Practice Nurse Hopkinton Family Tree - Full-time

Summary

Reporting to the Practice Manager, and/or Clinical Manager/Leader, and practicing under the supervision of a RN, ARNP, licensed Physician or Physician Assistant, the Licensed Practical Nurse delivers patient care including assessment, treatment, care planning, and medical care evaluation.

Education

Completion of a Licensed Practical Nursing program from an accredited School of Nursing.

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Licensure required: New Hampshire Board of Nursing license

Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification or Red Cross CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers and Health Care Providers

Experience

Demonstrated ability to effectively and positively interact with a multi-disciplinary staff, patients and others.

Responsibilities

• Triages patient phone calls following established guidelines and prescribed format for collecting data and identifying patient's health problems or concerns.
• Documents relevant health information, interventions, and outcomes into the patient electronic medical record.
• Provides health education and teaching to patients in response to identified patient needs and to promote, attain and maintain the optimum health level of patients.
• Administers prescribed medications according to five rights of medication administration.
• Performs both physical and psychosocial assessments based on patient presentation and complaint of problem and plans nursing accordingly.
• Completes practice and unit specific clinical skill competencies on an annual basis.
• Performs other nursing services commensurate with LPN experience, education and demonstrated competencies.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is LIGHT. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull less than 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 pounds.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to hear, and speak.
• The employee is frequently required to do repetitive motion.
• The employee is occasionally required to bend, climb, do fine motor, kneel, reach, sit, smell, squat, stand, and walk.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne contaminants, airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, electrical hazards - shock, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.