RN or LPN - Doctor's Office; Gibson Clinic

Job Title:

Registered Nurse / Licensed Practical Nurse

Department:
Gibson City Clinic, 222 N Sangamon Ave, Gibson City, IL 60936

Hours & Shift Requirements:
Regular full time – 36 hours per week. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday – 7:30 am – 12:00 / 12:30 – 5:00 pm

This is a position for a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) licensed in the State of Illinois required to provide professional nursing care to patients and assist medical providers in a clinic based setting with ability to perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction and supervision of appointed medical provider(s).

• Confidentiality is to be maintained at all times.
• Prepares treatment rooms for patient examinations, keeping room neat, clean, orderly, and proper equipment and supplies readily accessible for type of visit and or procedure.
• Ensures all locks on cabinets in exam rooms, lab area, storage, and vaccination fridge/freezer are unlocked at beginning of office hours and are locked after office closing hours and after last patient has left.
• Courteously greets all patients and visitors.
• Assesses patient's general condition and takes vital signs and weight.
• Assists providers with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments.
• Provides basic patient care as ordered.
• Records all activities/interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the patient’s electronic medical record or OB paper chart.
• Assists patients as needed with walking, walking devices, wheelchairs, transfers, undressing instructions, collecting specimens, preparing for exam, etc.
• Interviews patients to obtain medical information.
• Identifies patient learning needs and provides patient education materials, communicating physician advice/instructions as appropriate.
• Adheres to infection control/safety guidelines keeping exam and work areas neat, clean, and in orderly fashion.
• Knowledge of proper use of medical equipment including stethoscope, EKG machine, NST machine, ear washing equipment, speculums, scales, blood pressure cuff, and other equipment.
• Refills prescriptions as guided by the provider and/or mid-level provider.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge in areas of patient care resources/references, protocols, pertinent drugs, standards of care, and significant lab values.
• Must demonstrate current competencies applicable to job position.
• Contacts medical facilities or departments to schedule patients for tests and/or admission and/or completes necessary forms requested.
• Schedules appointments for patients including office, referrals, further testing, etc.
• Helps answer incoming and outgoing patient telephone calls, triage or page calls, reply or forward electronic patient messages ensuring to record all final outcomes of patient calls into electronic patient chart.
• Assists office coordinator/receptionist as needed by answering calls, scheduling appointments, greeting patients, opening/closing office for operation following office protocol, turning phone message on or off for phone operation, etc. as needed.
• Checks over provider’s appointment schedules for organizing patient flow.
• Performs routine laboratory tests, venipunctures, and sample analyses (after receiving proper training from GAH for sign-off)
• Stocks and checks inventory for medical and lab supplies and reports items for reorder to office coordinator/C.M.A./manager.
• May assist provider(s) with examination, treatment, handing of instruments and materials and various procedures as needed.
• Confirms drug refills and or provides prescription information authorized by provider to pharmacies as well as call, print, and fax script(s) to pharmacies as needed.
• Reviews provider’s dash in electronic medical record software program and helps obtain medical records from outside facilities in patient files for respective provider on file for patient.
• Obtains x-ray reports, emergency room notes, hospital notes, etc. as needed for follow-up visits for review by provider before rooming patient etc.
• Completes various patient forms & requisitions as needed.
• Sets up medical laboratory equipment and supplies as needed…