Job Description
Job – LPN (LTC)
location – 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage CA
Shift – Monday through Friday, open 8-4 but daily hours vary based on patient scheduling and prep/closing duties Will be required to float to other clinics
Contract – 13 weeks
Duties
- Performs basic nursing skills; ensures accurate documentation of patient care activity, responds timely to patient requests, maintains a quality standard of care and anticipates daily workload.
- Demonstrates compliance with Code of Conduct and compliance policies and takes action to resolve compliance questions or concerns and report suspected violations.
- Performs within the scope of practice for the professional license held.
- Assists Registered Nurses (RN) and physicians by ensuring that appropriate data collection and preparation, examination and diagnostic testing occur without error and without delay.
- Ensures accurate documentation of all patient care activities; communicates data on patient assessment to RN, if applicable.
Completes patient assignment within assigned shift as directed by RN; evaluates effectiveness of nursing interventions and patients progress toward expected outcomes every shift, if applicable. - Maintains lab and other diagnostic test results and reports to RN in a timely manner, if applicable.
- Orders and communicates supply needs to supervisor to ensure work areas are appropriately and maintained.
- Answers telephone in a polite efficient manner; takes clear and accurate messages, transfers calls.
- Provides timely and appropriate discharge instructions to patients.
- Contributes to cost effectiveness by using judgment when opening and using supplies.
- Maximizes free time between patients and other duties to assist with cleaning and organizing workstation, cleaning rooms, and filing; assists other nurses with care, if applicable.
- Performs patient callbacks with information about test results or for quality customer service.
- Coordinates breaks and lunch periods with team members so as not to compromise patient flow.
- Maintains and practices professional boundaries with all patient interactions.
- Performs other duties as assigned