RN - MED/PEDS Clinic

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is more than a job; it's an opportunity to participate in patient care under the supervision of a manager/director and in collaboration with other healthcare team members. The position involves measuring and recording vital signs, identifying abnormal values, and reporting findings to medical providers. Responsibilities include assisting with clinic flow, patient examinations, procedures, scheduling appointments, and ensuring a smooth patient exit. The role also requires preparing patients for examinations and treatments, observing for signs of abuse/neglect, and responding to emergencies. Performing non-complex procedures, providing patient comfort, preparing and cleaning equipment, administering medications and vaccinations, and collecting specimens are key duties. Maintaining medication inventory, proper disposal of expired medications, and monitoring storage conditions are also essential. Documentation in the patient medical record, completing paperwork, maintaining patient confidentiality, and navigating the Electronic Medical Record are critical. The role involves assisting colleagues, communicating with the clinic manager, and ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, infection control, and quality improvement standards. Maintaining a clean working environment, implementing precautions, performing hand hygiene, reporting safety hazards, and participating in quality improvement processes are also part of the role. The position requires gathering clinical documentation, operating office equipment, obtaining outside medical records, and answering and routing telephone calls.

Requirements

Valid license or temporary permit to practice professional nursing in Louisiana.
American Heart Association, Basic Life Support Health Care Provider

Responsibilities

Participates in the care of patients under the supervision of the manager/director and in collaboration with other members of the healthcare team.
Measures and records appropriate vital signs based on departmental policy and patient age.
Identifies abnormal values based on age and developmental level and reports findings to the appropriate medical provider.
Participates in clinic flow, including but not limited to assisting with patient arrival to the clinic, assisting in and performing patient procedures, scheduling new and follow-up patient appointments and facilitating a smooth patient exit from clinic.
Prepares patients for examination, treatment and/or procedures.
Observes patients for signs and symptoms of abuse/neglect and report immediately in accordance with policy.
Recognizes emergencies and responds appropriately in adherence to organizational policy and procedure.
Performs non-complex procedures, according to clinic policy and documented competency, such as simple dressing changes.
Provides for comfort needs of patients with consideration of age and special needs.
Involved in preparation of equipment, testing of equipment for safety prior to use on patient, cleaning and disinfecting of equipment according to hospital policy.
Administers prescribed medication and/or vaccinations via ordered route in accordance with department policy.
Collects, prepares and secures specimens for point of care clinic testing and/or transport when necessary.
May perform point of care testing per Laboratory Point of Care Testing Guidelines.
Maintains medication inventory and demonstrates proper disposal of expired medications.
Stores medications according to department policy and ensures medication safety when using multi-dose vials and containers.
Maintains refrigerator/freezer monitoring logs to ensure proper storage environment for all medications and vaccines.
Documents clinical tasks, testing and procedures appropriately in the patient medical record according to established departmental guidelines.
Completes proper paperwork including documentation of waived testing quality control procedures.
Maintains privacy of patient personal health information by ensuring computer screens are secure in the absence of staff.
Navigates Electronic Medical Record to obtain laboratory and radiology results, medical records, update patient demographic data and schedule follow-up appointments.
Prepares safety reports when warranted or as directed by the clinic manager/designee.
Assists others with information, direction or help as required.
Consults and keeps clinic manager informed of clinic activities, requirements and problems.
Maintains strict patient confidentiality.
Assists with compliance to safety, environmental, infection control, quality improvement and other regulatory standards.
Ensures patient safety during clinic visits, per hospital policy.
Maintains a clean clinic working environment.
Implements standard and transmission-based precautions, per hospital policy.
Performs hand hygiene, as outlined in hospital policy.
Reports any safety hazards or violations in patient or clinic environment to clinic manager or designee.
Participates in the quality improvement process, including QAPI projects and EOC rounds.
Participates in the clinic preparation process by gathering appropriate clinical documentation for review by the medical provider/licensed practitioner.
May operate equipment including computers, printers, scanners and fax machines.
Obtains medical records from outside facilities when needed or requested by medical provider.
Scans outside correspondence into the appropriate area of the electronic medical record.
Answers the telephone and routes calls promptly to the appropriate person.