About the Role
Austin Regional Clinic is a growing professional medical group with over 35 locations in Central Texas, recognized as a top employer for over 15 years. We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our team and contribute to providing quality patient care.
Responsibilities
- Accurately and completely report and document patient status, care rendered, response to care, provider orders, and contacts with patients or healthcare providers.
- Refill medications following clinic protocols.
- Accurately and completely room patients, take and document vital signs, and prepare patients for provider examinations.
- Follow clinic protocols and directions from the nursing team leader or supervisor.
- Perform diagnostic testing including EKGs, audiograms, tympanograms, spirometry, and visual screenings with appropriate reporting and documentation.
- Monitor inventory of medical and office supplies and equipment, ensuring proper stocking and that supplies are current and not expired. Order supplies as needed.
- Review Provider refill in basket and assist with daily medication refill requests using clinic refill protocols.
- Review EPIC triage call in basket for any callbacks.
- Clean patient rooms as needed, including proper handling of dirty laundry.
- Ensure the laundry cart is stocked with fresh linens daily.
- Assist providers with sigmoidoscopy exams and cardiac stress testing by setting up equipment, assisting with patient preparation, and cleaning and storing equipment after the exam.
- Maintain equipment, including autoclaving, sterilizing, washing speculums, and checking expiration dates.
- Adhere to all company policies, including OSHA, HIPAA, compliance, and Code of Conduct.
- Maintain regular and dependable attendance.
- Follow core competencies set forth by the Company.
- Work holiday shifts as required by Company policy.
- Administer medications and injections (LVN).
- Provide direct nursing care to patients and distribute medications and treatments under physician order (LVN).
- Teach and counsel patients and families concerning health assessment and care, including disease prevention and health maintenance (LVN).
- Provide vaccine management, including ordering, monitoring usage/wastage, facilitating maintenance, participating in educational opportunities, and completing reportable documentation (LVN).
- Facilitate the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the immunization program (LVN).
- Call patients and inform them of lab results (LVN).
- Perform patient follow-up activities including laboratory results and diagnostics, appointments, referrals, medications, and call backs (LVN).
- Participate in the orientation of new employees (LVN).
- Provide patients with educational materials as directed (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Administer medication under physician’s direction and within the scope of practice (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Call/inform patients of normal lab results (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Review provider instructions regarding abnormal results (Staff Medical Assistant).
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduation from an accredited school of vocational nursing (LVN).
- Previous experience in an ambulatory or acute care setting preferred (LVN).
- Current licensure as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) in the State of Texas (LVN).
- Current AHA approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card required.
- Must maintain a current vocational nursing license and CPR certification during employment (LVN).
- Meet one of the following for Staff Medical Assistant: Medical Assistant experience, CNA/EMT/PCT experience providing direct patient care (beyond ADLs, including manual vitals and giving medications/injections), or graduate of a medical assistant program.
- Six (6) months or more experience as a Medical Assistant preferred.
- Medical Assistant certification preferred.
- Current AHA approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card or within 60 days of hire required (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Ability to administer medications & injections within scope of position within 90 days of hire (Staff Medical Assistant).
Skills
- Ability to engage others, listen and adapt response to meet others’ needs.
- Ability to align own actions with those of other team members committed to common goals.
- Excellent computer and keyboarding skills, including familiarity with Windows.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities.
- Ability to perform job duties in a professional manner at all times.
- Ability to understand, recall, and communicate, factual information.
- Ability to understand, recall, and apply oral and/or written instructions or other information.
- Ability to organize thoughts and ideas into understandable terminology.
- Ability to apply common sense in performing job.
- Knowledge of all activities associated with the delivery of quality nursing practices and duties assigned to this role.
- Skill in nursing practices within the scope of responsibilities assigned to this role.
- Skill in organization and efficiency.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent interpersonal & problem solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple nursing activities simultaneously with frequent interruptions in a fast –paced environment.
- Ability to have excellent attention to detail.
- Knowledge of medical terminology (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Excellent organizational skills (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Excellent phone listening skills (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities (Staff Medical Assistant).
- Ability to work in a team environment (Staff Medical Assistant).
Location
- Central Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Associate
- Mid-Level
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Graduation from an accredited school of vocational nursing
- Medical Assistant program graduate
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO
- 401(k)
- EAP
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Child Care Assistance
- Health & Fitness
- Sick Child Care Assistance
- Development
About the Company
- Austin Regional Clinic has been voted a top Central Texas employer by our employees for over 15 years!
- We are one of central Texas’ largest professional medical groups with 35+ locations and we are continuing to grow.
