Description
Overview
The primary role of the Clinic LPN is to work directly with the patient, assist the physician with trained medically technical services and provide an outstanding experience for patients of UnityPoint Health - Grinnell. This position will work as the primary support staff in the event there is an illness or vacation within the clinic. This clinic LPN will primarily support the UnityPoint Health Grinnell Orthopedic Clinic by assisting the provider and other clinical staff with obtaining basic vital information preparing patient for examination, treatment, casing the minor surgical procedures.
Responsibilities
Key Accountability
- Greet patients upon arrival, check them in, and verify or update patient information
- Update patient information in the EMR system including health history, current medical information, medications, allergies
- Prepare injections for physician to use in clinic using the provider recipe
- Prepare patients for physician examination
- Assist staff, Physician, PA, with in office procedures such as preparation and set up
- Communicate information such as testing, procedures, etc. to the patient and family
- Organize and maintain exam rooms
- Change wound dressings
- Apply and remove casts as instructed by an authorized provider
- Assist patients onto exam tables and with other medical equipment
- Remove sutures and/or staples
- Prepare electronic health record notes for follow up patients
- Record new patient data in the EMR
- Respond to patient phone calls
- Schedule follow-up appointments related to office visits, laboratory tests and procedures to regularly follow patient's monitoring status
- Schedule referrals for patients with specialist or outpatient as requested by provider
- Complete appropriate forms or requisitions needed for referrals or laboratory testing, including prior authorizations.
- Answer questions and provide teaching to patients and family members
- Complete FMLA, Short Term Disability and Work Status Forms
- Venipunctures if within the scope of practice
- Adhere to organizational policies with attention to standards of conduct and to confidentiality as it relates to HIPAA
- Possible project work or routine cleaning
- Other duties assigned as needed
