Licensed Practical Clinic- Beloit Clinic Internal Medicine

Beloit Health System is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team at Beloit Clinic Internal Medicine team located in Beloit, WI.

• Shift: 1st
• Schedule: 8a-5p
• Hours per week: 32 hours per week
• Benefits Status: Benefits Eligible
• Department: Beloit Clinic Internal Medicine

This Licensed Practical Nurse in the Internal Medicine Clinic provides professional nursing services to patients in a clinic setting. The LPN will perform patient assessments through telephone triage and/or rooming patients. The Licensed Practical Nurse in the Internal Medicine Clinic will complete a variety of tasks including rooming patients, monitoring patient flow, triaging phone messages, obtaining patient histories and vital signs, administering medications, assisting with diagnostic procedures and/or treatments, maintaining the patient's medical record, stocking rooms and assisting with medical emergencies. The Licensed Practical Nurse in the Internal Medicine Clinic will:

• Assists provider with procedures and provides necessary nursing care and procedures as necessary
• Ensure consent is signed and dated for procedures and performs "Time out" with Physician/LIP when appropriate
• Assist Physician with examinations and/or procedures
• Administer medications ordered by Physician and update medical record after administering medication
• Maintain and update accurate electronic medical records (EMR)
• Perform telephone triage calls and provides follow up calls to patients
• Demonstrates the ability to navigate and perform functions accurately and efficiently with computer software applications
• Receives and handles telephone calls to department and consistently uses good judgment and professional communication in accommodating patients' needs
• Ensures appropriate and adequate supplies are on hand
• Appropriately assesses basic physical psychological and social needs of patients and their families
• Provides patient and family education appropriately
• Strictly adheres to infection control procedures including body substance isolation and bloodborne pathogen precautions
• Ensures patient safety while handling, transporting, and providing medications to patients
• Protect patients from various hazards, falls, diseases exposures, etc.
• Participates in quality assurance activities initiates and maintains accurate electronic and/or paper medical records
• May draw blood and perform simple laboratory procedures and EKGs
• Assists with completing patient paperwork including FMLA, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, etc.

Job Requirements:

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Current state of Wisconsin LPN licensure.
• Must be CPR certified within 3 months of hire.
• Ability to interpret, adapt, and apply proper procedures to Beloit Health System policies.
• Employee possesses the training, knowledge, and skills necessary to perform the following activities (evaluation, treatment, and patient care) for patients in one or more of the following age groups: neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
• Successful completion of pre-placement physical examination.
• Involves physical effort that includes full range of body motion which includes standing, walking for extensive periods of time. Also assists with lifting patients up to 25 pounds weight, pushing transport carts ranging in weight of 50-200 pounds.
• Required to have manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires seeing and hearing at a level sufficient to perform job duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Requires working in sometimes stressful conditions or irregular hours.
• Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or bodily fluids.

Reporting Relationship: Team Lead RN/MA, Clinical Manager and/or Department Director

BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE

The mission of Beloit Health System requires the employee to perform in a manner which ensures delivery of the highest quality of medical services at an economic value and at the highest level of patient satisfaction. Respect and consideration given to the dignity of each patient, visitor, and fellow employee is a requisite of successful job performance.

The above statements are intended to describe the essential functions and related requirements of persons assigned to this job. They are not intended as an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements.