Medical Office LPN Lead- Orthopedic Assoc.

Job Title

Lead Medical Office LPN

Job Description

Works under the supervision of the Office Manager or Family Health Center Manager. The Lead Medical Office LPN's primary job function is to assist the Manager with staff assignments for the LPN staff and makes workflow decisions to ensure efficient clinical operations. Provides assistance to the provider with patient exams and/or procedures. Collects vitals, chief complaints, pain assessment, and documents past medical history. Phones and/or e-prescribes prescriptions to pharmacies, make referrals, operates medical equipment, and performs patient education. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma or successful completion of an equivalent High School Exam Required
• Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing required

Licensure:

• Licensed to practice as an LPN in Ohio required
• IV Certification required
• BLS required within 90 days of hire

Experience:

• One to three months experience preferred

Job Specific Duties and Performance Expectations

The following is a summary of the major job duties of this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

1. Assists the Manager with staff assignments for the LPN staff and makes workflow decisions to ensure efficient clinical operations.
2. Coordinates and participates as needed in orientation of new employees. Completes staff competency checklists. Assists in developing educational needs for the LPN staff.
3. Serves as a clinical resource to staff and monitors daily productivity of the LPN staff.
4. Assists the provider with patient examinations, procedures, venipuncture, and other diagnostic testing.
5. Collects and documents patient vitals, chief complaints, pain assessment, past medical, family and social histories.
6. Performs and maintains other LPN duties as related to physician office operations.
7. Conducts monthly inspections of all supplies and medications to assess expiration dates and disposes of expired items per policy.
8. Ensures that clinical supplies are properly stocked.
9. Reviews charts for next day's appointments.
10. Logs and updates medication lists for patients.
11. Assists with answering phones, scheduling appointments and scanning.
12. May be asked to provide coverage in other areas of the Foundation offices.
13. Manages the care of the patient in collaboration with other members of the health care team in order to meet the health care needs of the patient.
14. Pre-cleans, decontaminates and transports contaminated instruments according to policy.
15. Cross train to perform Medical Office Assistant duties.
16. Follows vaccine and medication management policy.
17. Performs document import daily.
18. Reviews and handles ERX requests with providers' direction. Handles failed and error electronic prescriptions.
19. Contacts insurance companies to obtain necessary authorizations/pre-certs.
20. Performs intermediate-level disinfection and/or high level disinfection per the instructions for use (IFU) by the manufacturer. This includes ensuring the scopes or probes used within the department are cleaned, disinfected, maintained, and stored per the IFU's.
21. Follows medical record documentation procedure as detailed in the MCF Documentation Assistant policy.
22. Assists the provider in navigating the medical record.
23. Present during the provider's performance of a clinical service and documents (on behalf of the provider) everything said during the course of the service.
24. Conducts Daily check off for AED.
25. Conducts weekly check-off on equipment per department policy.
26. Conducts Monthly check-off for eye wash.
27. Ensures patient care areas are cleaned after each patient visit per SOMC guidelines.
28. Assists manager by creating and/or maintaining employee schedules and managing call offs, when appropriate. May assist manager with the API approval process.
29. Assists with day-to-day operational decisions when appropriate, escalates to manager when out of scope.
30. Provides front line coverage for call when covering a shift, escalates to manager when appropriate.
31. Assists manager in completing Introductory Competency Checklists and/or Performance Appraisals, if delegated by the manager.
32. Assists the manager with the interview process and provides input to applicant selections.
33. Assists manager by giving on the spot coaching and correction as well as provides the manager with feedback on any issues/progress.
34. Serves as the front-line resource to staff for incidents and/or complaints. Submits incidents/complaints in Incident Manager system and keeps manager informed.
35. May assist manager in completing PREPs, if delegated by the manager.
36. Participates in the planning and discussion phase to prepare
37. Assists manager by working through API, making call-off/call-in decisions within scope and participates in the budgeting process with manager.
38. Performs other duties as assigned.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position in accordance with applicable law. A full job description is available upon request.

Southern Ohio Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, or expression, genetic information, military status, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other basis under the law.

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