Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Outreach Specialty Clinics

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

This position is 32 hrs/week - 4 days per week with a rotating day off (M-F). Travel is required to the following locations: Alpharetta, Dacula and Cumming. Mileage will be reimbursed. Under the supervision of a provider or registered nurse, participates in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Performs nursing process while providing direct patient care in a safe and effective manner that promotes quality patient outcomes. Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. If working in non-provider based, physician practice sites, utilizing the medical model of care delivery, patient assessments, plan of care, and discharge plan are performed by a physician, nurse practitioner (NP), or physician assistant (PA). Under this model, the LPN assists the provider in providing prescribed care or treatment to the patient.

Experience

• No minimum experience required

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of patient care experience preferred

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Completion of an accredited Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) school/program

Certification Summary

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment
• PALS or PEARS Certification within one year of hire date, as required by department specification

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• No minimally required knowledge, skills, or abilities

Job Responsibilities

Practice (Caring for the Patient)

• Assists licensed professional personal in performing nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
• Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
• Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues and prioritize care
• Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.
• Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.
• Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.

Physician Practice Specifics

• Communicates with home health agencies, third-party payor, and other community resources as needed to coordinate needs.
• Facilitates and provides ongoing communication with patient/family, interdisciplinary staff and third parties (home health, third party payers, pharmacies, and other resources) to identify and resolve potential barriers.
• Performs outpatient and clinic care coordination and monitors patients' care between clinic and home.
• Facilitates care via telehealth to assist with patient needs and concerns
• Participates in providing discharge instructions as delegated by licensed professional practitioners.

Development (Fostering Clinical Knowledge)

• Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
• Incorporates new knowledge into nursing practice to support desired outcomes.
• Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
• Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
• Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.

Engagement (Engaging and Leading Professionally)

• Provides oversight for nursing care given by unlicensed personnel while retaining accountability for patient care quality.
• Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
• Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
• Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
• Demonstrates support of shared leadership through awareness of initiatives and providing input.
• Drives and effectively facilitates timely admission, transfer, and discharge process for unit, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow.

Outcomes (Driving Excellent Results)

• Participates in monitoring activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
• Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
• Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
• Ensures equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
• Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.

Professional Mandatory Requirements

• Completes orientation and initial assessment of competency successfully by determined due date.
• Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.
• Achieves 75% attendance at staff meetings if applicable.

Special Note: The LPN may not perform the following tasks:

• Documentation of the initial inpatient admission assessment.
• Initiation of Caregiver Protocols, with the exception of influenza vaccine protocols.
• Initiation of the administration of blood products, unsupervised.
• Initiate chemotherapy infusions or administer IV push chemotherapy.
• Complete the initial assessment for restraints.
• Unsupervised administration of code resuscitation drugs by IV push.

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