School-Based Clinic Nurse / LPN

Patient Relations

Satisfies Core Competencies
Achieves customer/patient’s satisfaction by greeting and proactively attending to patient needs.
Functions as case manager and advocate for providers’ patient population, assisting the patient in navigating the healthcare field.
Responds to patient’s requests in a timely and efficient manner.
Assists in making patient appointments and obtain all necessary patient information
Maintains confidentiality of patient’s information at work and off duty.
Relays messages in a timely manner to appropriate health care providers.

Clinical

Assists Providers with patient office visits which include rooming patients, interviewing patients, and entering information in patient electronic medical record.
Obtains and records vital signs, recognize any variances, outliers or red flags, and takes appropriate action
Administers and documents medication under provider’s order and follows the six (6) medication rights and reduces the potential for medical error
Performs point-of-care lab tests; obtain and process specimens for outside laboratories
Plans nursing care following agency policies, standard operating procedures, and standing orders when appropriate.
Compiles and assists providers in responses to triages from team members and patients received by phone or electronic messages

Patient Education

Provides education related to preventive health topics such as tobacco cessation, nutrition, and physical activity, immunizations, recommended health screenings, sexually transmitted infections (STI’s), etc.
Provides education related to medication adherence, appointment compliance, and general health
Provider’s pediatric education related to child safety, developmental milestones, feeding, oral health, etc.

Clerical

Maintains patient charts as outlined by each practitioner and according to policy of the Health Center.
Ensures that an efficient system of communication and processing medical calls.
Ensures that appointment confirmations are done on a daily basis.
Participates in morning huddle as assigned
Orders and retrieves patient’s medical records, x-ray films, scans, lab work, etc. in preparation for the patient’s office visit.
Assist in making patient appointments and placing necessary referrals
Performs administrative tasks, including form completions, prior authorizations, prescription refills and referrals.

Safety/Infection Control

Strictly adheres to Universal Precautions
Performs aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors.
Follows job safety requirements. Reports and documents accidents or incidents within 24 hours of occurrence to the immediate supervisor.
Organizes exam rooms, including general cleaning, upkeep, and re-stocking of all supplies

Workforce Development

Responsible for maintaining up-to-date knowledge, skills, and abilities
Attends and participates in in-service, monthly staff meetings, continuing education offerings, community training events, conferences and webinars as appropriate

Required Education and Skill, Licensure and Knowledge Requirements

Current LA LPN License required
3-5 years of primary care experience in a clinical setting (preference may be given to those with prior work experience in infectious disease and/or HIV depending on position)
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification required
Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
Light to moderate lifting is required

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).
Ability to work in a confined area.
Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period of time.