LPN - CLINIC

LPN - CLINIC
• Covenant Health

Location:

Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center (Knoxville, TN). Full‑time, 75 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift.

Fort Sanders Perinatal Center provides comprehensive high‑risk pregnancy services. Over more than 25 years, the center has delivered over 26,000 high‑risk babies at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and offers care for higher‑risk pregnancies such as mothers over age 35, multiples, complications, birth defects, diabetes, hypertension, or post‑infertility pregnancies.

Provides professional clinical care to patients in an outpatient clinical setting under supervision of the attending provider and practice office manager.

• Assesses patient’s general condition and takes vital signs and weight.
• Assists provider with examinations, diagnostic procedures, and treatments, including phlebotomy, injections, suturing, and other typical office procedures.
• Administers patient medications per provider order and policy, including appropriate dosage, route, site, and documentation.
• Orients, instructs, and trains assigned personnel as applicable.
• Provides basic patient care as ordered.
• Assures test results are received and relayed to patient in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patient’s comfort and privacy using AIDET communication fundamentals.
• Documents all interventions, patient/family responses, medication dispensed/prescribed, etc., in the medical record.
• Promotes wellness by providing patient education materials and communicating provider’s advice and instructions.
• Triages patient phone calls and appointment urgencies.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and well‑maintained equipment.
• Monitors and ensures accuracy of recording on patient medical records; maintains required reports, records, and statistics.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding the practice, its patients, and employees.
• Uses a variety of office and medical equipment including telephone, computer, fax, stethoscope, EKG machine, ear washing equipment, scales, thermometers, blood pressure cuff, and basic lab equipment.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work area and equipment in operating condition.
• Performs referrals and pre-certifications as needed.
• Schedules patient appointments per provider order and relays them accurately to patients.
• Takes calls from hospitals/nursing homes and relays appropriate information to practitioners in a timely manner.
• Collaborates with the patient, physician, and other care team members as part of a team‑based approach to overall patient care.
• Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards; completes required education assignments annually and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

None specified. Must be sufficient to meet the standards for achieving the relevant license and/or certification.

Must be licensed as an LPN in the state of Tennessee. American Heart Association BLS required.

Jennifer Gordon ||

Entry level

Full‑time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care