Licensed Practice Nurse; LPN - Express Care, Per Diem

Supports Express Care by providing quality, individualized care according to established standards.

• Utilizes accepted processes of care in interactions with all patients, to include documenting symptoms and vital signs, and responses to interventions, reporting progress to providers.
• Collects assessment data and reports to provider or RN, per practice protocol.
• Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the populations served.
• Adheres to the practice standards and procedures of the Practice in the administration of medications and patient care activities, per practice protocol.
• Documents care provided using Practice Group standards to include filing lab results and reporting untoward results to Physician/Practitioner.
• Provides education to patient and families based on assessment of learning needs.
• Assists Physician/Practitioner with procedures as requested and performs simple lab tests in the office.
• Creates and maintains the patient care environment to include meeting all safety standards, maintaining cleanliness and inventory of supplies and sterility/cleanliness of equipment.
• Documents care and progress.
• Completes appropriate charging documentation, per practice protocol.
• Shares responsibility for prescription line, to include calling in refills, per hospital protocol.
• Medical Assistants (MAs) may administer B12 injections, plant PPD tests and administer immunizations as directed by provider.

• Triages phone call from patients to include assessment of symptoms, analyzing urgency of needs, advising simple treatments or referring them for immediate care in the Emergency Room or Physician’s office.
• Conducts Nurse-Only visits as requested by physician.
• Only RNs/LPNs will administer medications and injections (see above exception for MAs).
• MAs / CMAs/RMAs - Certification/registration or successful completion of Clinical and/or Pharmacology coursework is required.
• Graduate of an accredited school is required.
• 0-1 year clinical experience.
• Office Practice experience preferred.

Licensed LPN with NH eligibility.

CPR Certification.