LPN/CMA-Bend Area Clinic/PRN

Essential Job Functions

• Perform general nursing duties.
• Assess patients’ general condition and take vital signs and history.
• Absorb and document all activities, interventions and medications in the patient record.
• Obtain pre-certifications, pre-authorizations and referrals from insurance companies.
• Promote wellness by providing patient education materials, communicating physician advice and instructions.
• Handle critical lab values and promptly seek physician orders.
• Schedule outside referrals.
• Assist with medical procedures.
• Answer telephone, schedule patients for office visits and/or hospital tests, send prescriptions to pharmacy, and call patients with test results.
• Assist physicians in the treatment and care of patients in the office.
• Maintain exam rooms and other patient areas for the physician to examine the patients.
• Ensure safety, infection control, and other policies and procedures are followed in the office.
• Perform routine office laboratory procedures.
• Maintain equipment and supplies needed for patient care.
• Answer phones, triage telephone patient care issues directly to clinic provider, and ensure adherence to safety protocols.
• Adhere to corporate policies, JCAHO, Rural Health, Departmental Policies and Procedures, and Personnel Employee Handbook.
• Demonstrate professionalism and accountability.
• Promote a positive image of the physician practice to patients and the public.
• Ensure high standards for quality and productivity; focus on results.
• Follow standards of conduct and procedures of hospital and applicable laws and regulations and report violations through the appropriate chain of command.
• Treat patients, physicians, and coworkers with courtesy and respect.
• Identify customer expectations and work to meet and exceed them.
• Maintain a high degree of ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.
• Assume other duties as necessary to support the efforts of the hospital, including filling in for absent colleagues, covering other nursing personnel, and completing a full range of duties.