LPN - Urgent Care

External Community Memorial Hospital•Cazenovia, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves assisting patients in achieving their health goals through a prescribed plan of care, ensuring patient advocacy, privacy, safety, and confidentiality. The position requires maintaining current knowledge and skills, adapting to changing demands, and actively participating in daily team huddles to review schedules and assign follow-up tasks. Responsibilities include pre-visit preparations, such as ensuring patients complete necessary paperwork and tests, and reviewing test results. The role also encompasses environmental responsibilities like setting up equipment, maintaining infection control through cleaning, ordering and restocking supplies. Clinical duties include taking vital signs, preparing patients for examinations, verifying prescriptions, managing biohazard waste, performing laboratory procedures according to OSHA and CLIA-waived guidelines, venipuncture, specimen handling, EKG testing, administering immunizations and injections, and monitoring supplies. The LPN will also coordinate with CMH hospital departments as needed. Additionally, the role requires effective participation as a member of the healthcare team, treating all individuals with courtesy and respect, and providing constructive feedback. Financial responsibilities include effective time management, participating in performance improvement activities, efficient resource utilization, and prudent use of hospital property and supplies. Health Information Management responsibilities involve offering and receiving feedback, improving practice based on feedback, and ensuring patient information privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited Practical Nursing program is required.
Current NYS licensure as a Practical Nurse is required.
Current CPR certification is required.
Knowledge of basic nursing principles and protocols.
Knowledge of policies and procedures related to infection control, environmental safety, pain management, emergency situations, fire safety, performance improvement and patient confidentiality.
Knowledge of Electronic Medical chart, Meaningful use reports as well as Performance Improvement reports.
Skill in appropriate assessment and assistance techniques.
Skill in appropriate use of universal precautions, safe workplace and confidentiality methods.
Skill in health information management by appropriately charting patient data.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge from previous nursing experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

Assists the patient in the achievement of identified goals by carrying out the prescribed plan of care.
Demonstrates patient advocacy by assuring a patient's right to privacy, safety and confidentiality.
Maintains current knowledge and skills by participating in relevant educational and training programs.
Ability to flexibly respond to changing demands.
Participates in the daily huddle where the schedule for the day will be reviewed and follow-up tasks will be assigned.
No shows and same day cancellations from previous business day will be discussed and follow-ups will be assigned.
Conducts pre-visit preparations.
Meets environmental responsibilities as assigned that may include setting up instruments and equipment according to department protocols; cleaning exam/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control; ordering, sorting, storing supplies; and restocking exam/procedure rooms.
Fulfills clinical responsibilities, which include checking vital signs; physical examination preparations; prescription verifications with physician’s orders; biohazard waste disposal and monitoring; laboratory procedures including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines; quality control methods; CLIA-waived testing; venipunctures; specimen handling such as urine, throat, vaginal, stool, and sputum; EKG testing; completing lab draws; emergency first aid; administering immunizations and injections
Monitor vaccine, medication and laboratory supplies; coordinating with CMH hospital departments as appropriate
Participates effectively as a member of the healthcare team.
Treats patients, families, visitors and co-workers with courtesy and respect.
Provides direct constructive feedback to colleagues as appropriate.
Demonstrates effective time management skills
Participates in performance improvement activities by identifying opportunities for improvement, offering solutions and supporting changes.
Uses resources efficiently.
Utilizes Community Memorial Hospital's property and supplies appropriately and prudently to maximize cost effectiveness of procedures, conserve resources and minimize waste
Reviews e-bills and captures all services performed
Offers and receives feedback on own performance and on the quality of patient care delivered.
Uses feedback to improve practice and patient care.
Consistently ensures that patient information is kept private and confidential.