Bend Area Clinic-LPN/CMA-Full-Time

Essential Job Functions

• Perform general nursing duties.
• Assess patients’ general condition and take vital signs and history.
• Assist physicians with examinations, diagnostic procedures and treatments.
• Document all activities, interventions and medications in the patient record.
• Obtain pre-certifications, pre-authorizations and referrals from insurance companies.
• Promotes wellness by providing patient education materials, communicating physician advice and instructions.
• Handles critical lab values and promptly seeks physician orders.
• Schedule outside referrals.
• Aid in medical procedures.
• Answer telephone, schedule patients for office visits and/or hospital tests, send prescriptions to pharmacy, and call patients with test results.
• Assists the physicians in the treatment and care of the patients in the office.
• Maintains exam rooms and other patient areas for the physician to examine the patients.
• Ensures safety, infection control and other policies and procedures are followed in the office.
• Performs routine office laboratory procedures.
• Maintains equipment and supplies needed for patient care.
• Answers phones, triages telephone patient care issues directly to clinic provider, and covers other nursing personnel when they are not here.
• Cover other areas as needed.

Qualifications

• Current license to practice as a CMA/LPN in the state of Oregon.
• At least 1 year of experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR).
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of infection control and safety protocols.