LPN, Gastroenterology
About The Position
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites. Founded in 2003, our office offers experienced care in all fields of gastroenterology to the entire Pioneer Valley. Our physicians and advanced practitioners are dedicated to providing up to date cutting edge care and we aim to integrate our care with other providers. One of our primary goals is colon cancer prevention. We offer highly skilled endoscopists. We also offer comprehensive care in acute and chronic liver disease, inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, Barrett's esophagus and upper gastrointestinal motility testing. We are located at 10 Main Street, Suite 2 in Florence, MA 01062. We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour LPN to support the practice onsite, Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:00pm working alongside our team of RN's and Medical Assistants. This role offers a unique opportunity for an LPN to independently screen patients for GI procedures while collaborating with our triage RN and Medical Assistant team to provide efficient and patient-centered care.
Requirements
- Trade/Technical/Vocational Diploma
- Licensed Practical Nurse required
- Licensed Practical Nurse [LPN - State License] - Generic - HR Only required
- Basic Life Support [BLS Certification] - Various Issuers preferred
- Medical experience 0-1 year preferred
Responsibilities
- Interviews patients about current problems, medications, and allergies, and reviews medical records for pertinent previous and current information.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs.
- Based on the chief complaint, the physician may also perform additional screening exams as needed, such as hearing, vision, depression, and falls assessments.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, including height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
- Provide basic patient care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, treating bedsores, administering enemas or douches, applying alcohol rubs, massaging, performing catheterizations, administering routine immunizations, and/or providing nebulizer treatments and visual acuity tests.
- Participates in patient treatment regimen, including administering medications (under the supervision of a physician and registered nurse).
- Communicates post-visit findings and participates in the plan of care, in coordination with the appropriate clinical staff
- Performs a variety of office responsibilities: answers phones and takes messages, and performs triage within the scope of licensed practical nursing practice in an accurate and timely manner.
- Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
- Assist patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, transferring in bed, and standing and walking.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
