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About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of a practical nursing program
• Current, unrestricted New York State practical nursing license
• BLS within three months of hire

Nice To Haves

• Displays knowledge of medications, their administration, and untoward effects.

Responsibilities

• Collects patient data to be used by the licensed health care provider in the comprehensive care of the patient.
• Obtains vital signs, allergies, current medications, medical history, social history, family history, and chief complaint, and documents them appropriately in the electronic medical record.
• Responsible to identify problems within the practice and communicates them to their manager.
• Assists in maintaining a clean and organized department to ensure a safe patient care environment.
• Supports all initiatives of the health care team and promotes excellence in customer service.
• Works with PPM team to resolve clinical issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participates in ad hoc projects as assigned.
• Collaborates with PPM team to address daily operational issues and solves problems to comply with the delivery of quality patient care.
• Integrates CPH mission and core values within the sites.
• Works in collaboration with CPH and PPM Departments as warranted.
• Performs and documents direct patient and family centered care according to nursing standards of practice.
• Prepares charts for the providers in order to assure that the needed information is present on each chart before the patient is seen in the office.
• Provides routine nursing care and treatment to patients under the direction of the licensed health care provider, collects specimens, performs medication reconciliation and administration, and assists providers with simple procedures.
• Supports and adheres to administrative and nursing service policies and procedures.
• Efficiently uses medical and clerical supplies in order to help effectively control practice expenses.
• Appropriately documents all treatments performed during patient encounters and adds the appropriate CPT code as required.
• Collaborates professionally with all members of the health care model in the provision of patient care.
• Works with PPM team to comply with all established standards required under the accreditation standards of DNV.
• Is knowledgeable of state and federal health care standards, as appropriate.
• Adheres to CPH and PPM policies, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.