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Lexington Medical Specialists
Full Time
Day Shift
M-Th 8-5 F 8-1230

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bedteachinghospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.

Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Responsible for providing nursing care to patients in a professional and courteous manner. Performs a wide variety of patient care activities and accommodative services for patients under the direction of the manager/provider.

• Minimum Education:
  
  High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  None
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  None
• Required Certifications/Licensure:
  Current South Carolina license as a Licensed Practical Nurse;
  Basic first aid knowledge and current CPR certification
• Required Training:
  None

• Maintains a positive attitude. Has contact by phone, correspondence, or personal meetings with persons in other departments or outside the practice; tact is required in these contacts and the employee assumes the responsibility for harmonious relationships.
• Demonstrates the following:
  • Appropriate communication of information to all ages.
    • Infant – Birth to 1 year;
      Child – 1 year through 12 years;
      Adolescent – 13 years through 17 years;
      Adult – 18 years through 65 years;
      Geriatric – Over 65 years
  • Responsiveness to all patients and office staff requests and needs.
  • Performance of duties assigned by authorized personnel or as required in an emergency, i.e., fire or disaster
• Provides/Performs
  • Communication
    • Telephones (Answer, Transfer)
    • Orders/Messages
    • Phone Triage
      • Physician – Orders, Patient Issues, etc.
      • Patient – Concerns, treatment, etc.
      • Staff – Patient Care, Referrals,Precertification, etc.
    • Understands and agrees to seek compliance with appropriate health and safety regulatory agencies
  • Scheduling
    • Referrals;
      
      Appointments;
      Ancillaries;
      Surgeries (Inpatient, Outpatient);
      Hospital Admissions
  • Medical Records
    • Documentation;
      Forms – Chart Structure;
      Chart Maintenance;
      Chart Filing/Pulling (Diagnostic Reports, Transcription, Correspondence);
      Image Files;
      Faxing;
      Copying;
      Mail In;
      Mail Out
• Lab
  • Phlebotomy
  • Specimen Collection and Processing
  • Proficiency Testing
  • Results Reporting
• Medication Management
  • Intravenous Infusion per P&P
  • Subcutaneously, Intramuscular Intradermal
  • Orally, Topical, Suppository, Sublingual, Inhalants
  • Storage and Handling
  • Ordering/Maintaining Levels

• Exam Room – Preparation & Maintenance
• Conducts Patient Interview
• Chaperone – Assists patients as needed
• Assisting/Performing minor procedures
• Triage (By telephone or in person)
• Results Reporting
• Clinical Documentation
• Operation of and responsibility for equipment (including, but not limited to, routine maintenance, ordering of supplies, log sheets and cleaning).
  • General Office Equipment i.e. Fax, copier, etc.
  • Patient Care Equipment i.e. BP, Temperature, Scales, etc.
  • Specialized Equipment
    • X-Ray;
      
      Bone Density;
      Ultrasound;
      Treadmill;
      Laboratory Equipment (Processing);
      Laser Equipment;
      Defibrillator;
      Holter Monitors;
      Cardiac Pacemakers;
      Other
• In-service/Education
  • Certification/Licensure
  • Competency
    • Department Orientation
    • Annual Training
• Samples;
  
  Pharmacy;
  
  Mayday Equipment;
  
  Oxygen;
  
  Equipment
• Instruments
  • Stock Appropriately – Maintain Levels
  • Cleaning / Sterilization
  • Knowledge of and usage
  • Storage
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