Lifecare Primary Care LPN - FT Days

Primary Care LPN

Position: Lifecare Primary Care LPN

Location: Seneca Falls, NY

License/Certifications: NYS LPN license, BLS (AHA or RQI only)

Experience: Minimum 1-year LPN experience in physician's practice setting - Pediatrics Experience Required

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate patient flow from registration through discharge to minimize wait times and ensure efficient care delivery.
• Perform nursing assessments, obtain and document vital signs and other required patient data, and complete quality metrics in the EMR in accordance with established standards.
• Prepare patients for office visits by obtaining relevant provider notes, laboratory results, and diagnostic studies.
• Assist providers with office-based procedures, examinations, and patient care.
• Schedule office visits, surgical procedures, and diagnostic studies, including obtaining required prior authorizations.
• Assess patient understanding of health conditions and care needs, providing appropriate education and guidance.
• Manage patient phone calls, communicate clinical concerns to providers, and provide timely follow-up for urgent and non-urgent issues.
• Coordinate prescription refill requests, monitor laboratory and diagnostic results, and promptly escalate urgent findings or patient concerns to providers.
• Perform pulmonary function testing, EKGs, phlebotomy, vaccine administration, and other clinical testing and treatments as required.
• Conduct CLIA-waived testing in accordance with laboratory protocols, including quality control and documentation requirements.
• Monitor and maintain office and medical supply inventory.
• Recognize and respond to medical emergencies in accordance with established protocols.

Skills:

• 1-year LPN experience in physician practice setting - Required - 1 - Years
• Experience with Pediatrics - Required
• BLS (through AHA or RQI only) - Required