Essential Duties and Responsiblities

• Interviews patient about current problems, medications, and allergies and reviews medical record for pertinent previous and current information.
• Participates in patient treatment regimen, including administering medications (under the supervision of a physician and registered nurse).
• Establishes and documents patient treatment regimen under supervision of RN or MD and implements treatment.
• Performs routine immunizations, nebulizer treatments, and visual acuity testing, and administers and reads TB tests.
• Assists in phlebotomy: identifies patient, checks requisition form for requested tests, and prepares equipment, patient and puncture site.
• Assists in IV set-up: verifying solution to be administered, evaluating infusion site,
• Checking IV function and patient comfort, and discontinuing IV at appropriate time, as ordered by MD.
• Maintains adequate inventory of examination room supplies and prepares exam rooms at the beginning and end of day and between each patient contact.
• Performs variety of office responsibilities: answers phones and takes messages and performs triage within scope of licensed practical nursing practice in an accurate and timely manner.
• Facilitates and assists in the coordination of patient referrals.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new personnel.

Education & Experience

• LPN required
• Bilingual required
• First Aid and CPR certification required
• 1 year of related experience.
• Spanish English bilingual capabilities required.