Are you a dedicated and skilled licensed LPN looking to make a meaningful impact in patient care? Join our team at the Urology Clinic, where your expertise and compassion will play a vital role in delivering exceptional care while advancing your career in a collaborative and professional environment.

Why You’ll Love This Role

• Meaningful Work: Assist physicians in providing high-quality care by conducting patient interviews, recording vital signs, and preparing patients for exams and treatments.
• Diverse Responsibilities: Balance direct patient care with administrative tasks like triaging phone calls, maintaining medical records, and coordinating resources for tests, orders, and results.
• Professional Growth: Participate in ongoing development and quality improvement initiatives while working in a supportive clinical setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Room patients, record vital signs, and assist physicians with exams and procedures.
• Facilitate communication between patients and providers, including prescription refills, form completions, and education on medications and treatments.
• Support smooth clinic operations by managing patient flow, preparing charts, and ensuring accurate records.
• Maintain a clean and organized environment, ensuring patient safety and comfort.

What We’re Looking For

• A compassionate and organized Oreglon licensed LPN committed to providing patient-centered care.
• Strong communication skills to manage triage, patient education, and coordination tasks effectively.
• A team player who upholds ethical standards and contributes to a positive clinical environment.

What We Offer

• The opportunity to make a difference in patients' lives every day.
• A collaborative and supportive team committed to excellence.
• Professional development opportunities in a respected healthcare setting.

Apply today to take the next step in your nursing career. 

Duties of the Position

 

Infection Control/Safety

• Universal precautions
• Personal protective equipment
• Sterilization procedures
• MSDS expectations

Clinical

• Observation and direct measurement
• Data collection (orthostatic vitals)
• Medication administration (oral, SC, IM, ID, rectal, vaginal, topical)
• CLIA waived testing
• Age specific competency
• Minor procedure assistance
• Wound care, suture/staple removal
• Comprehension of scope

Phlebotomy/Point of Care/Diagnostic testing

• Blood draws (venous, capillary)
• Point of care competency for CLIA waived tests
• Other diagnostic tests (i.e. ECG, PFT)

Pharmacology

• Basic drug calculations and metric conversions
• Safe preparation and administration
• Identify and define drug categories
• Legal prescription requirements based on drug schedules and classes
• Knowledge of DEA regulations
• Familiarity with PDR
• Know common drugs and their classifications/side effects

 

Practice-Specific Duties

• Coordination and Scheduling of care
• Casting/Splinting
• Scheduling patient appointments and reminder calls
• Schedules labs, diagnostics, stretchers, wheelchairs and interpreters when necessary and accommodates other special needs when necessary
• Mails information packets
• Contacts primary care physicians or their designees to obtain authorizations for care as required
• Takes accurate messages from patients regarding procedure scheduling and post-op care.  Delivers such information promptly to the appropriate providers, advice nurse, or their designees
• Prior authorization of medication/prescribed medical equipment
• Initiate clinic review
• The week following each clinic:  Track as needed lab values on clinic chart flow sheet, check EPIC Care for patient follow up appointments and arrange patient care follow up as indicated
• Track lab/diagnostic results completed outside facilities and entered into EPIC Care for RN and Provider review
• Assist physicians in clinic with "out of book" patients as needed

• Current BLS certification at hire
• Oregon LPN license at hire

• Benefits:

  • Two raises per year – One at anniversary date and one across the board annual increase
  • Healthcare Options - Covered 100% for full-time employees and 88% for dependents, and $25K of term life insurance provided at no cost to the employee
  • Two separate above market pension plans to choose from
  • Vacation- up to 200 hours per year depending on length of service
  • Sick Leave- up to 96 hours per year
  • 8 paid holidays per year
  • Substantial Tri-met and C-Tran discounts
  • Additional Programs including: Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.