LPN-Primary Care

Position Description:
***$3,000 SIGN-ON BONUS!***

STATEMENT OF VALUES:
Cooper Green Mercy strives to be THE choice for health care in our community. We honor this commitment by embracing our core values of:

• Kindness,
• Inclusion,
• Cleanliness, &;
• Attention to Detail.

GENERAL SUMMARY
Work involves providing medical treatment and personal care for patients as ordered by provider. Work requires the employee to perform duties such as taking and recording vital signs and dressing wounds. The work is performed under supervision of a professional nurse or provider according to facility policies and procedures. To display good rapport and demonstrate a positive attitude with all customers, family members, visitors and facility team members.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assists in providing accurate, prompt direct and indirect nursing care. Stocks and maintains exam rooms. Set up exam rooms for specific procedures per provider’s orders. Accurately takes and records patient vitals and / or perform EKGs, urine dipsticks, pregnancy tests, or other point of care tasks.
2. Conducts interviews of patients to obtain pertinent health history data and other information, documents chief complaints, reviews electronic health record (EHR) updates information and documents medications, allergies, etc.
3. Administers certain oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, topical, intradermal, inhalation, and instillation medications per provider’s order.
4. Displays effective communication skills; accurately instructs patient/family per protocol or as instructed by professional nurse or provider; adheres to proper channels of communication in a courteous and cooperative manner; protects patients’ rights and confidentiality; handles telephone calls appropriately.
5. Maintains accountability for a safe environment for patients and others. Adheres to safety regulations. Ensures environment is organized and problems are addressed.
6. Demonstrates a responsible attitude toward continued growth. Maintains current CPR certification. Completes all mandatory education requirements of clinic in advance of due dates and presents completed transcripts to supervisor/manager.
7. Supports quality and fiscal goals for department and institution. Assists in inventory management. Assists with CQI projects and identifies obstacles to improvement. Identifies and communicates opportunities for process improvement within the clinical area. Assists with policies and procedures development for the facility.
8. May serve as a peer mentor and provide student learning experiences as assigned.
9. Ability to properly use departmental patient care / non-patient care equipment (Bladder scanner, EKG, Language line, Glucometer, etc.).
10. Performs / assists with specific procedures, such as lumbar puncture and biopsies, and other clinic specific procedures per protocol or as directed by provider instructions and according to policy.
11. Instructions are given to the patient/family accurately and thoroughly per protocol or as directed by professional nurse or provider.
12. Proper channels of communication are adhered to in a courteous and cooperative manner.
13. Patients’ rights and confidentiality are consistently protected.
14. Participates in special projects that support operations and performs other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate from an accredited Practical Nursing Program is required. Two (2) year clinical nursing experience preferred. Work experience may NOT substitute for education requirement.
• Currently licensed or licensed by endorsement as an LPN by the Alabama Board of Nursing required.
• Must possess basic knowledge of computers, PC applications, software, and database management.
• Current CPR/BLS certification via the American Heart Association or American Red Cross is required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This role may require lifting up to 50 lbs.
The work location for this role is onsite.