What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Practical Nurse, OP (Hermitage Community Medicine) position at UPMC?
Hermitage Community Medicine is hiring a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse, Outpatient to join their team in Hermitage. This is a Monday through Friday daylight position with the hours of 8am to 4:30pm. No evenings, weekends, and select holidays off. This position will primarily consist of working the back offices, answering phone calls, authorizations, answering in basket messages, rooming patients, and other clinical duties.
Sign on Bonus may be available!
Purpose:
Provides professional nursing care to office patients under supervision of patient care providers.
Responsibilities:
- Draw blood.
- Comply with requirements of appropriate regulatory agencies (i.e. OSHA, CLIA, PA Department of Health).
- Administer medications including oral, SQ, IM and IV drip.
- Assist physicians with examinations, diagnostic procedures and treatments.
- Assess patient's general condition and take vital signs and weight.
- Comply with all policies and procedures.
- Perform IV therapy under direction of Registered Nurse.
- Document all activities/interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the medical record.
- Maintain strict confidentiality related to medical records and other data.
- Promote wellness by providing patient education materials, communicating physician advice/instructions.
Salary : $18 - $27
