LVN - Carlsbad - Family Medicine - Part Time

LVN - Carlsbad - Family Medicine - Part Time Days

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Under direct supervision of an RN or provider, performs routine patient care, excluding administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures, and standards; follows Quality of Service Standards; follows Universal Precautions.

• May perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.
• Cleaning or irrigating wounds after provider assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.
• Reinforce standardized self-care procedures as directed by licensed provider.
• Recognizes and responds to acute emergency situations following established procedures.
• Orients patients to system policies and practices.
• Provides appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction.
• Reviews instruction sheet with patient.
• Administers medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider.
• Observes and documents patients' response to medications and therapy.
• Performs tuberculin, coccidioidin, and histoplasmin skin tests as part of a tuberculosis control program.
• Performs immunizations based on written protocols.
• Prepares and organizes treatment rooms prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up instruments, drapes, sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment as directed.
• Assists licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients, and assisting as directed.
• Provides assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping.
• May hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician.
• Ensures safety of patients during procedures.
• Prepares and transports items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens.
• Clears and disinfects instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures.
• Reports incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.
• Maintains departmental files, pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.
• Initiates and/or completes diagnostic requisition forms, telephones prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from physician to patient, and relays information from patient to physician.
• Charts patients’ medical record as indicated.
• Performs lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, and other basic metabolic tests.
• Performs hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests, and visual acuity assessments.
• Collects, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserves specimens for testing, including urine, sputum, and stool.
• Participates in Department Quality Assurance activities.
• Performs other duties as required, such as checking patients’ medical records for incomplete data and relaying messages to staff personnel.

• Ability to work effectively with the public.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sterile technique.
• Consistently demonstrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to members and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
• Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.

• Licensure:
  Vocational Nurse License (California).
• Basic Life Support certification.

• This is an 8-hour shift with varied start times between 7:00 am and 10:00 am.
• While this position’s home clinic is Carlsbad, this position may float to other North County locations as operations require.