Licensed Practical Nurse - Rapid - Care - 3-12's

About the job

Heritage Health is hiring a licensed practical nurse (LPN) for Rapid Care in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (location listed as CdA CFHL). Working in a clinic with physicians and a supervising registered nurse, the LPN gives direct and indirect patient care, helps with follow-up, triages patient phone calls and handles charting and prescription refills.

Heritage Health provides integrated medical, dental and behavioral health services in North Idaho, taking a patient-directed, community-focused approach to care.

What you'll do

• Bring patients to an exam room when they arrive, interview them and get them ready for their appointments
• Take a full set of vital signs at every visit, including a pain score
• Assist physicians with patient exams and treatment, and give hands-on care under the direction of the supervising provider or registered nurse
• Give injections when directed by the physician and supervising registered nurse
• Triage patient phone calls, sorting emergent from non-emergent situations
• Chart, review and document patient medications, and handle clerical work such as phone prescriptions and refills sent to pharmacies
• Keep patients moving through the clinic in a timely, accurate way, and check equipment daily to make sure it works properly
• Help providers and medical assistants with emergency care in the clinic, and handle acute treatment or crisis intervention
• Work as a member of the Heritage Health PCMH Care Team within its Patient Centered Medical Home model, and keep all work OSHA and HIPAA compliant
• Complete required safety training, report or correct hazards, and take part in emergency response tasks and safety committees when asked

What you need

• Licensed practical nurse with a current, active Idaho license
• BLS certification, current or earned within one month of hire
• Medical office experience
• Able to stand, sit and move about one-third to two-thirds of the time, and to handle or feel objects with the hands more than two-thirds of the time
• Able to lift up to 10 pounds about half the time and 25 to 40 pounds less than a third of the time; lifting more than 41 pounds is rarely needed
• Able to type efficiently and to hear, see, speak and read
• Able to work overtime as needed, stay alert and meet the controlled substance policy
• Able to solve complex practical problems, juggle several priorities at once and work well under pressure to meet deadlines
• Good judgment, decision-making, organization and conflict management skills, plus good interpersonal and communication skills in person, by phone and by computer
• Able to work in a clinic that can be demanding and chaotic at times, with exposure to contagious diseases, physical injuries and patients in many emotional states

Preferred

• Three years of ambulatory care experience
• Knowledge of FQHCs

Schedule

• Three 12-hour shifts, per the job title (3-12s)