LPN - Healthy Families Primary Care

UPMC's Healthy Families Primary Care is seeking a compassionate and skilled Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join our dedicated care team. In this role, you'll play an important part in supporting providers and patients through hands-on clinical care, patient education, and coordination of services. The ideal candidate will have prior experience with Epic (Bridges) / EMR, rooming patients, working in a team setting, and performing in-office point-of-care testing such as EKGs and A1c tests . This is an excellent opportunity to grow your nursing skills in a supportive, patient-centered environment focused on quality and collaboration.

This full-time position will work Monday through Thursday from 7 : 00am to 5 : 30pm and on Friday from 7 : 00am to 2 : 30pm. No holidays or evenings are required and any weekend shifts would be on a voluntary basis. Eligible candidates may qualify for a sign-on bonus up to $7500.00.

Responsibilities :

• Assists in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the nursing care for patients and their families.
• Possesses the ability to obtain and interpret information considering age specific needs.
• Conducts interviews with patient to answer questions related to healthcare problems and provides necessary counseling utilizing all resource persons and materials available.
• Administers medications and vaccines as ordered by attending physician and keeps abreast of changes in requirements for immunization, flu vaccines and allergy injections.
• Responsible for sterilization of office equipment and ordering of stock supplies and keeps appropriate records of same.
• Performs laboratory duties assuring compliance with OSHA and CLIA.
• Identifies and communicates educational needs of patients to their physician and does teaching in these areas upon his / her request.
• Assists physician in patient examination and performs specialized procedures.
• Maintains competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences with necessary documentation.
• Demonstrates Hamot's commitment to Service Excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated and thorough.
• Graduate of an approved Practical Nursing program
• One year clinical experience preferred

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances :

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran