LPN Flow Manager - Atrium Health Ballantyne FM FT

Advocate Health•Charlotte, NC

10d•$23 - $36•Onsite

About The Position

The LPN Flow Manager prepares and rooms patients for examinations, obtains vital signs, and documents or updates pertinent health information. The role performs laboratory procedures, assists providers with procedures, administers medications under provider orders, and provides basic patient education. It also coordinates follow-up requests, prescription refills, appointments, and referrals, escalating questions according to scope-of-practice guidelines. The position performs advanced clinical skills under clinical supervision and with demonstrated competency, communicates patient information to the care team, and supports patient-centered care management and quality improvement. It also maintains clinic rooms, work areas, instruments, and equipment, and provides care appropriate to patients’ age-specific needs. This is a full-time position at Atrium Health Ballantyne Family Medicine, scheduled Monday through Friday for 40 hours per week. The listed pay range is $22.90–$36.15.

Requirements

Current Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license issued by the state in which the team member practices.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association, to be obtained within 45 days unless the department leader determines it is not required.
Completion of an accredited or approved Practical Nursing program.
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build rapport and maintain professional relationships with patients, staff, and physicians.
Strong organization, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
Proficient computer skills, including keyboarding, navigating a Windows operating system, and using electronic mail; exposure to electronic medical record systems.
Ability to meet the position’s physical requirements, including lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, patient transfers, and frequent movement throughout the workday.
Functional speech, vision, hearing, and touch, and the ability to use fine-hand manipulation skills.
Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment as needed and work around mechanical, electrical, chemical, blood, and body-fluid hazards.

Responsibilities

Prepare and room patients for examinations; obtain vital signs and document or update relevant health information.
Perform laboratory procedures using aseptic technique and standard precautions and infection-control guidelines.
Assist physicians and other providers with procedures and surgeries, including pelvic exams, allergy scratch testing, EMG, cautery, and colposcopy.
Administer medications under physician or provider orders, including immunizations, antibiotics, pain medications, vitamins, topical agents, and insulin; initiate, maintain, and discontinue limited IV therapy and administer selected fluids with premixed medications within applicable limitations.
Provide basic patient education about tasks, skills, treatment, and self-care.
Follow through on procedure and test requests, prescription refills, appointment scheduling, and referrals; refer questions to registered nurses and providers as appropriate and relay information to patients as directed.
Communicate with physicians and other healthcare team members and document and communicate accurate, timely information about patient conditions.
Perform advanced clinical tasks under clinical supervision and with demonstrated competency, such as suture and staple removal, catheterization, audiograms, laboratory procedures, EKG, spirometry, Holter monitor application, casting, and complex wound care.
Organize and prepare exam rooms, laboratories, and work areas, including cleaning, stocking, ordering supplies, and maintaining equipment.
Position and transport patients, using proper techniques for lifting and pushing or pulling.
Perform routine maintenance and quality monitoring of clinic equipment and properly clean, sterilize, and care for instruments and equipment.
Participate in patient-centered initiatives, care management, and performance and quality improvement activities.
Provide care appropriate to the ages and developmental needs of patients, consistent with departmental policies and procedures.