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Sterling Area Health Center LPN Licensed Practical Nurse in Sterling, Michigan
Qualifications: Current LPN license. Possesses a thorough understanding of theory and practices in the areas of clinical care typically acquired through extensive practical experience in a professional environment. Two years of recent experience in health care & BLS certified preferred.
Essential Functions:
General duties receiving patients and entering data into the computerized EHR system. Direct patient care given within the outpatient medical office.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completes all documentation including forms, logs, etc. in a timely and complete manner.
- Documents patient education and instruction using the EHR system.
- Ensures that treatment rooms are stocked, maintain supplies and autoclaving as necessary.
- Checks patients in and prepares patients for care delivered by the medical provider.
- Obtains patient history, take vital signs, EKGs, PFT's, immunizations, assists with medical examinations, and performs laboratory work.
Skills and Abilities:
- Must have the ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrates ability to function effectively in a fluid, dynamic, and rapidly changing environment.
- Must be computer proficient.
- Communicates in writing and orally, in person and through electronic means with proficiency.
- Demonstrates customer focused interpersonal skills to interact in an effective manner with patients, practitioners, and families with diverse options, values, and religious and cultural ideals.
- Demonstrates time management, listening skills, problem solving, priority setting, and work organization.
- Demonstrates critical thinking while managing clinical issues and utilizing assessment skills protocols. Excellent assessment and triage skills.
- Demonstrates ability to work autonomously and be directly accountable for practice.
- Maintains a working knowledge of clinical requirements, lab, and nursing competencies, evidenced based best practice and regulatory requirements.
- Problem solving, team building, and training skills required.