LPN/MA Sign on Bonus

Four Rivers Community Health Center•Salem, MO

22h

About The Position

Assists providers with patient care and follow-up by providing direct and indirect care in a clinical setting. Duties include interviewing patients, obtaining vital signs, preparing patients, and assisting providers with physical exams and treatment. Ongoing responsibilities include charting and clerical work, overseeing phone prescriptions and refills to pharmacies, and triaging patient calls to identify emergent and non-emergent situations according to policy. LPNs may perform injections and specific infusions under the direction of a provider and Registered Nurse.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Graduation from an approved practical nursing program.
Minimum one year of LPN experience.
LPN license in the state of Missouri.

Nice To Haves

Clinic experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Carry out clinical nursing procedures, including administering prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with nursing standards and clinical policy.
Complete orientation and competency skills checklists.
Obtain, verify, and record patients’ health histories.
Gather health data through physical assessments and biological samples, and collect specimens for laboratory analysis.
Provide basic patient care as ordered.
Administer medications and treatments as directed.
Assist health care professionals with exams, diagnostic procedures, treatments, and minor medical procedures.
Follow infection-control, safety, and confidentiality policies.
Document assessments, interventions, patient and family responses, medications dispensed or prescribed, and test results in medical records; ensure all completed activities are charted.
Complete treatment questionnaires and enter billing charges at the end of each treatment.
Answer and address incoming phone calls, returning voicemail messages according to policy when calls cannot be taken during direct patient care.
Promote wellness by providing patient education materials and communicating provider orders and instructions.
Keep clinic areas stocked at acceptable levels.
Disinfect and clean exam and treatment rooms between patients; empty infectious-waste and sharps containers when full; remove dirty linen from treatment areas daily.
Perform other duties as assigned.