(Archived) LPN Pediatric

Job Summary: Position reports to clinical nurse manager with input from assigned physician, nurse practitioner, or other health care providers. Develops appropriate relationships with patients, families, and colleagues as a team member providing the highest quality patient care and contributes toward the attainment of important goals for the patient and the practice.

Essential functions:

• Recognizes that the patient is always first
• Assesses basic health status, records, and related health data.
• Performs and documents assigned procedures, including but not limited to: vital signs, throat cultures, injections, dressing changes, urine dipstick, vision/hearing screenings
• Participates in nursing care, health maintenance, patient instruction, collaborative planning within scope of practice and consistent with education/training
• Prepares patients for exams and treatments, assisting provider in medical procedures and treatments
• Sets up and restocks exam rooms. Maintains order and cleanliness of rooms and common lab areas and restrooms
• Communicates supply needs to front desk supervisor
• Maintains equipment in proper working order, including cleaning and sterilizing of instruments
• Maintains competencies in conducting in house labs, quality control, vaccine management and administration
• Maintains a safe hazard-free environment that is comfortable for patients, visitors, and staff
• Monitors waiting room for cleanliness and patient needs
• Fiscally responsible in the use of supplies
• Incorporates flow into daily work and participates in planned change
• Participates in staff meetings
• Maintains annual educational requirements

Required qualifications

• Current Massachusetts LPN license
• Current CPR certification
• One year of experience in a practice setting is preferred
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations
• Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply guidelines and procedures
• Knowledge of medical equipment and instruments
• Ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing
• Experience with computers, web based programs, EMR
• Comply with all PPA policies and procedures

Physical demands

• Requires prolonged standing and walking
• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination
• Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare, and communicate appropriate information, reports, and forms
• Requires exposure to communicable disease and bodily fluids

Pay: $22.00 - $29.00 per hour