LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) - Behavioral Health - FULL TIME - Dayshift

Meadville Medical Center•Meadville, PA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Behavioral Health - FULL TIME - Dayshift role involves preparing patients for provider visits, administering medications and vaccinations, reviewing medication lists, assisting physicians with procedures, notifying patients of results, collecting specimens, performing limited lab tests, maintaining equipment and controls, ensuring patient and equipment safety, communicating effectively with patients, families, physicians, peers, and other health team members, providing patient education, facilitating patient flow, maintaining adequate medical supplies and medications, sterilizing instruments, managing inventory of drug samples, handling prescription refills, ensuring complete nursing documentation, performing administrative duties such as appointment scheduling and obtaining co-payments, maintaining exam rooms and workstations, organizing nursing information and documentation, triaging patient clinical calls, scheduling tests or procedures, performing pacemaker and defibrillator checks, using appropriate infection control measures, maintaining medical information and filing/scanning, using Meditech, Medisoft, and Medisoft Clinical EMR, following the chain of command for reporting issues, and demonstrating knowledge of emergency procedures. The role requires medium work strength (lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling 20-50 lbs occasionally), frequent stooping, reaching, handling, fingering, feeling, talking, hearing, near acuity, and color vision, with occasional accommodation. The work setting is an office environment requiring bending, stooping, lifting, twisting, and maneuvering, with possible exposure to chemicals and use of computers, printers, fax machines, copiers, telephones, and paper shredders. The position requires independent judgment, initiative, tact, poise, ability to work with minimal direction and frequent interruptions, multitasking, ability to work first shift with potential for additional hours on short notice, managing multiple priorities under stress, and flexibility to adapt to changing situations.

Requirements

Graduate of a diploma school of nursing approved by State Board of Nurse Examiners.
Licensed to practice as a licensed practical nurse in Pennsylvania.
Must possess great attention to detail.
Must be able to type and be efficient with computers.
Must have the ability to apply appropriate rules of grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Must possess the ability to prioritize activities, organize work and problem solve.
Communications skills both verbal and written must be above average to excellent.
Must be able to communicate with public sector by telephone use and in person.
Must be able to deal with anxious and angry people.
Must be able to communication with Administrative Staff, Managers, Attorneys, Physicians and all hospital staff with due respect and tact.
Current BLS Healthcare Provider card.

Nice To Haves

Pacemaker and Defibrillator checks if applicable for the practice.

Responsibilities

Prepares patients for provider visits according to approved policies and procedures i.e. reason for visit, history (past medical, family and social), symptoms, problems, weight, height, vital signs, medications, allergies.
Administers medications/vaccinations to patients as regulated by the Nurse Practice Acts and as ordered by the provider.
Reviews and updates medication lists identifying any possible ineffective drug therapies, adverse reactions, side effects, drug allergies and contraindicated medications.
Assists physicians with procedures as requested.
Notifies patients of lab and test results.
Collects specimens as directed and performs limited lab tests on site as ordered by the provider.
Maintains equipment and controls including refrigerator temperatures if applicable.
Responsible for patient and equipment safety.
Communicates and interacts effectively with patients and families, physicians, peers and other health team members to maximize successful patient outcomes.
Patient education.
Assists in the facilitation of smooth patient flow.
Greets patients and families courteously.
Maintains good communication with providers and coworkers.
Assures adequate amounts of medical supplies and medications are available and stocked appropriately.
Sterilizes instruments and instrument packs if applicable.
Maintains inventory of drug samples and inventory and rotates stock to make sure oldest is used first. Also, checks expiration dates monthly.
Receives prescription refills calls and are appropriately sent to the pharmacy under a provider’s direct supervision and are thoroughly documented in the patient record by the end of the business day the prescriptions were taken care of.
Assures nursing documentation in the medical records is complete including lot numbers for vaccines and samples.
Performs administrative duties as requested. To include but not limited to: Appointment scheduling and follow up appointment scheduling as needed, telephone etiquette including message taking and recalling patients, Picking up, opening and distributing mail, obtain authorizations as needed, obtaining co-payments and self payment amounts from patients.
Maintains exam rooms and workstation and ensures cleanliness.
Maintains the organized flow of nursing information and documentation. Documents are organized and available for use when needed.
Triage patient clinical calls.
Schedule tests or procedures for patients as appropriate.
Pacemaker and Defibrillator checks if applicable for the practice.
Uses appropriate measures of Infection Control to include PPE and hand washing.
Maintains medical information and filing and or scanning.
Use of Meditech, Medisoft and Medisoft Clinical EMR.
Follows appropriate chain of command for reporting issues such as grievances, patient complaints and staff issues.
Demonstrates knowledge of emergency procedures.
Other duties as assigned.