Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) - Pediatrics

Overview

Supports the Physician Practice by providing quality, individualized care according to established standards.

Responsibilities

General Clinical Practice

• 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.

Triage and Nurse visits RNs ONLY

• 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).

Qualifications

• 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

Required Licensure/Certifications

REQUIRED LICENSE(S):

• Licensed LPN with NH eligibilityREQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

• CPR Certification

• Area of Interest:Nursing

• Pay Range:$28.50/Hr. - $44.18/Hr.

• FTE/Hours per pay period:1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week

• Shift:Day

• Job ID:39571

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