Licensed Practical Nurse

About the Department

Position Duties

• · Customer Service Skills: Receives all patients and visitors pleasantly and efficiently, serving as the first point of contact at the Health Center front desk. · Provides outpatient primary care services for episodic illnesses, health maintenance and wellness screenings. · Follows appropriate care/treatment plans as ordered by the provider. · Consistently develops effective care/treatment plan for assigned patients according to established protocols and procedures. · Documents patient’s medical information and maintains electronic medical records. · Schedules consultation or referral appointments with other health care providers. · Dispenses medications as ordered by the provider. · Provides information to provider regarding patient’s care plan and condition. · Regularly confers and consults with appropriate supervisor as indicated. · Educates, instructs, and counsels patients on presenting health problems, treatment plans, and home care, and encourages and promotes preventative health care and positive health behaviors as instructed by the provider. · Must be willing to cross-train in Health Center tasks as indicated. · Must be on stand-by for doctors and nurse practitioners. · Must be willing to care for patients that test positive for COVID. · Other duties assigned as needed.
• · Customer Service Skills: Receives all patients and visitors pleasantly and efficiently, serving as the first point of contact at the Health Center front desk.
• · Provides outpatient primary care services for episodic illnesses, health maintenance and wellness screenings.
• · Follows appropriate care/treatment plans as ordered by the provider.
• · Consistently develops effective care/treatment plan for assigned patients according to established protocols and procedures.
• · Documents patient’s medical information and maintains electronic medical records.
• · Schedules consultation or referral appointments with other health care providers.
• · Dispenses medications as ordered by the provider.
• · Provides information to provider regarding patient’s care plan and condition.
• · Regularly confers and consults with appropriate supervisor as indicated.
• · Educates, instructs, and counsels patients on presenting health problems, treatment plans, and home care, and encourages and promotes preventative health care and positive health behaviors as instructed by the provider.
• · Must be willing to cross-train in Health Center tasks as indicated.
• · Must be on stand-by for doctors and nurse practitioners.
• · Must be willing to care for patients that test positive for COVID.
• · Other duties assigned as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• · Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. · Strong verbal and written communication skills. · Must be compassionate and personable with an interest in college health. · Ability to communicate effectively with patients and other medical staff. · Must possess skills, self-confidence, and ability to remain calm in stressful situations. · Ability to triage mental health issues and work closely with colleagues in the Student Counseling Center. · Ability to multitask, triage health problems, and respond effectively to medical emergencies. · Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills. · Exceptional active listening skills. · Must have data entry skills. · Must be willing to receive training and learn the MediCat electronic health records software.
• · Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• · Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• · Must be compassionate and personable with an interest in college health.
• · Ability to communicate effectively with patients and other medical staff.
• · Must possess skills, self-confidence, and ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• · Ability to triage mental health issues and work closely with colleagues in the Student Counseling Center.
• · Ability to multitask, triage health problems, and respond effectively to medical emergencies.
• · Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills.
• · Exceptional active listening skills.
• · Must have data entry skills.
• · Must be willing to receive training and learn the MediCat electronic health records software.

Other Qualifications

• · Must have Practical Nursing Diploma from an accredited nursing school. · Must have a current license to practice as an LPN in the Commonwealth of Virginia. · Must have Basic Life Support (BLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certifications. · Must have 2-4 years of clinical work experience.
• · Must have Practical Nursing Diploma from an accredited nursing school.
• · Must have a current license to practice as an LPN in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• · Must have Basic Life Support (BLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certifications.
• · Must have 2-4 years of clinical work experience.