LPN Urgent Care 30 Hrs Per Week Beaverton

Job Summary

Participates with the Health Care Team in delivering quality and customer-focused care to patients in a manner that reflects Kaiser Permanente's organizational and nursing mission, vision, and values. Provides nursing and administrative support to clinicians and other health care team members to offer a variety of health care services to patients. Clinical duties involve both direct (in person) and indirect (via phone or online) patient care activities requiring both simple to complex nursing knowledge and skills. As appropriate to the LPN's scope of practice, the LPN is expected to have competent focused/limited nursing assessment and triage skills on routine or self-limiting health conditions, critical thinking, communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills in order to meet patient needs and contribute to a positive care experience and work environment. Performs clinical tasks and procedures under the direction of a clinician, within the scope of the LPN's professional training and individual competency. Works under the clinical supervision of the clinician or registered nurse and under the general direction of the designated supervisor.

Job Description

• Prepares and organizes patients' office visits for known reasons/procedures by ensuring that all appropriate tests, clinical information (e.g., diagnostic test results, consultation reports, outside reports, etc.) and order entries are ready for clinician review prior to appointment time.
• Performs focused/limited nursing assessment and triage on routine or self-limiting medical conditions as directed by RN/clinician.
• Recognizes when to defer to and/or assist with comprehensive assessment for complex medical conditions by RN/clinician.
• Utilizes standardized tools (e.g., PST, health maintenance alerts) to identify and address health maintenance/care gaps with patients and alerts clinician on those that require attention.
• Recognizes signs and symptoms of common and routine medical conditions/illnesses, abnormal versus new/existing, and implements planned nursing and medical interventions as delegated by RN/clinician.
• Contributes to the development, implementation, or modification of the individualized patient's plan of care under the direction of the RN/clinician.
• Prepares patients for actual visits/procedures prior to clinicians' exams during the rooming-in process.
• Assures exam/procedure rooms contain appropriate supplies, equipment, forms, and educational materials that are available and ready for use during visits/procedures.
• Checks equipment to ensure it is in safe working order and cleans rooms after use.
• Provides health teaching/education or advice on routine or self-limiting medical conditions, procedures, tests, surgeries, self-injections, etc.
• Utilizes standardized tools to determine patients' level of engagement in self-care as directed by RN.
• Uses KP HealthConnect and other information systems to document all pertinent data and outcomes of nursing care according to standardized procedures and policies such as SBAR, SOAP, or APIE.
• Updates demographic/historical clinical data gathered in electronic medical records.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Practical Nurse License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Compact License: Practical Nurse within 6 months of hire.
• Practical Nurse License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire.
• Basic Life Support certification.

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated clinical nursing skills.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills (Assessment required for external candidates).
• Demonstrated communication (written and oral) skills.
• Demonstrated literacy in using computers and keyboarding.
• Skills in problem-solving, setting priorities, and using good judgment for decisions.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2+) years of nursing experience in assigned department's clinical area (e.g., Pediatrics, FP/IM, OB/Gyn, Surgery, Allergy, Dermatology, Urology, etc.) within an ambulatory care setting.
• IV therapy experience or recent certification.
• Familiarity in documenting in an electronic medical record system.
• Current working knowledge and clinical skills in providing routine care, education, and advice in assigned department's clinical area OR successful completion of appropriate competencies for assigned primary/specialty care department.