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Licensed Practical Nurse | Primary Care | Cable Clinic | Full Time

Tamarack Health · Hayward, California, US

Responsibilities/Duties: - Record’s patient’s history, obtains patient vital signs, height and weight. Communicates pertinent assessment information to the m...

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Responsibilities/Duties: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job. This job description is subject to change at any time with or without notice. Education/Experience: - Record’s patient’s history, obtains patient vital signs, height and weight. Communicates pertinent assessment information to the multidisciplinary team. - Greets and rooms patients, prepares patients for examinations including explanations and expected duration. Assists providers during exams or procedures including instrument arrangement and appropriate disposal or preparation of instruments for sterilization. Collects and prepares laboratory specimens; assures delivery to laboratory personnel for timely diagnostic testing. Administers medications including oral, sub Q, IM, otic, ophthalmic, buccal or rectal. Completes EKGs and phlebotomy as needed, maintains treatment rooms. - Evaluates the understanding of patient/family explanations. Communicates understanding deficits to the RN or provider as needed. - Documents patient assessment findings, patient interventions including medications administered, patient responses and communication of information to patients,...