LPN - Primary Care
Cleveland Clinic
Join Cleveland Clinic Akron General's Bath Health and Wellness Center and become part of a top healthcare system in Akron. This patient-friendly facility offers a variety of primary care, emergency care and specialty services along with Lifestyles, a medically based fitness program and facility.
Primary care doctors are typically the first point of contact for patients, from diagnosing and treating problems to being an advocate for preventive care. Our team includes family medicine doctors, who treat patients of all ages, and internal medicine doctors, who primarily treat adults.
**A caregiver in this position works 8:30AM-5:00PM or 9:00AM-5:30PM.**
A caregiver who excels in this role will:
+ Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, physician, optometrist and/or podiatrist, perform patient care activities and complete required documentation for patients of all ages.
+ Collect and document objective and subjective data and observations about the patient.
+ Contribute observations and health information to the nursing assessment and report all data to the RN or authorized directing health care provider.
+ Implement the current plan of nursing care at the direction of the RN, or the medication or treatment authorized by the authorized directing health care provider.
+ Document and verbally communicate the patient's response to the nursing plan of care, or the medication or treatment including observing patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments and performing routine laboratory tests.
+ Contribute to the revision of the nursing plan of care
+ Provide education and information to patients and family members.
+ Maintain professional growth and development within nursing field.
+ Participate in the departmental orientation of new caregivers in a positive manner, share knowledge and experiences, and provide guidance when assigned.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
+ Graduate of an approved school of Practical Nursing
+ Current Ohio license as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
+ Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association (AHA)
Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:
+ One year of patient care experience
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**Physical Requirements:**
+ Requires full body motion to move and lift patients, manual finger dexterity with good hand-eye coordination, involves extensive standing walking and occasional lifting.
+ Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
+ Requires working under stressful conditions or working irregular hours.
+ Requires some exposure to communicable diseases or body fluids.
+ Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
+ Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
**Personal Protective Equipment:**
+ Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.
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