Licensed Practical Nurse (Urology)

Department Overview

Join Our Urology Clinic Team as an LPN!

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) looking to make a meaningful impact in patient care? We invite you to join our team at OHSU's Urology Clinic, where you’ll be an essential part of delivering top-quality care in a dynamic clinical environment.

 

As an LPN, you’ll work closely with our physicians to provide both direct and indirect patient care. You’ll be responsible for interviewing patients, obtaining vital signs, preparing them for exams, and assisting with procedures. Beyond hands-on care, you’ll also help maintain smooth clinic operations by ensuring accurate charting, preparing records, and triaging phone calls to assess urgent and non-urgent situations.

 

You’ll play a key role in facilitating patient flow through the clinic and ensuring each patient’s medical records are complete and accurate. Plus, you’ll work alongside providers to coordinate essential resources like tests, orders, radiology, and results, ensuring top-tier care at every step of the process.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an LPN who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and is passionate about making a difference in patient care.

 

As an LPN at OHSU, you'll work under the guidance of a Licensed Independent Practitioner, following hospital policies and procedures to provide essential care as part of the patient care team. Your role will include rooming patients, taking and recording vital signs, assisting with basic treatments and procedures, and ensuring accurate patient information is documented. You’ll also help maintain a clean and organized clinic environment by cleaning and stocking rooms.

 

Additionally, you’ll have opportunities for continuous professional growth through competency assessments and participation in quality assurance and improvement initiatives. This position offers a chance to contribute to high standards of care while fulfilling the responsibilities outlined in the Compliance Roles and Responsibilities for OHSU staff.

 

This position is committed to maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy at all times. You’ll promote positive health habits through your professional appearance and attitude, while adhering to OHSU’s Code of Conduct and Policies and Procedures, as well as the standards set by the Department of Urology. We value ethical behavior, professionalism, compliance, and personal integrity, and expect all team members to model these principles in every aspect of their work.

 

Pay Range: $26.60 - $35.98 per hour

 

At OHSU, you'll join a dedicated team focused on providing exceptional patient care in a collaborative, professional setting.

Function/Duties of Position

Clinical Care

• Prepares and rooms the patient for exam by obtaining vital signs and documenting/updating pertinent health information (i.e. chief complaint, allergies, and medications, and Review of Systems and the Past, Family and/or Social History).
• Obtain labs and semen testing from IVF Centers as needed.  Coordinates genetic testing for patients. Arranges follow-up and imaging and coordination of care for each patient.
• Assists the physician/provider with procedures. Assists providers with ordering any additional diagnostic studies at facilities both inside and outside of OHSU. Obtains outside results and routes to ordering provider to medically review for direction on next step of care.  
• Provides basic patient education on the performance of tasks, skills, treatment and self-care. Follows through with necessary procedure or test requests, prescription refills, new appointment times and referrals to other facilities or services. Refers questions to registered nurses and providers per scope of practice guidelines and relays information back to patient as directed.
• Communicates with physicians and other members of the health care team. Documents and communicates accurate and timely information regarding patient conditions.
• Organizes and prepares exam rooms, lab and work areas including: cleaning, stocking, ordering supplies, and maintaining equipment. Performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique.
• Completes routine maintenance and quality monitoring of clinic equipment using appropriate technique when cleaning, sterilizing and caring for instruments and other equipment. 

Program Support

• Telecommunications: Respond to program specific telephone calls; accurately documents and relays any messages; processes any requests for medication refills as directed by provider; directs calls of complaint, requests for information, urgent health care co