Specialty Clinic LPN - Part Time - (Job Number: 0900012681)

Description Job Summary: Assists physicians, patients and visitors in the Outpatient Specialty Clinic area.  Answers the phone, schedules patients, works with physicians, takes vital signs, assembles patient charts, creates patient lists, faxes correspondence and performs general office work.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Essential Duties:                                                                                          

• Schedules clinic visits for patients referred by the attending physician.
• Answers telephone and gives information to callers.
• Compiles new charts, maintains current charts and files in the appropriate place the discharge records of outpatients who are seen in the clinic.
• Prepares and maintains a list of patients who will be seen in the outpatient clinic and routes to appropriate departments.
• Obtains needed medical records from inhouse or other facilities when needed for outpatient clinic services.
• Secures and maintains the physical facilities, equipment and supplies which are required to carry out effective patient care and create an optimum physical environment.
• Communicates appropriately and clearly to physicians, staff and administration.
• Interacts professionally with patient/family.  Consults other departments, as appropriate to collaborate in patient care and performance improvement activities.
• Promotes effective intradepartmental and interdepartmental relationships.
• Assists with staff education.
• Promotes and advances hospital-community relationships and participates in community affairs.
• Provides care appropriate to condition and age of the patient.
• Actively participates in quality improvement activities.
• Completes other duties as assigned.
• Verifies and edits personal information such as address, emergency contacts, direct deposit, and W4 information online via HR Payroll Connection.

Requirements Education:

• High school graduate.
• LPN with current Nebraska license preferred.
• Previous medical background preferred.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer skills

Additional Responsibilities:  

• Demonstrates a commitment to service, organization values and professionalism through appropriate conduct and demeanor at all times
• Adheres to and exhibits our core values:
  Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
  Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
  Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
  Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
• Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive data at all times
• Adheres to organizational and department specific safety standards and guidelines
• Works collaboratively and supports efforts of team members
• Demonstrates exceptional customer service and interacts effectively with physicians, patients, residents, visitors, staff and the broader health care community

Catholic Health Initiatives and its organizations are Equal Opportunity Employers.

Shift:  days

Status:  Part Time