About this role
Overview
Supports Express Care by providing quality, individualized care according to established standards.Responsibilities
General Clinical Practice
- Utilizes accepted processes of care in interactions with all patients, to include: documenting symptoms and vital signs, and responses to interventions, reporting progress to providers.
- Collects assessment data and reports to provider or RN, per practice protocol.
- Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the populations served.
- Adheres to the practice standards and procedures of the Practice in the administration of medications and patient care activities, per practice protocol.
- Documents care provided using Practice Group standards to include: filing lab results and reporting untoward results to Physician/Practitioner
- Provides education to patient and families based on assessment of learning needs
- Assists Physician/Practitioner with procedures as requested and performs simple lab tests in the office
- Creates and maintains the patient care environment to include: meeting all safety standards, maintaining cleanliness and inventory of supplies and sterility/cleanliness of equipment.
- Documents care and progress
- Completes appropriate charging documentation, per practice protocol.
- Shares responsibility for prescription line, to include calling in refills, per hospital protocol
- Medical Assistants (MAs) may administer B12 injections, plant PPD tests and administer immunizations as directed by provider.
Triage and Nurse visits RNs ONLY
- Triages phone call from patients to include: assessment of symptoms, analyzing urgency of needs, advising simple treatments or referring them for immediate care in the Emergency Room or Physician’s office
- Conducts Nurse-Only visits as requested by physician.
- Only RNs/LPNs will administer medications and injections (see above exception for MAs).
Qualifications
- MAs / CMAs/RMAs - Certification/registration or successful completion of Clinical and/or Pharmacology coursework is required.
- Graduate of an accredited school is required.
- 0-1 year clinical experience
- Office Practice experience preferred
Required Licensure/Certifications
REQUIRED LICENSE(S): • Licensed LPN with NH eligibility REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: • CPR CertificationOther facts
About Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire's only academic health system and the state's largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes its Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 51 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, including the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the state’s only children’s hospital and clinic locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene and New London, NH, and Windsor, VT, and Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
What you'll do
- The LPN provides quality, individualized care to patients in Express Care, adhering to established standards and protocols. Responsibilities include documenting patient interactions, assisting with procedures, and maintaining a safe and clean care environment.
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