What are the responsibilities and job description for the LVN - Fordham MOB - Obstetrics/Gyn- Part Time position at Kaiser Permanente?
Job Summary: Under direct supervision of an RN or provider performs routine patient care, excluding administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures and standards; follows Quality of Service Standards; follows Universal Precautions.
Essential Responsibilities:
Basic Qualifications: Experience
Essential Responsibilities:
- May perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.
- Cleaning or irrigating wound after providers assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.
- Reinforce standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed provider.
- Recognizes and responds to acute emergency situation following established procedures.
- Orients patients to system policies and practices.
- Provides appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction.
- Reviews instruction sheet with patient.
- Administers medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider.
- Observes and documents patients response to medications and therapy.
- May perform tuberculin, coccidioidin and histoplasmin skin tests, provides such tests are part of a tuberculosis control program.
- May perform immunizations provides they are based upon written protocols.
- Completes necessary arrangements or organizes treatment rooms prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, drapes and sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as directed.
- May assist licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients, and assisting as directed.
- Provides assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping.
- May hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician.
- Assures safety of patient during procedures.
- May prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens.
- May clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures.
- Follows Universal Precautions. Reports incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.
- Maintains departmental files, performing duties such as pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.
- Initiates and/or completes diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephones prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from physician to patient, and relays information from patient to physician.
- Charts in patients medical record as indicated.
- May perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, tests to determine. PH, protein, PKU.
- May perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities.
- Collects, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserves specimens for testing, including urine, and sputum and stool.
- Participates in Department Quality Assurance activities.
- Performs other duties, as required, such as checking patients medical records for incomplete data and relaying message to staff personnel.
- Note: Specific duties may vary depending on assignment.
- Note: Bold print indicates the differences between an MAII & LVN.
Basic Qualifications: Experience
- Ability to work effectively with the public.
- Demonstrated knowledge of sterile technique.
- Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
- Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.
Vocational Nurse License (California)
- Basic Life Support
- Current California LVN License and AHA BLS Certification Required.
- Available to float to all OBGYN clinic locations, do early, evening, weekend shifts and cross train in Sub-specialty clinics of OBGYN.
- Scheduled work hours per week will be 20-32.
Primary Location: California-San Diego-Fordham Medical Offices
Regular Scheduled Hours: 21
Shift: Variable
WorkingDays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Start Time: 06:30 AM
End Time: 09:30 PM
Job Schedule: Part-time
Job Type: Standard
Employee Status: Regular
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Job Category: Nursing Licensed
Public Department Name: Fordham MOB - Obstetrics/Gyn-Reg Clin - 0806
Travel: Yes, 75 % of the Time
Employee Group: B09|OPEIU|Local 30
Posting Salary Low:: 35.36
Posting Salary High:: 38.53