LVN - La Mesa MOB - Family Medicine - PT (21) - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Job Summary

Under direct supervision of an RN or provider, performs routine patient care, excluding administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures and standards; follows Quality of Service Standards; follows Universal Precautions.

Essential Responsibilities

• Performs nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.
• Cleaning or irrigating wound after providers assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.
• Reinforces standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed provider.
• Recognizes and responds to acute emergency situation following established procedures.
• Orients patients to system policies and practices.
• Provides appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction. Reviews instruction sheet with patient.
• Affords assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping.
• May hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician.
• Assures safety of patient during procedures.
• May prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens.
• May clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures.
• Follows Universal Precautions.
• Reports incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.
• Maintains departmental files, performing duties such as pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.
• Initiates and/or completes diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephones prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from physician to patient, and relays information from patient to physician.
• Charts in patients medical record as indicated.
• May perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, tests to determine PH, protein, PKU.
• May perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities.
• Collects, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserves specimens for testing, including urine, and sputum and stool.
• Participates in Department Quality Assurance activities.
• Performs other duties, as required, such as checking patients medical records for incomplete data and relaying message to staff personnel.

Experience

• Ability to work effectively with the public.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sterile technique.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.

Education

• Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.

License, Certification, Registration

• Vocational Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support.

Additional Requirements

• Preferred Qualifications: Notes Start time may vary based on clinic need. Scheduled work hours per week will be 20-32. Float locations include the Bostonia and Rancho San Diego Medical Offices.

Primary Location

California, La Mesa, La Mesa Medical Offices.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

21

Shift

Day

Workdays

Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun

Working Hours Start

08:00 AM

Working Hours End

05:00 PM

Job Schedule

Part-time

Job Type

Standard

Employee Status

Regular

Department

La Mesa MOB - Family Medicine-Regular Clinic - 0806

Pay Range

$35.36 - $38.53 / hour