On-site Licensed Practical Nurse

Description

PRIME Occupational Medicine’s Mission:

PRIME’s mission is to provide employers worldwide with the best tools to optimize the efficiency necessary to maximize improvement in each worker’s health and safety.

Objectives of this role: Perform a variety of on-site clinical procedures in treating clients in the event they are injured on the job. Perform a variety of administrative duties.

Responsibilities:

• Provide information, services, and assistance to clients and patients in an on-site setting and or a PRIME clinic.
• Administers treatment of work-related injuries and evaluates and documents its effectiveness.
• Performs client services related to PRIME’s, Occupational Health and safety policies and protocols.
• Will ensure procedures are followed and are in complaince.
• Maintains medical supplies inventory and performs preventive maintenance to keep medical equipment operating.
• Verifies patient information, medical histories by interviewing patients, documenting medical history, and confirming purpose of visit at a on-site setting and at a PRIME clinic if needed.
• Prepares clients for examination by performing preliminary physical tests; drug & alcohol screening, audiograms, EKG’s, pulmonary function test, respirator fit test; and reporting patient history summary.
• Perform phlebotomy service and give injections and vaccinations.
• Secures patient information and maintains patient confidentiality by completing and safeguarding medical records within PRIME’s and or the client’s electronic system.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures and complying with legal regulations.
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calibration checks.
• Improves job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading professional publications.
• Protects the practice by adhering to professional standards. Updating and filing medical records according to facilities policies/procedures, in accordance with all HIPPA, OSHA, state, federal/guidelines/regulations/laws.
• Enhances practice reputation by accepting ownership of all performed duties while providing value to the organization.
• May be required to work overtime, weekends and holidays
• Must be available to work a variety of shifts including days, nights and weekend
• Must have dependable transportation
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Qualifications/Skills:

• Professionalism
• Confidentiality
• Ability to stand or sit for extended periods
• Understand and maintain HIPAA requirements
• Must be able to pass a DISA Drug Screen and Background Check
• Must have reliable transportation
• Reliability
• Patience and compassion
• Punctuality
• Stress Management
• Teamwork
• Working independently
• Working quickly and accurately

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:

• Valid LPN license in appropriate state
• 3 - 5 years of experience in a clinical setting
• 1 - 2 years of experience in Occupational Medicine is preferred

Physical Demands: Sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time, lift, carry push, pull or otherwise move objects up to 75 pounds. Repetitive motion. Extensive use of computers, copy machines and keyboards. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Work is performed in a medical clinic setting and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Must have the ability to lift and small carry parcels, packages and other items, to walk short distances, and drive a vehicle to deliver and pick up materials.

Mental Requirements: Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with employees and visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota.

Position Unit: Various PRIME locations and on-site events - Non-Exempt: Hourly