Shift

Monday - Friday 1pm -10pm

Overview

Provides nursing care within licensed scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Provides excellent customer service at all times, to internal and external customers.
• Determines specific needs for each clinic and prepares area with appropriate supplies, equipment, etc.
• Interviews patients and/or family, reviews patients charts and progress notes to determine prior visits to the clinic, history, status of follow-up on physicians’ orders and definition of problems.
• Refers defined patient needs to physician.
• Instructs patients’ and/or family as directed by Registered Nurse or Provider.
• Assists physician with procedures and treatments.
• Participates in chart review of patients who failed clinic appointments to determine urgency of follow-up care, contacts social worker when necessary and reviews with clinic staff the plan for follow-up appointments.
• Document intake into EHR (for all specialties) and function as a system superuser for AltaMed’s EHR. Follow-up on in-basket message and management tasks.
• Maintains adequate levels of medication, supplies, and teaching aids for optimal patient care.
• Assists in orientation of new personnel.
• Participates in staff meetings and ongoing clinic nursing reviews.
• Provides nursing staff coverage in clinics as assigned.
• Assists any and all internal or external consumers with any problems they may have in a pleasant and cooperative manner.
• Responsible for collecting data from "walk-in" or "phone-in" patients and follows provider orders as directed.
• Performs, observes, and records symptoms, interactions and progress of the patient and reports findings to the medical provider. Does not make independent medical or healthcare decisions.
• Assists medical providers and/or carries out medical provider’s orders by performing requested tests.
• Assist with referrals as needed.
• Responsible for assisting with the completion of all calibration of medical equipment and ensuring logs are up to date.
• Responsible for maintaining current knowledge of all back office policies and procedure, as directed.
• Handles client health information as trained by Compliance Training.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Position May Include Patient Service Center (PSC) Responsibilities:
• Responsible for maintaining current knowledge of all clinic and Patient Service Center policies and procedure.
• Position May Include Mammography and Pap Smear Registry Responsibilities:
• Follow up on Registry patients (Abnormal Paps, Mammograms, Colorectal, and Lab results) by determining appropriate next actions and contacting patient to provide information.
• Tracks patients with a history of abnormal registry results to ensure compliance with recommended actions.
• Informs patients of PAP results and provide recommendation based on ASCCP Screening Guidelines as directed by Registered Nurse or Provider.
• Documents and communicates activities via EHR with providers and actions taken (e.g. medication, immunization records, nursing care plans, etc.)

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited LVN school.
• Current LVN license issued by the State of California Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.
• Must maintain current CPR/First Aid training.
• Experience and knowledge regarding the physical, mental and social needs of the patients.

Skills and Abilities

• Bilingual: English/Spanish/Mandarin/Cantonese depending on location preferred.
• Ability to work well with patients. Requires lots of patients, and a kind/caring attitude.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care
• Urgent Care

Physical setting:

• Clinic
• Outpatient

Standard shift:

• Evening shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• LVN License (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Garden Grove, CA 92840: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person