Description:
POSITION TITLE: Specialty Clinic RN/LPN
Department: Specialty Clinic
Reports to: Specialty Clinic Supervisor, CASO, CEO
Date: 2/2007, 03/2021, 10/01/2022
Purpose of Position:
Responsible for checking patient in, doing appropriate vital signs, weights and ordering doctor ordered testing. To maintain a consistent high standard of care. Responsible for making sure proper documentation is turned in to the appropriate department at the end of the day. Responsible for all orders, medications, and making sure tests get completed.
Essential Functions:
This list may not include all the duties assigned
- Assures that the standards of operation of the department are in compliance with the standards set by SCH.
- Directs the overall activities to make sure everything runs smoothly on clinical days.
- Follows doctors orders as he/she has ordered them and schedules follow up appointments on the proper sheet to turn into the appointment scheduler.
- Keeps up to date on in-services for new equipment.
- Maintains levels in inventory with placing the proper supply requisition to material management within a timely manner.
- Maintains continued education hours.
- Using independent judgment within your limitations.
- Participates as an active member of hospital committees as assigned.
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
- Prepares written documentation as required by the profession and the department for proper paper work.
- Maintain clinic charts.
- Able to work closely with others in positive ways.
- Able to delegate appropriate jobs to C.N.A.
- Able to follow doctors' orders and make sure medications and labs are given/taken correctly per orders.
The preceding functions have been provided as examples of the types of work performed by employees assigned in this job classification. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments and to make reasonable accommodations as needed.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills and /or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requirements:
Education, Qualifications, Experience:
Must be an LPN or RN and must have experience in a clinical settings position.
Must have BLS, ACLS, PALS optional
Must have interpersonal skills. Capable of mature and independent judgment.
Expectation of Service: Full-time, Part-time, PRN position
Physical Requirements: Occasional sitting, frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, kneeling, lifting/carrying 10-35 pounds; frequent reaching/grasping, twisting, pulling/pushing, occasional exposure to Sharp instruments. Frequent exposure to equipment. Continuously writing in English and working irregular hours.
Typical Working Conditions:
Risk of being exposed to blood borne diseases
Contact of patients under wide variety of circumstances
May be exposed to occasional different patient elements
Exposed to unpleasant elements (injuries and illness)
Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
Occasionally subjected to irregular hours
May be exposed to infections and contagious diseases
May be exposed to hazardous body fluids and wastes
Subject to burns and cuts.
(This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary)
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