Licensed Practical Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

SouthCoast Health Is Looking For A Full Time LPN For Our Richmond Hill Location

Responsible for providing professional nursing care to clinic patients under the direction / delegation of Physician under the general policies and procedures established by SouthCoast Health.

Will participate in providing health promotion, health maintenance and management of illnesses for patients. Provides care as allowed within the scope of the Georgia Licensed Practical Nurses Board.

Qualifications :

• Able to assess patient’s general condition, particularly the acutely ill patient and ensures that needs are met.
• Able to assists the physician(s) with examinations, vaccines, diagnostic procedures, and treatments.
• Provide direct patient care as ordered by provider.
• Maintain confidentiality in matters regarding the clinic, its patients and employees.

Responsibilities :

• Accurately documents all patient observations, treatments and procedures administered, patient / family responses, medication dispensed or prescribed, hospital data in the medical record.
• Promotes wellness by providing patient education materials, communicating physicians’ advice and instructions on how to self-manage care.
• Coordinates patient care by triaging patient phone calls regarding urgency of appointments, and scheduling hospital admissions.

Processes all patient referrals and required follow through. Maintains and keeps updated referral report.

Schedules lab work, specialist visits, completes necessary paperwork to ensuring proper billing, completes physician orders.

Verify and update patient data. Assists patients with completion of paperwork, as required.

• Assists with patient inquiries / concerns regarding medical care, medication instructions and prescription call-ins in a prompt, courteous and efficient manner.
• Assist with patient plans of care and document care coordination and interventions while integrating quality initiative measurements and other accrediting body requirements in order to demonstrate results and show quality improvement in patients.
• Coordinates care with hospital, home health services, hospice or other institutional settings per provider’s order.
• Administers immunizations and injections after reviewing immunization record, potential allergic reactions, identifies and reviews side effects and treatments.

Perform venipunctures, capillary punctures, specimen collection / preparation / testing and other lab functions as requested.

Education / Experience :

Graduate of an accredited school of practical / vocational nursing program. Minimum of one year clinical experience, preferably in a hospital or office practice setting.

Requirements :

Current Georgia LPN or Compact Nursing licensure. Current BLS / CPR Certification

Benefits :

Competitive salary, health, HSA, dental, vision, life, long term disability, 401(K), supplemental insurance policies. Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, jury duty and bereavement leave. EEO, DFW, MFVD