LPN, Primary Care (36hrs, Days)

About the role

Participates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality and customer focused care to patients in a manner which reflects Kaiser Permanentes organizational and nursing mission, vision and values.

Provides nursing and administrative support to clinicians and other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and organizes patients office visit for known reason/procedure by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g. diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside reports, etc.) and order entries are ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.
• Performs focused/limited nursing assessment and triage on routine or self-limiting medical conditions as directed by RN/clinician.
• Recognizes when to defer to and/or assist with comprehensive assessment for complex medical conditions by RN/clinician.
• Utilizes standardized tools (e.g. PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify and address health maintenance/care gaps with patient and alerts clinician on those that require his/her attention.
• Recognizes signs and symptoms of common and routine medical conditions/illnesses, abnormal versus new/existing and implements planned nursing and medical interventions as delegated by RN/clinician.
• Contributes to the development, implementation or modification of the individualized patients plan of care under the direction of the RN/clinician.
• Prepares patient for actual visit/procedure prior to clinicians exam during rooming-in process.
• Affirms exam/procedure room contains appropriate supplies, equipment, forms and educational materials are available and ready for use during visit/procedure.
• Checks equipment are in safe working order and cleans room after use.
• Provides health teaching/education or advice on routine or self-limiting medical conditions, procedures, tests, surgeries, self-injections, etc.
• Utilizes standardized tools to determine patients level of engagement in self-care as directed by RN.
• Uses KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of nursing care according to standardized procedures and policies such as and not limited to the use of SBAR, SOAP or APIE, KP HealthConnect smarttools, etc.
• Updates demographic/historical clinical data gathered in electronic medical record.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Practical Nurse License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Compact License: Practical Nurse within 6 months of hirePractical Nurse License (Oregon) within 6 months of hireBasic Life Support.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated clinical nursing skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates).
• Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills.
• Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding.
• Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities and using good judgment for decisions.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2+) years of nursing experience in assigned departments clinical area (e.g. Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Allergy, Dermatology, Urology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting.
• IV therapy experience or recent certification.
• Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system.
• Current working knowledge and clinical skills in providing routine care, education and advice in assigned departments clinical area OR successful completion of appropriate competencies for assigned primary/specialty care department.