VIP Licensed Practical Nurse 2

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Brentwood, TN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) works in close collaboration with the licensed Advanced Practice Clinician to evaluate the patient’s reason for visit. All patient care activities are undertaken with the delegation/supervision of a licensed professional. In accordance with VIP standards and licensure regulations, under the adequate supervision of a licensed professional, the LPN uses and documents the nursing process to plan, deliver and evaluate goal-focused, individualized, safe, age-specific care for patients.

Requirements

LIC-Licensed Practical Nurse - Tennessee
Relevant Work Experience
1 year
Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Nice To Haves

Provides guidance to entry level co-workers.
Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service.
Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Responsibilities

Uses current technology to pull patients expeditiously from waiting rooms to exam areas.
Proactively communicates delays to patients.
Demonstrates professional behavior in all setting visible to patients and visitors.
Proactively identifies patient/visitor needs and takes steps to assist.
Applies age specific/cultural considerations to the patients.
Gathers screening and other data for the health care team.
Demonstrates individual and team accountability by meeting basic patient/family needs: Accompanies patients/families to exam rooms, Prepares patient for examination, Performs diagnostic testing (e.g. spirometry).
Works with MD/provider to maintain efficient, effective clinic flow; checks schedules and organizes patient flow.
Assists MD/provider with routine office procedure and collects lab specimens.
Maintains patient’s charts and other patient care documents within the electronic health record.
Prepares diagnostic testing requisitions.
Communicates patient needs to MD/provider through accurate use of electronic health record task system.
Ensures cleanliness of exam room equipment, instruments; and keeps exam rooms adequately stocked.
Notifies appropriate staff member when supply inventory is low to ensure that clinic is adequately stocked.
Distributes patient family education material as directed by providers.
Incorporates a variety of resources to teach & support patient and family learning (e.g., nebulizer training).
Participates in staff meetings.
Develops and achieves personal and professional goals.
Contributes to the achievement of VIP goals.
Participates in the quality improvement through data collection and documentation.
Communicates and collaborates effectively with all members of the health care team.
Coordinate’s clinic flow to optimize efficiencies.
Uses EHR effectively.
Personal behavior positively influences environment.
Receives feedback in a respectful and positive manner.
Identifies and processes patient samples using appropriate laboratory protocol, inclusive of laboratory safety protocol.
Performs analysis using appropriate procedures including reagent preparation and appropriate QC.
Operates instruments and equipment accurately and efficiently using established protocol and QC checks.
Completes analysis within established time deadlines.
Evaluates results obtained from patient and QC samples to assure validity before reporting values.
Maintains files per individual laboratory protocol.
Performs and documents corrective and preventive maintenance and instrument function checks and records per department policy and protocol, both routine and periodic.
Recognizes and documents instrument malfunction and takes corrective action by performing repairs or notifying a supervisor.
Restocks, documents receipt of, opening, and expiration.
Regular and reliable attendance required.
All other duties as assigned.