Licensed Practical Nurse

First Choice Health Centers Inc • East Hartford, CT

3d • $27 - $33 • Onsite

About The Position

First Choice Health Centers (FCHC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with outpatient nursing opportunities in East Hartford and Manchester/Vernon, CT! Our Staff LPNs are primarily responsible for managing urgent and emergent patient calls across all disciplines, in addition to performing licensed professional nursing functions to assess the needs and severity of patients requesting healthcare services. The LPN functions as an essential member of the healthcare team, facilitating patient medication refills, managing providers' schedules, counseling patients and other related tasks as needed.

Requirements

• A valid LPN license in the state of Connecticut
• BLS Certification
• Experience with an electronic health record system
• Vaccine Administration experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A positive attitude and willingness to be cross-trained in multiple specialty areas, including pediatrics

Responsibilities

• Manage urgent and emergent patient calls across all disciplines.
• Perform licensed professional nursing functions to assess the needs and severity of patients requesting healthcare services.
• Facilitate patient medication refills.
• Manage providers' schedules.
• Counsel patients.
• Provide direct and individualized nursing care to patients based on the application of the nursing process.
• Maintain accurate medication inventory listings.
• Oversee the CT Vaccine Program in accordance with Center policies and requirements including monthly inventory, ordering and documentation on each patient in the electronic health record with required elements.
• Accurately document in the electronic health record, all assessments, vital signs, specimen collections, interventions, evaluations and responses, teaching, procedures, narratives, referrals, etc. in the proper patient record.
• Manage prescriptions and medication refills for providers in accordance with the Nurse.
• Perform wound care using appropriate infection control practices.
• Perform periodic meaningful use documentation including depression screening, sexual history, alcohol and substance abuse history and assessment.
• Refer appropriate patients to specialty providers in relation to the responses to the noted assessments.
• Work with medical assistants to ensure safe and effective patient care is rendered in accordance with the medical assistant's scope of practice.
• Interact with outside agencies to manage patient care outside the Center.
• Monitor task list (telephone encounters) in order to respond in a timely manner, follow up on overdue orders and monitor status of critical referrals.
• Adhere to all patient safety standards and infection control guidelines.
• Assist care team to assure smooth office operation and delivery of excellent service through teamwork.

Benefits

• Great training
• Great benefits
• Career growth
• Employee well-being
• Retirement savings program, including a safe harbor 401k with up to a 4% company match after 6 months of employment
• Complimentary premium Calm membership (#1 mental health app)
• Recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree