Physician Office Clinical Coordinator (LPN) - King's Daughters

• JOB SUMMARY
  • Provides competent nursing service, demonstrates general nursing knowledge by utilization of the nursing process, assumes responsibility/accountability for the outcome of nursing care guides and supervised assigned personnel in delivery of patient care. Prior experience performing phlebotomy and EKG's. Responsible/accountable for ensuring that his/her clinical behavior is consistent with the Nursing guidelines of the state in which he/she practices and the mission, goals and standards of KDMC.
• DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Assesses daily clinical and clerical processes and implements method to optimize patient flow; assesses patient's complaints and health care needs, documents vital signs, height, weight, chief complaint, duration of complaint, and current medications on each visits to clinic; observes patient to detect symptoms outside of established normal limits. Read and understands medical record.
  • Recognizes and documents the learning needs of individual patient/families and identifies factors influencing patient and/or family learning; recognizes and corrects potential risks, follows universal precautions, emergency procedures to ensure a safe environment for patients, visitors and team members safety; recognizes and responds appropriately to emergency situations: communicates emergency data immediately to appropriate individuals.
  • Confers with physicians and other health care team members to obtain and send additional patient information, and medical records, as requested; utilizes Clinical View to obtain lab test results, reviews for abnormal values needing immediate attention; assists with telephoning prescription and/or refills to pharmacy as directed by provider.
  • Demonstrates the initiative to meet the needs of the department by assisting co-workers when workload permits; inventories and orders clinical supplies; participate in the departmental work improvement team projects.
  • Completes work and documentation with accuracy within the established time frame; demonstrates knowledge of policies and procedures applicable to own job position; adheres to KDMC and departmental policies and procedures; incorporates the information from formal and informal customer satisfaction surveys into daily practice.
  • Demonstrates awareness of the budget and attempts to maintain within the limits, saving measures; provides information and assistance to co-workers and other customers; responds cooperatively to supervisory directions.
  • Supervises/directs employees' and activities of the family care center/occupational medicine/specialty clinic he/she supervises; carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws; reviews and enters payroll data for his/her center; develops work scheduling for his/her center; conducts monthly meetings with team members to communicate information about department, KDMC, QI, customer satisfaction etc; completes annual validations and competencies on clinical and non clinical staff. Obtains and submits requested information as requested; supports and enforces compliance with regulatory standards to include but not limited JCAHO, State, Medicare, Medicaid, OSHA, insurance companies etc.
• EDUCATION/LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER REQUIREMENTS
  • Minimum requirement:
    • Graduate from an accredited school of licensed practical nursing.
    • Maintains active LPN licensure in the state of Kentucky and other states as necessary.
    • Two years prior experience in nursing.
  • Preferred qualifications:
• WORKING ENVIRONMENT
  • Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
  • Constantly exposed toblood and/or body fluids andinfection.
  • Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
  • Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS
  • Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
  • Frequently required to walk and move about.
  • Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
  • Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
  • Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
  • Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
  • Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
  • Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
  • Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.

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