Licensed Vocational Nurse

4 weeks ago

Grand Junction, Colorado, United States Kaiser Permanente Full time
Job Summary

As a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) at Kaiser Permanente, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality patient care in our Family Medicine clinic. Under the supervision of a registered nurse or provider, you will perform routine patient care tasks, excluding the administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures, and standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.
  • Clean or irrigate wounds after provider assessment and instructions, shave and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.
  • Reinforce standardized self-care procedures as directed by licensed provider.
  • Recognize and respond to acute emergency situations following established procedures.
  • Orient patients to system policies and practices.
  • Provide appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction.
  • Review instruction sheets with patients.
  • Administer medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider.
  • Observe and document patients' response to medications and therapy.
  • May perform tuberculin, coccidioidin, and histoplasmin skin tests, provides they are part of a tuberculosis control program.
  • May perform immunizations, provided they are based upon written protocols.
  • Complete necessary arrangements or organize 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.
  • Provide 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.
  • Assure 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.
  • Follow Universal Precautions. Report incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.
  • Maintain departmental files, performing duties such as pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.
  • Initiate and/or complete diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephone prescriptions to pharmacies, relay medical information from physician to patient, and relay information from patient to physician.
  • Chart 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.
  • Collect, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserve specimens for testing, including urine, and sputum, and stool.
  • Participate in Department Quality Assurance activities.
  • Perform other duties, as required, such as checking patients' medical records for incomplete data and relaying messages to staff personnel.
Requirements
  • 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.
  • Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.
  • Vocational Nurse License (California).
  • Basic Life Support.

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