requirements

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Board of Nursing.
• An active license in the state of practice upon hire.
• Ability to perform essential job functions satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Responsibilities

• Performs general nursing care to patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards.
• Coordinates the patient care activities for the clinic.
• Prepares equipment and assists provider during procedures, treatments, examinations, and testing of patients.
• Observes, records, and reports patient’s condition and reactions to drugs and treatments to provider.
• Oversees appointment scheduling and ensures preferences are given to patients in emergency situations.
• Maintains timely flow of patients.
• Greets patients and prepares them for physical examination.
• Screens patients for appropriate information including obtaining health history and taking vitals.
• Documents obtained information in patient chart.
• Instructs patient in collection of samples and tests.
• Responds to patient phone calls in a timely manner with appropriate input from the physician.
• Educates patients and families about diagnostic process, medications, nutrition, and maintenance of health and wellness.
• Suggests solutions to patient care crisis problems and complaints.
• Maintains exam rooms with necessary supplies and materials.
• Ensures cleanliness.
• Prepares list of medical supplies needed.
• Assures appropriate labeling of pathology specimens according to lab protocol as needed.
• Performs quality control and maintains records on all lab testing.

Benefits

• May be eligible for $3000.00 sign on bonus.
• Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps pay off loans with an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera.
• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Free health insurance options for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement.
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed