Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)- NAM
Website Spring Branch Community Health Center
- Answering phones, scheduling appointments, and data collection for triage RN or medical provider guidance.
- Monitors quality of care through direct observation, supervises that appropriate logs are kept including medication inventory, sample medication, oxygen tank pressure, refrigerator/freezer/lab temperatures, immunization inventory, exam room check lists, crash cart log. Counting and logging medication inventories, and vaccine inventories. Ordering clinic supplies, vaccines, and medications as needed.
- Monitors referrals, incoming fax documents, notifies patients of lab results from providers written orders and documents attempts and patient acknowledgement in electronic health record appropriately.
- Monitors and completes nurse visits with written or standing orders from providers. Performs procedures including but not limited to administering medications, injections, collecting specimens, electrocardiogram, hearing test, vision tests, in-house point of care testing, lab draws, and ear lavage.
- Maintains cleanliness and supplies in each patient room, completes room checklists, and notifies appropriate personnel of clinical supply shortages. Disinfects medical equipment and exam room tables after each patient encounter.
- Completes medication prior authorizations, and call in refills to a pharmacy under the direct supervision of the medical provider or podiatrist as long as refills per Standing Orders – Prescription Refills. The refill must be documented in the patients chart as a standing order and be patient specific.
- Acting as supervisor when provider and registered nurse not on site. Provides counseling to staff as appropriate.
- Actively provides willingness to help and maintain professional relationships with coworkers.
- Collaboration with Nurse Manager to implement quality initiatives.
- Collaboration with Health Center Managers to ensure efficient daily patient flow.
- Maintains strict scope of practice. See LVN Scope of Practice.
- Upholds strict patient confidentiality requirements required by federal and state law.
- Perform other duties as assigned, within scope of practice.
- Attends all staff meetings and mandatory In Service meetings.
- Participates in Compliance, Risk and Safety, and Quality Assurance and Performance improvement initiatives.
- Observes and acknowledges all SBCHC policies and procedures, including all emergency and disaster response responsibilities.
- Always greets patients, visitors and all SBCHC staff in a courteous and respectful manner; responds to patients with empathy and positive interpersonal skills; consistently handles all requests in a positive manner.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
- Active and current unencumbered Texas license to practice as a LVN
- Certified Basic Life Support (BLS) or BLS equivalent
- Minimum of one year of nursing experience in Federally Qualified Health Center or similar setting, preferred
- Multilingual, English/Spanish is strongly preferred
- Available for all shifts/assignments and, when required, able to work evenings and weekends with the ability to travel to all SBCHC clinics.