Licensed Vocational Nurse

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Participates in patient population management relating to clinical services while taking into account cultural diversities, sensitivities, and local resources.
• Utilizes Evidence Based Practice guidelines to assist with disease management.
• Prioritizes the management of patient flow in the clinic by ensuring patients are roomed and cared for in a timely manner.
• Participates in rooming patients, vital signs, and patient treatment as directed by provider and within LVN scope of practice.
• Performs, observes, and records symptoms and progress of the patient and reports findings to the provider.
• LVN does not make independent medical decisions. Provides administration of medications and immunizations as directed by provider and within LVN scope of practice.
• Collaborates with the Quality Improvement Department to comply with federal and state regulations and payer requirements.
• Assists with various report tracking in and all software programs as designated by the corporation.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings and ongoing nursing review meetings.
• Assists internal or external consumers with any problems they may have with excellent customer service.
• Demonstrates professionalism when calling patients and provides quality customer service using AIDET Standards.
• Able to work with high volume of patients, internal/external customers, and deal with frequent changes, delay or unexpected events.
• Demonstrates adherence to and observes all safety policies and procedures, inclusive of infection control rules and regulations.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served (infants, pediatrics, adolescents, adults or geriatrics).
• Demonstrates knowledge of domestic violence, child and dependent abuse protocols.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and competence with patients.
• Demonstrates adherence to Quality Improvement processes such as Meaningful Use, HEDIS, UDS and Regulatory compliance and company productivity.
• Maintains and adheres to HIPAA, employee confidentiality, and privileged communications (patient, employee, and corporation).
• Serves as a mentor for other staff such as medical assistants.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited LVN school.
• Current LVN license issued by the State of California Board of Vocational Nursing required.
• Minimum one year of recent experience in ambulatory care preferred.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.