Licensed Practical Nurse Family Medicine Pediatrics

Primary City/State:

Queen Creek, Arizona

Department Name:

FP-Queen Creek-Ellsworth

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:

Clinical Care

* Find your path in health care. Banner Health is committed to not only providing the finest care possible, but to advancing the way care is provided. To achieve our vision, we seek out professionals who embrace change and who possess the passion and skills to make it happen. Apply today.

Come and enjoy working in Northern Arizona! We have two clinics in Payson and one tucked away in beautiful Pine, Arizona. Living in the comfort of the mountains while working in a high energy and fast pace family practice, pediatric and internally medicine is exciting. If you are wanting the fulfillment of building relationships with your patients then you may want to consider applying for one of our clinics.

A small town is an excellent opportunity to watch the pediatrician patients grow to their milestones. We build relationships with our family practice and internal medicine patients by helping them reach their healthcare goals. We are looking for someone not only focused on patients as the number one goal but also a team player.

Banner strives to push boundaries, challenge the norm, and come up with ways to make health care easy for our patients and for our staff. The clinic is conveniently located on Main Street. This position will be working directly with a family practice provider in the back office. Bring your love for patient care, and room patients, take vitals, do minor office procedures, and learn point of care testing.

A career with Banner is great if you are just starting out, or have many years' experience. Everyone at Banner contributes to our patients lives! Our team is like a family and we help one another, empower one another to make decisions, and encourage natural talents so each member can grow.

Schedule:

To Be Determined

Location:

21772 S Ellsworth Loop Rd Queen Creek, AZ

At Banner Medical Group, you'll have the opportunity to perform a critical role in the community where you practice. Banner Medical Group provides both primary and specialty care throughout the communities in which Banner Health operates. We do this in a variety of settings - from smaller group practices like our Banner Health Clinics in Colorado and Wyoming, to large multi-specialty Banner Health Centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area.

We currently have more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,500 total employees in our group and are seeking others to enhance our ability to deliver our nonprofit mission of providing excellent patient care.

* POSITION SUMMARY

This position provides nursing care under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse and/or licensed physician, and is accountable for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under his or her direction. This position observes, contributes to the plan of care, implements, reports and documents patient care in accordance with department policies, standard of care and state scope of practice.

This position utilizes specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to contribute to the assessment of data and to plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Observes, compiles and reports the patient's physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs. Reviews available information obtained by health care team members.

2. Contributes to plan of care under direction of registered nurse, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input. Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age specific and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care. Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team. Reviews plan of care to reflect changing patient needs and provides input for updates as needed.

3. Implements care based on delegated interventions identified in care plan and medical orders, within scope of practice. Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies and procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements. May delegate and provide supervision in the provision of care to non-licensed personnel, in accordance with state scope of practice.

Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for whom care is provided.

4. Reports condition of patient, including signs and symptoms which may be indicative of change in the patient's condition to the registered nurse and/or physician. Observes and reports patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members. Observes and reports patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.

5. Documents observation, implementation and data in the patient record. Documentation reflects…