LVN - VANDEVER MOB - FAMILY MEDICINE-REGULAR CLINIC - PART TIME
Company: Kaiser
Location: San Diego
Posted on: October 8, 2024
Job Description:
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:
- 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.Education
- Ability to give and follow verbal and written
instructions.License, Certification, Registration
- Vocational Nurse License (California)
- Basic Life SupportAdditional Requirements:Preferred
Qualifications:Notes:
- This is an 8 hour position with variable hours 6:30 AM to
-7:30 PM.
- -May be required to float to other Central locations.
-
- Weekend shifts are required
- .PrimaryLocation : California,San Diego,Vandever Medical
OfficesHoursPerWeek : 32Shift : DayWorkdays : Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed,
Thu, Fri, SatWorkingHoursStart : 08:30 AMWorkingHoursEnd : 05:30
PMJob Schedule : Part-timeJob Type : StandardEmployee Status :
RegularEmployee Group/Union Affiliation : B09-OPEIU-Local 30Job
Level : Individual ContributorJob Category : Nursing Licensed &
Nurse PractitionersDepartment : Vandever MOB - Family
Medicine-Regular Clinic - 0806Travel : Yes, 20 % of the TimeKaiser
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and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for
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pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital
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