LPN LVN - Hospital - Los Angeles
LPN LVN - Hospital - Los Angeles
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Job Description
- Perform inperson assessments of people with acute health concerns to determine a safe timely and appropriate disposition using evidencebased best practice guidelines decision support tools and nursing protocols.
- Provide patient education followup care medications and wound care as ordered or under protocol.
- Complete limited medication refills per under supervision of an RN or licensed provider.
- Respond to emergency situations and urgent patient needs.
- Administer care and treatment to patients as directed by providers or RNs.
- Provide followups for abnormal labs and emergency room and hospital discharges.
- Consult with providers and other disciplines for specific patient needs and for overall clinic flow.
- Perform procedures such as EKGs peak flows spirometry dressing changes vision and hearing screenings ear wash and assessments appropriate to visit type.
- Conduct thorough and timely previsit planning for each encounter according to standards.
- Assist with procedures medical needs and patient education as they arise: EKGs start an IV same day referrals lab follow up hospital transfers or other orders.
- Interview patients checks vital signs performs assessments appropriate to patient age and visit type obtains consents prints out lab reports hospital discharge summaries and related documents.
- Graduate of an accredited LPN program and current LPN license
- Work in a fastpaced rapidly changing environment that requires sitting standing and walking with frequently changing priorities. Must be able to be flexible and multitask.
- Highlevel communications skills to work with patients staff providers and outside agencies.
- Proficiency in electronic tools with the EMR to communicate with providers.
Employment Type
Contract
