Marshall Health Network
Location
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The role involves performing general nursing duties such as assessing patients, taking vital signs, assisting physicians with procedures, and managing documentation and insurance authorizations. Responsibilities also include promoting wellness through patient education, handling critical lab values, scheduling, and maintaining a safe, clean clinical environment.
Candidates must be a graduate of an approved school of nursing for Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or a Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) program, with one year of preferred experience in a provider office or hospital setting involving direct patient care. Required abilities include strong verbal and written communication, coordination skills, the capacity to recognize the unique needs of all age groups, and effective prioritization and problem-solving skills.
Rivers Health is seeking a PRN LPN/CMA for the RHC (Regional Health Clinic) to perform the following duties.
The following is a summary of the essential functions of this job. The incumbent may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below; and specific functions may change from time to time.
1. Perform general nursing duties. Assess patients’ general condition and take vital signs and
history. Assist physicians with examinations, diagnostic procedures and treatments. Document all activities, interventions and medications in the patient record. Obtain pre-certifications, pre-authorizations and referrals from insurance companies.
1. Promotes wellness by providing patient education materials, communicating physician advice and instructions.
1. Responsible in handling critical lab values and promptly seeking physician orders. Schedule outside referrals. Assist with Medical procedures. Answer telephone. Scheduling patients for office visits and/or hospital tests. Sending prescriptions into pharmacy. Calling patients with test results.
1. Assists the physicians in the treatment and care of the patients in the office. Maintains exam rooms and other patient areas for the physician to examine the patients.
1. Responsible for ensuring safety, infection control and other policies and procedures are
1. Maintain equipment and supplies needed for patient care.
1. Answer phones. Triage telephone patient care issues directly to clinic provider.
1. Adheres to Corporate Policies, JCAHO, Rural Health, Departmental Policies and Procedures, and Personnel Employee Handbook.
1. Demonstrates professionalism and accountability.
1. Promotes a positive image of the physician practice to patients and
the public.
1. Demonstrates and promotes high standards for quality and productivity; focuses on results.
1. Follows standards of conduct and procedures of hospital and applicable laws and regulations and reports violations through appropriate chain of command.
1. Treats patients, physicians and coworkers with courtesy and respect.
1. Identifies customer expectations and works to meet and exceed them.
1. Maintains a high degree of ethics, integrity, confidentiality.
1. Assumes other duties as necessary to support the efforts of the hospital.
1. Filling in during co-workers absence. Cover other nursing personnel when they are not here and complete full range of duties. Cover other areas as needed.
1. Other duties as assigned.
Graduate of an approved school of nursing for Licensed Practical Nurse, or Certified Medical Assistant Program.
One year experience preferred in a provider office or hospital related area working with direct patient care.
Demonstrates the ability to communicate verbally and in writing coordinate, motivate and collaborate with others. Must be able to effectively recognize the unique needs of patients of all ages, including
neonates, pediatrics, adolescents and geriatrics. Must be able to prioritize and delegate effectively. Must be able to judge and problem solve based on situational assessment. Must possess good inductive and deductive reasoning skills.
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