What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN position at Medical Center Barbour?
Preferred Education and Experience
- Completion of an accredited nursing program.
- Minimum two years of experience as an LPN, preferably in a medical practice setting.
- Performing routine clinical and administrative procedures appropriate to the clinic specialty while ensuring timely patient flow.
- Escorting patients to exam rooms, interviewing patients to update health history, medications and allergies, capture reason for visit and accurately documenting all information in patient’s health record.
- Administering and documenting medication under provider’s order and follows the five (5) medication rights and reduces the potential for medical error.
- Preparing and organizing exam rooms, including re-stocking medical supplies, upkeep, general cleaning and maintaining instruments/equipment using proper sterilization/maintenance protocols.
- Collecting, labeling and processing patient specimens as needed, including tracking specimens in appropriate logs.
- Maintaining medication inventory to prescribed par levels and actively working to reduce waste.
- Triaging messages from patients and front office staff to providers and providing feedback and answers to patient/provider/pharmacy calls.
- Obtaining all necessary prior authorizations a specified period before the scheduled procedure and managing appeals as necessary. Ensuring all necessary Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage forms are signed by patients prior to services being rendered.
- Ensuring practice management system and health records are accurate and complete.
- Following all Hospital/Clinic policies and procedures.
- Assisting other office staff and performing related job duties as needed.