Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Job Description

Job Description

Description : QuickVisit Urgent Care - Washington, Iowa

QuickVisit Urgent Care is here to provide accessible, affordable healthcare in your hometown for all ages. We offer a broad range of services such as onsite x-ray, health management, cold and flu treatment, sutures, and much more. We are currently looking for a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to become apart of our team!

Overall Responsibility

You'll be responsible for providing basic clinical care to patients commensurate with their medical education. The duties shall include performing initial clinical evaluations and urgent care procedures. You will prepare patients for continued medical evaluation by advanced registered nurse practitioners by taking a brief history, establishing vital signs, and recording appropriate documentation. Job duties include (but are not limited to) preparing exam room for next patient, taking vital signs, administering injections, drawing blood, running labs, performing EKGs, ordering supplies, etc.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities :

• Greets patients in a polite, prompt, and helpful manner.
• Triage patient to include recording all vitals, patient medical history, and recording accurately into the patient's chart (EMR).
• Prepare new and existing patient’s charts with the appropriate forms, ensuring copies are dated and initiated and placed in the patient’s file.
• Retrieves required signatures on forms.
• Collect, verify, and copy patient insurance information.
• Maintains the medical records according to policy. Copy and transfer records (when indicated).
• Maintains a clean and orderly office and waiting area.
• Orders supplies for the office within budgetary guidelines.
• Follow protocols that provide medical authority when such are indicated in providing care.
• Perform complete physical exams and assessments of patients including urgent, emergent, and non-urgent presentation.
• Select, order, and perform tests and procedures to augment physical findings.
• Define / document differential diagnoses and list differential diagnoses.
• Write orders on physician order sheets for tests, procedures, and the implementation and management of therapies in accordance with medical nursing protocols.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as deemed necessary and appropriate for a plan of care, in collaboration with supervising physicians.
• Interpret data and diagnostic results for an appropriate course of action including but not limited to blood gases, radiology, EKG, etc. in collaboration with supervising physicians.
• Notate findings and treatment courses inpatient chart including follow-up notes.
• Complete all lab tests as ordered by the provider on staff.
• Assist with patient registration, clinic patient callbacks, and other duties as needed.
• Must maintain regular and sustained attendance.

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Benefit :

Join Us in Creating a Healthier Tomorrow! Ready to be a catalyst for change and innovation? Join us in shaping the future of healthcare. It’s about more than just a job – it's about leaving a lasting impact on the way we approach healthcare in Iowa. We can’t wait to start this journey with you!

Equal Opportunity Statement :

QuickVisit is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of age (40 and older), race (including discrimination on the basis of a person's hair texture or protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race, such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation (including transgender status, gender identity or expression), pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), marital status, AIDS / HIV status, veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. The Company is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy in regard to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Requirements :

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