LPN -TRIVALLEY CANASTOTA
About The Position
Oneida Health is seeking a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for its Tri-Valley Canastota office. The LPN provides high-quality, safe, and efficient patient care and helps ensure exceptional patient experiences. The position is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and has no travel requirement. The LPN supports providers and patients in the practice setting by preparing patients for appointments, assisting with examinations and procedures, administering authorized medications and treatments within their scope and training, maintaining patient records, coordinating care and follow-up, and helping keep exam rooms and supplies ready. The role may also include reception and secretarial duties, insurance authorization support, and assistance during emergencies.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduation from a Licensed Practical Nurse program registered by the New York State Education Department.
- Current BLS/ACLS.
- Ability to lift and carry objects weighing 45 pounds or more.
- Ability to pull and push objects as required.
- Ability to reach above shoulder level.
- Hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
- Ability to walk approximately 3.5 hours per work shift.
- Ability to stand approximately 2.5 hours per work shift.
- Ability to sit approximately 2 hours per day during breaks or administrative tasks.
- Ability to kneel and perform repeated bending as needed.
- Ability to operate motor vehicles.
Responsibilities
- Room patients and obtain and document chief complaint, vital signs, height, weight, allergies, and medication reconciliation.
- Ensure referral results are available in the patient chart.
- Assist physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners with procedures and examinations.
- Ensure appropriate documents are signed by all parties.
- Attend to patients’ and visitors’ needs, reassure patients, and answer questions as necessary.
- Administer medications as authorized and document their administration according to procedure.
- Perform treatments and procedures as directed that are within the individual’s scope and training, including administering injectable medications.
- Ensure patients are seen in an orderly and fair manner; communicate delays and waiting times to team members and patients, and prioritize acutely ill patients.
- Maintain medical records by ensuring related reports, lab results, and other information are filed or scanned and available before appointments.
- Complete routine equipment checks and stock exam and treatment rooms; order supplies from Central Supply and Pharmacy as needed.
- Participate in routine exam room cleaning.
- Facilitate and execute physician orders in conjunction with patient needs and insurance requirements, including scheduling exams and tests and preparing prescriptions or instructions for allied health professionals in a timely manner.
- Coordinate and schedule referrals and surgeries with physician specialists, Imaging, and other medical testing services.
- Ensure appropriate patient follow-up is arranged.
- When necessary, act as receptionist, perform secretarial duties, and discuss insurance claims with insurers to help obtain precertification or meet preauthorization restrictions.
- Assist a provider with resuscitation and CPR if needed in the event of an anaphylactic reaction or Code Blue; follow and document the Code procedure.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
