Care Team LPN - Community Health Centers
Groveland, FL 34736
About the Job
$26.00/hr.
A career at Community Health Centers offers a unique opportunity to join a team that makes a real impact in our community every day, by improving individuals' health while enhancing their quality of life.
A career at Community Health Centers offers a unique opportunity to join a team that makes a real impact in our community every day, by improving individuals' health while enhancing their quality of life.
Top Reasons to Work at Community Health Centers
- No weekends for the majority of our centers, 10 Paid Holidays and early Fridays
- A great benefits package that includes healthcare coverage, paid time off, paid holidays, retirement plan, and more.
- Competitive compensation with advancement opportunities and tuition / training reimbursement.
- Awarded “Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation” for 5 consecutive years.
- Awarded “Top 100 Workplaces for Growing Families” by Orlando Sentinel.
- Modernized and attractive health centers, that patients love.
Job Summary:
Responsible for preparing patients for interaction with physician, coordinating and monitoring activities of the clinical care team, assists with coordination of quality patient care, lab work, administering medications and immunizations, and performing routine clinical duties.
Primary Responsibilities and Specific Duties:
- Coordinates and facilitates structured communication to center care team members and providers, related to patient care coordination, pre-visit planning, huddles, one-on-one communication, emails, patient contact and documentation of any services accessed and/or health care related concerns/needs that have arisen since last visit.
- Participates in team meetings to communicate and address patient care and operational requirements.
- May leads huddles emphasizing a team based approach to care.
Routine clinical duties:
- Coordinates the patient care activities of the care team.
- Answers the telephone in a courteous and professional manner.
- Collects patient history and gathers information pertinent to visit; document all communication to patients and clinicians.
- Continuous management of the care team’s schedule(s), such as work-ins, walk-ins, open- access and patient flow.
- Conducts charts review for documentation, billing, and/or grammatical errors.
- Administers immunizations and medications as ordered while utilizing the rights of safe medication administration.
- Communicates with clinician frequently regarding patient care.
- Faxes orders or prescriptions to hospitals, pharmacies, or other vendors.
- Assists patient and clinician in exam areas.
- Gives treatments/procedures as directed.
Other duties may include:
- Monitors quality controls logs within your department.
- Tracks and monitors immunizations and injections; prepares monthly reports, such as VFC and Florida shots.
- Maintains supply inventories and medical stock in exam rooms and nursing station; keeps secured; checks expiration dates; orders supplies as needed.
- Coordinates assigned duties of the care team, such as cleaning, stocking, and etc.
- May assist with Managed Care lists.
- Monitors that instruments are properly cleaned, sterilized and stored for procedures.
- Attends all training and in-service meetings as indicated.
Qualifications:
Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent; completion of accredited Licensed Practical Nursing course required.
Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience as a licensed LPN in Health Care, Managed Care, physician practice, or clinic setting preferred.
- Ability to demonstrate organizational skills and attention to detail, and possess a good working knowledge of electronic medical records
Certification/Licensure:
- Must possess and maintain current/valid Florida LPN license.
- Current/valid BLS certification, or must be obtained within the first 30 days of employment.
Special Skills:
- Ability to deal with patients effectively in upsetting situations; able to function professionally in emergency situations.
- Bilingual skills preferred.
Other requirements:
- Able to work flexible hours and sites as needed.
- Able to work evenings and weekends.
Source : Community Health Centers
