LPN, Family Medicine

Site: Mass General Brigham Medical Group Western Massachusetts, Inc.

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham’s unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.

Our practice is housed in Cooley Dickinson's multispecialty medical facility located at 15 Atwood Drive, Suite 201 in Northampton, MA. As a Family Medicine office, Oxbow offers comprehensive primary care services to patients of all ages, from infants to adults. With providers who have pursued specialties in addition to board certifications in Family Medicine, the practice has additional expertise in prenatal care, obstetrics and birth, pediatrics, and LGBTQ care.

We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour LPN to support the practice onsite, Monday through Friday 8:45am-5:15pm working alongside our team of 2 RN's and 4 Medical Assistants.

 

Job Summary

Summary
Under the supervision of a Nurse Manager, licensed clinical leader, or non-clinical practice manager – and in collaboration with other team members – provides direct and indirect patient care in accordance with the scope of practice.

Does this position require Patient Care? Yes

Essential Functions-Interviews patients about current problems, medications, and allergies, and reviews medical records for pertinent previous and current information.
-Measure and record patients' vital signs. Based on the chief complaint, the physician may also perform additional screening exams as needed, such as hearing, vision, depression, and falls assessments.
-Measure and record patients' vital signs, including height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
-Provide basic patient care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, treating bedsores, administering enemas or douches, applying alcohol rubs, massaging, performing catheterizations, administering routine immunizations, and/or providing nebulizer treatments and visual acuity tests.
-Participates in patient treatment regimen, including administering medications (under the supervision of a physician and registered nurse).
-Communicates post-visit findings and participates in the plan of care, in coordination with the appropriate clinical staff
-Performs a variety of office responsibilities: answers phones and takes messages, and performs triage within the scope of licensed practical nursing practice in an accurate and timely manner.
-Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
-Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
-Assist patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, transferring in bed, and standing and walking.

 

Qualifications

Education
Trade/Technical/Vocational Diploma Licensed Practical Nurse required

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
No

Licenses and Credentials
Licensed Practical Nurse [LPN - State License]- HR Only required Basic Life Support [BLS Certification] - Various Issuers preferred

Experience
Medical experience 0-1 year preferred

 

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

 

Remote Type

Onsite

 

Work Location

15 Atwood Drive

 

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

 

Employee Type

Regular

 

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

 

Pay Range

$21.73 - $31.02/Hourly

 

Grade

5

 

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