Licensed Practical Nurse II

Overview

This is a Full-time position for a Licensed Practical Nurse, providing outpatient nursing and OPAT care for our patients and assisting our physicians in all clinical areas of the practice.

Responsibilities

• Triage and room patients. This includes but is not limited to obtaining vital signs, entering and/or reconciling medication list, allergies and determining chief complaint.

• Provide or assist physicians with basic care and treatment when needed, including communicating with physicians concerning the patient's condition.

• Provide patient teaching/education with medications.

• Maintain the Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy labs to ensure patient safety. Contact home health companies to ensure labs are drawn timely.

• Schedule specialist appointments and obtain referral from insurance companies as needed.

• Mail lab orders, prescriptions, and result letters to patients. Occasionally call and answer questions regarding those results and physician instructions.

• Obtain lab/CT/MRI/Biopsy results from outside sources, as needed and scan into the patient's electronic medical record. This includes reviewing upcoming appointments and obtaining prior to the visit.

• Obtain prior authorization for medications.

• Appropriately document all nursing interventions in the electronic medical record. Review chart for completeness, test results and billing

• Respond to questions from patients, family members, physicians, and other health care providers in a timely and professional manner. Patient phone calls should be answered or documented the same day they are received. All patient conversations must be documented in the EHR, as well as, attempts to reach the patient.

• Review and work/complete all "tasks" assigned to you.

• Administer injections of medications or immunizations in accordance with approved nursing protocol or standing orders and document appropriately in the patients' electronic medical record.

• Check voicemail and schedule appointments when needed

• Participate in staff meeting and training sessions/education lectures.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Completion of a program of instruction for licensure as a Practical Nurse required. Completion of BLS Class and re-certify every 2 years. Previous clinical experience preferred. Must be a licensed LPN in Virginia

Location : Location

US-VA-Norfolk