Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Licensed Practical Nurse - Pediatrics

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNew London, NH, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Certification or registration, or successful completion of clinical and/or pharmacology coursework, is required for medical assistants, certified medical assistants, and registered medical assistants.
Graduation from an accredited school is required.
Zero to one year of clinical experience is required.
A licensed practical nurse license with New Hampshire eligibility is required.
CPR certification is required.

Responsibilities

Use accepted care processes when interacting with patients, including documenting symptoms and vital signs, documenting responses to interventions, and reporting progress to providers.
Collect assessment data and report it to a provider or registered nurse according to practice protocol.
Provide age-appropriate care to the populations served.
Follow practice standards and procedures when administering medications and performing patient-care activities, according to practice protocol.
Document care using practice-group standards, including filing laboratory results and reporting abnormal results to a physician or practitioner.
Educate patients and families based on assessed learning needs.
Assist physicians or practitioners with procedures as requested and perform simple laboratory tests in the office.
Maintain a safe, clean patient-care environment and manage supply inventory and the sterility and cleanliness of equipment.
Document patient care and progress.
Complete charging documentation according to practice protocol.
Share responsibility for the prescription line, including calling in refills according to hospital protocol.
Medical assistants may administer vitamin B12 injections, place purified protein derivative tests, and administer immunizations as directed by a provider.
Registered nurses and licensed practical nurses administer medications and injections, with the stated exception for medical assistants.

Desired Qualifications

Office practice experience is preferred.

Overview

Supports the Physician Practice by providing quality, individualized care according to established standards.

Responsibilities

General Clinical Practice

Utilizes accepted processes of care in interactions with all patients, to include: documenting symptoms and vital signs, and responses to interventions, reporting progress to providers.
Collects assessment data and reports to provider or RN, per practice protocol.
Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the populations served.
Adheres to the practice standards and procedures of the Practice in the administration of medications and patient care activities, per practice protocol.
Documents care provided using Practice Group standards to include: filing lab results and reporting untoward results to Physician/Practitioner
Provides education to patient and families based on assessment of learning needs
Assists Physician/Practitioner with procedures as requested and performs simple lab tests in the office
Creates and maintains the patient care environment to include: meeting all safety standards, maintaining cleanliness and inventory of supplies and sterility/cleanliness of equipment.
Documents care and progress
Completes appropriate charging documentation, per practice protocol.
Shares responsibility for prescription line, to include calling in refills, per hospital protocol
Medical Assistants (MAs) may administer B12 injections, plant PPD tests and administer immunizations as directed by provider.

Triage and Nurse visits RNs ONLY

Triages phone call from patients to include: assessment of symptoms, analyzing urgency of needs, advising simple treatments or referring them for immediate care in the Emergency Room or Physician’s office
Conducts Nurse-Only visits as requested by physician.
Only RNs/LPNs will administer medications and injections (see above exception for MAs).

Qualifications

MAs / CMAs/RMAs - Certification/registration or successful completion of Clinical and/or Pharmacology coursework is required.
Graduate of an accredited school is required.
0-1 year clinical experience
Office Practice experience preferred

Required Licensure/Certifications

REQUIRED LICENSE(S): • Licensed LPN with NH eligibility REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS: • CPR Certification

About the Company

Dartmouth Health

Academic health system and medical education

Dartmouth Health runs New Hampshire’s largest private employer and a regional academic health system serving northern New England, with DHMC and a wide network of hospitals and clinics. It provides care through more than 2,000 providers across nearly every specialty, including the Dartmouth Cancer Center and Dartmouth Health Children’s. It blends clinical care with education and research by training about 400 residents and fellows each year with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, and by conducting clinical trials with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center. Its goal is to deliver exceptional, personal care while advancing medicine and meeting the health needs of the communities it serves.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Lebanon, NH
Founded: Not listed

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