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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | JOB SUMMARY |
| 2 | JOB SUMMARY Under the supervision of the Administrative Nurse Manager, the Sr. Licensed Vocational N | ||||
| > | urse utilizes the nursing process to assess and identify the individual needs of patients through ob | ||||
| > | servation of disease symptoms, emotional state, laboratory reports, cultural and socio economic back | ||||
| > | ground and response to medical regimen and treatment. Additionally, they are required to learn and a | ||||
| > | pply the Patient-Centered Medical Home Standards and Ten Building Blocks of Primary Care. They are r | ||||
| > | esponsible for providing nursing care to patients in the ambulatory setting. The Sr. LVN will work a | ||||
| > | s an important member of the care team, working closely with the RN and the physicians to deliver al | ||||
| > | l components of nursing care, individualized to meet the patient’s physiological and psychosocial de | ||||
| > | velopmental level and needs. The Sr. LVN will be responsible for chart abstraction. The Sr. LVN cons | ||||
| > | istently projects a professional and courteous demeanor, and shall comply with the Medical Center Ho | ||||
| > | use and Telephone Standards. In addition, they will have clinical responsibility for administration | ||||
| > | of medications/vaccines, lab result review and monitoring, treatments and procedures pertinent to pe | ||||
| > | diatric & adult primary care, such as ear irrigations, wound care and urethral catheterization, as w | ||||
| > | ell as patient education. The Sr. LVN must have flexibility to cover multiple UCSF medical center cl | ||||
| > | inic sites. This individual will utilize their good customer service and communication skills on a d | ||||
| > | aily basis via phone/electronic contact, mail correspondence, and personal contact with both interna | ||||
| > | l and external customers. They will utilize computer skills in ApeX and other UCSF computerized prog | ||||
| > | rams. This individual supports the standards of the policies and procedures of the practice, and is | ||||
| > | responsible for maintaining current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administrat | ||||
| > | ion, and complies with all Ambulatory Services and Medical Center policies and procedures for infect | ||||
| > | ion control, safety, and administrative and clinical practice. They are required to adhere to the Te | ||||
| > | lephone and House Standards as adopted by the Medical Center, as well as demonstrating UCSF’s PRIDE | ||||
| > | values and the AIDET fundamentals of communication in all patient care and stakeholder interactions. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Under the supervision of the Administrative Nurse Manager, the Sr. Licensed Vocational Nurse utiliz |
| > | es the | ||||
| 5 | Required qualifications: - Minimum 3 years of experience as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in an ambula | 4 | nursing process to assess and identify the individual needs of patients through observation of disea | ||
| > | tory setting - Knowledge and abilities essential to the successful performance of the duties assigne | > | se | ||
| > | d to the position, including demonstrated excellent communication skills, problem-solving ability, a | ||||
| > | nd high comfort level with learning new technology/systems. - Demonstrated ability to provide highly | ||||
| > | personalized patient care - Demonstrated ability to work as an integral part of a patient care team | ||||
| > | . - Demonstrated communication skills, both verbal and written. - Strong customer service orientatio | ||||
| > | n. - Ability to administer immunizations to adult patients - Basic computer/keyboarding skills. - Pr | ||||
| > | ior experience with electronic systems/records. - Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced envir | ||||
| > | onment. - Trained and licensed to perform phlebotomy Preferred Qualifications: - Spanish, Chinese, R | ||||
| > | ussian language skills a plus - Familiarity with the principles of a Patient-Centered Medical Home e | ||||
| > | nvironment - Experience working in a primary care internal medicine office. Licenses/Certifications: | ||||
| > | - Current LVN License in the State of California - Active American Heart Association BLS Certificat | ||||
| > | e | ||||
| 5 | symptoms, emotional state, laboratory reports, cultural and socio economic background and response t | ||||
| > | o | ||||
| 6 | medical regimen and treatment. Additionally, they are required to learn and apply the Patient-Center | ||||
| > | ed | ||||
| 7 | Medical Home Standards and Ten Building Blocks of Primary Care. They are responsible for providing | ||||
| 8 | nursing care to patients in the ambulatory setting. The Sr. LVN will work as an important member of | ||||
| > | the care | ||||
| 9 | team, working closely with the RN and the physicians to deliver all components of nursing care, | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | individualized to meet the patient’s physiological and psychosocial developmental level and needs. T | ||||
| > | he Sr. | ||||
| 12 | LVN will be responsible for chart abstraction. The Sr. LVN consistently projects a professional and | ||||
| > | courteous | ||||
| 13 | demeanor, and shall comply with the Medical Center House and Telephone Standards. In addition, they | ||||
| > | will | ||||
| 14 | have clinical responsibility for administration of medications/vaccines, lab result review and monit | ||||
| > | oring, | ||||
| 15 | treatments and procedures pertinent to pediatric & adult primary care, such as ear irrigations, woun | ||||
| > | d care | ||||
| 16 | and urethral catheterization, as well as patient education. The Sr. LVN must have flexibility to cov | ||||
| > | er multiple | ||||
| 17 | UCSF medical center clinic sites. | ||||
| 18 | |||||
| 19 | This individual will utilize their good customer service and communication skills on a daily basis v | ||||
| > | ia | ||||
| 20 | phone/electronic contact, mail correspondence, and personal contact with both internal and external | ||||
| 21 | customers. They will utilize computer skills in ApeX and other UCSF computerized programs. This indi | ||||
| > | vidual | ||||
| 22 | supports the standards of the policies and procedures of the practice, and is responsible for mainta | ||||
| > | ining | ||||
| 23 | current knowledge of pharmacology and competency in modes of administration, and complies with all | ||||
| 24 | Ambulatory Services and Medical Center policies and procedures for infection control, safety, and | ||||
| 25 | administrative and clinical practice. They are required to adhere to the Telephone and House Standar | ||||
| > | ds as | ||||
| 26 | adopted by the Medical Center, as well as demonstrating UCSF’s PRIDE values and the AIDET | ||||
| 27 | fundamentals of communication in all patient care and stakeholder interactions. | ||||