Injection Room/Triage Nurse (LPN/RN)

Location: 5 Executive Center Ct, Little Rock, AR 72211 – travel to other clinic locations required. FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Hourly.

About Family Allergy & Asthma

Founded in 1979, Family Allergy & Asthma is one of the nation’s leading allergy and asthma practice groups, serving patients across Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. With more than 100 allergists, we are dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centered allergy and immunology care. Our comprehensive services include:

• Allergy and asthma evaluation and treatment
• Environmental, food, and drug allergy testing
• Pulmonary function testing
• High-risk food challenges
• Sublingual immunotherapy
• Aspirin desensitization
• Food immunotherapy

About the role

The Injection Room/Triage Nurse (LPN/RN) demonstrates knowledge and application of job duties within scope of practice, functions under the direction of their manager(s) and/or Director(s), and provides direct nursing care during assigned duty hours. The role promotes independence, adherence to the attendance policy, encourages socialization, advocates for the quality of life of our patients, and maintains compliance with all applicable laws, regulatory and organizational standards.

Responsibilities

• Prepare the injection room area each morning
• Administer allergy injections
• Re-stock area, as needed, and order supplies through the approved clinical procedure
• Complete daily log of charges and total at end of day
• Collect co-pays and write out patient receipt
• Re-order vials in a timely manner
• Organize refrigerated vials in appropriate bins
• Log daily refrigerator temperatures
• Monitor shot cards monthly and discard expired vials
• Ensure that consent forms are signed; explain shot room policies to new patients
• Educate patients on first injection policy
• Maintain and follow HIPAA policies and procedures
• Stay the required 30 minutes after last injection is given before lunch or the end of the day
• Clean toy and lobby area
• Knowledge of all medications and IT treatment
• Check emergency medications monthly and reorder, as needed
• Effectively manage emergency procedures and protocols
• Work with providers and nurses to assess the urgency of patient problems
• Work with providers, nurses and patients to resolve questions concerning medications, health education and medical advice within skill level and scope of practice
• Retrieve messages from phone and electronic submissions in a timely manner and respond to patient needs according to medical priority
• Serve as a resource to clinic staff regarding medical information, patient assessment and nursing management of illness
• Administer injections as needed
• Complete documentation in the EMR system
• Other relevant duties as assigned by Director

Requirements

• Effective communication skills, including the ability to fluently speak and read English
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, handbooks, policies, patient care plans, and procedure manuals
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with all levels of staff and patients

Qualifications

• LPN: Diploma from an accredited LPN program
• RN: Associate's degree from an accredited college or university
• Current, valid, compact LPN or RN license in good standing to practice in the State of Kentucky
• Current, valid CPR certification
• Valid driver’s license
• Minimum of 1–2 years of related nursing experience

Physical Demands

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Regularly required to use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, push, pull, bend, and sit
• On average, injection room or clinic staff may be standing or walking 80% of their shift
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Specific communication abilities required include the ability to talk and hear in order to converse with others, discern, convey, express oneself, and exchange information

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Moderate noise level; standard lighting
• Subject to infectious waste, potential exposure to allergens in concentrated forms, diseases, and conditions

Schedule

Monday – Friday, hours vary.