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.
Responsibilities
- Accurately and completely report and document patient status, care rendered, response to care, provider orders, and contacts with patients and healthcare providers.
- Refill medications following clinic protocols.
- Accurately room patients, document vital signs, and prepare patients for examinations.
- Follow clinic protocols and directions from the nursing team leader or supervisor.
- Perform diagnostic testing including EKGs, audiograms, tympanograms, spirometry, and visual screenings.
- Monitor inventory of medical and office supplies, ensuring proper stocking and ordering as needed.
- Review provider refill requests and assist with daily medication refill requests.
- Review EPIC triage call in basket for any callbacks.
- Clean patient rooms and manage laundry.
- Ensure laundry carts are stocked with fresh linens daily.
- Assist providers with procedures such as sigmoidoscopy exams and cardiac stress testing, including setup, patient preparation, and equipment cleaning.
- Maintain equipment, including autoclaves, sterilizers, and speculums, and check expiration dates.
- Adhere to all company policies, including OSHA, HIPAA, compliance, and Code of Conduct.
- Maintain regular and dependable attendance.
- Follow company core competencies.
- Work required holiday shifts.
- Administer medications and injections.
- Provide direct nursing care and distribute medications and treatments under physician order.
- Teach and counsel patients and families on health assessment, care, disease prevention, and health maintenance.
- Manage vaccines, including ordering, monitoring usage/wastage, maintenance, and completing required documentation.
- Facilitate the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the immunization program.
- Call patients to inform them of lab results.
- Perform patient follow-up activities, including laboratory results, diagnostics, appointments, referrals, medications, and call backs.
- Participate in the orientation of new employees.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Graduation from an accredited school of vocational nursing.
- Previous experience in an ambulatory or acute care setting preferred.
- Current licensure as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) in the State of Texas.
- Current AHA approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course completion card.
- Must maintain a current vocational nursing license and CPR certification during employment.
- Ability to engage others, listen, and adapt responses to meet others’ needs.
- Ability to align actions with 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.
- 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 assigned duties.
- Skill in nursing practices within the scope of assigned responsibilities.
- Skill in organization and efficiency.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and 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.
Skills
- Computer and keyboarding skills
- Windows familiarity
- Verbal communication skills
- Written communication skills
- Nursing practices
- Organization
- Efficiency
- Customer service
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem solving
Location
- Central Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Preferred previous experience in an ambulatory or acute care setting
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Graduation from an accredited school of vocational nursing
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.
