Licensed Practical Nurse

REACH PROJECT INC•Ithaca, NY

12d

About The Position

This is a full time position at Reach Medical, PLLC. LPN’s at REACH Medical, PLLC work to ensure that all patients receive the highest quality health care. The practice aims to consistently meets the goals of creating a productive, professional, friendly, stigma free work environment for staff and clinical providers. The LPN will be responsible, along with all other staff, to be sure patients are scheduled for the appropriate visit type. The LPN will be responsible for seeing all patients prior to their provider. The LPN will obtain vitals, and proper patient history. Other roles include managing the nursing phone line for both Primary Care and Medication Management. LPN’s will do all required blood draws, stocking, and cleaning of rooms, maintaining a clean and productive work space. LPN’s will run daily PMP (istop) reports for Providers. LPN’s will also enter scripts to be reviewed and signed by providers. LPN’s will also be responsible for administrative duties such as ordering medical supplies, keeping inventory on vaccinations, reporting to their direct supervisor, and utilizing medical knowledge to obtain medication prior authorizations. The Reach Project, Inc is a non-profit organization that provides low- threshold, harm reduction-oriented healthcare to all who typically face stigma in the current healthcare system. The aim of the organization is to offer truly equitable care to all.

Requirements

Experience working with people with lived experience of health inequity.
Valid New York State LPN license
Willingness/ability to learn EMR system and workflow processes
Ability to work weekends and evenings as required
Must possess strong intrapersonal skills with a commitment to provide respectful, culturally-competent communication to fit the context of our target population.
Clear and detailed understanding of HIPAA policies (confidentiality) to ensure compliance on all public-facing publications including on social media, live events, and print materials
Stellar communication skills and ability to work well within multidisciplinary agency
Demonstration of both significant experience in and commitment to providing care to underserved populations as the foundation of REACH Medical is the provision of harm reduction-based, trauma-informed, low threshold care without stigma.
Solid communication skills and ability to work well within multidisciplinary agency
Deep understanding and belief in harm reduction, health equity, diversity and inclusion

Responsibilities

Delivering quality healthcare in a Harm Reduction setting
Checking Prescription Monitoring System for controlled substances daily for Providers
Obtaining Vitals and accurate medical history on all patients prior to them being seen by their provider
Maintaining a clean and functional workspace
Checking inventory and stocking exam rooms with medical supplies
Answering the nursing phone line with a maximum of 24 hour turnaround time to patients who have called in for either primary care or medication needs
Entering accurate medical information into REACH Medical's electronic medical record system
Completing all required blood draws
Practice within NYS Healthcare regulations and REACH Medical policies and procedures
Hepatitis C treatment and follow up procedures
PrEP and PEP protocols
Understand and be cross trained in many non-clinical work procedures within the practice (ie answering phones, completing prior authorizations)
Reporting to Associate Medical Director, and Practice Manager for Nursing administrative tasks and assignments.