Per Diem LPN- Med/Surg

BRISTOL HOSPITAL GROUP • Bristol, CT

1d • $26 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

Under supervision, the LPN carries out treatments, procedures, and technical tasks that support nursing care and participates as an active member of the multidisciplinary patient care team. The role promotes patients’ physical, mental, emotional, and hygienic safety and helps coordinate nursing care. It also includes office and administrative support, including processing forms and records, entering and checking information in electronic medical systems, coordinating patient information, handling calls, and assisting with care coordination. The LPN may float to other departments as needed.

The position obtains specialist authorizations and certifications, collects patient history and baseline data, performs routine assessments and tests, collects specimens, conducts simple laboratory tests, and prepares records and results for provider review. Under medical provider direction, the LPN delivers patient care, assists with procedures such as suturing and wound care, performs injections, supports prescription refills and medication authorizations, and maintains clinical areas, supplies, equipment, and related records.

The role requires communication with patients, families, caregivers, insurance companies, answering services, and other practices. The LPN must be able to triage patients, provide accurate initial assessments to medical providers, and handle patient information with discretion. Work is in a medical office setting with direct patient contact and possible exposure to body fluids and blood-borne pathogens, as well as frequent telephone and in-person customer contact.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited LPN program.
• LPN license valid in the State of Connecticut.
• Demonstrated proficiency in electrocardiographic testing.
• Ability to take vital signs and knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, and physiology.
• Familiarity with medical equipment common to a medical practice.
• Ability to triage patients according to need and time requirements and provide comprehensive, accurate initial assessments to medical providers.
• Excellent communication skills; ability to read routine and technical information with comprehension and write clearly enough to be understood by the average person.
• Ability to perform simple calculations for medication doses, physical examinations, and administered tests.
• Maintain knowledge of CLIA requirements.
• Ability to bend, stoop, walk, and sit daily; remain on one’s feet most of the day; and assist patients in and out of treatment rooms, chairs, and onto and off exam tables.
• Ability to spend one to four hours per day at a computer terminal or personal computer performing data entry and analysis.
• Sufficient hearing to understand routine conversation in person and over the telephone; sufficient vision for reading, computer use, and essential job functions; and speech understandable to the average person.
• Ability to perform significant documentation and paperwork review requiring extensive visual acuity.

Nice To Haves

• CPR certification from the American Heart Association is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Carry out treatments, procedures, and technical tasks that assist in nursing care under supervision.
• Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary patient care team and support coordination of nursing care.
• Provide for patients’ physical, mental, emotional, safety, and hygiene needs.
• Process forms and records; enter, transcribe, and check patient, insurance, and medical-record information in electronic systems.
• Explain policies and procedures, obtain and route patient information, assess incoming calls, and triage as necessary.
• Arrange transportation to the hospital when needed and assist with office operations and administrative support.
• Communicate with answering services and other practices as directed and according to policy.
• Review and process medical records and reports in the electronic medical record system; assist with projects and requests from the Office Manager and staff.
• Maintain a neat and clean workspace and help close identified gaps in care through care coordination.
• Obtain specialist authorizations and certifications for visits, document authorization information, identify and document carved-out insurance benefits, and provide information to insurers to establish medical necessity.
• Collect health histories and baseline patient data; perform routine assessments, including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, vision tests, EKGs, and pulmonary function tests.
• Collect urine and blood samples and perform simple laboratory tests according to established protocols and policies.
• Use discretion when sharing patient information with outside sources.
• Review patient records for completeness, prepare entries for provider review, and monitor laboratory and test results to ensure requested results are available.
• Deliver on-site patient care under medical provider direction and assist with suturing, wound care, and debridement.
• Make patient callbacks under medical direction and according to protocol.
• Restock exam rooms, maintain vaccine and injectable inventories, clean and prepare exam rooms, sterilize instruments, and arrange proper disposal of laboratory and medical waste and supplies.
• Perform injections under medical provider direction, medication authorizations, and prescription refills authorized by a provider.
• Perform quality controls and maintain records for laboratory equipment and refrigerators.
• Support patients, families, and caregivers with self-management, self-efficacy, and behavior change.
• Float to other departments as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree