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Posted: 15-Jan-23
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 227563
Duke Primary Care - Brier Creek
10208 Cerny Street
Suite 210
Raleigh,NC 27617-7884
*Check out more information about our location at this link: Brier Creek
Duke Primary Care Duke Primary Care is a broad network of community-based clinics that offer family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric, and urgent care services. With 400 providers in nearly 50 locations, Duke Primary Care is the largest primary care network in the greater Triangle. Our network saw more than 750,000 patient encounters in fiscal year 2021.
Our Duke Primary Care clinics provide personalized care for adults and children, from sick visits to preventive care, health screenings to immunizations, and annual exams to chronic disease management. Select primary care clinics also provide behavioral health, diabetes education, pharmacy, and other population health services. Duke Primary Care clinics are accredited and designated a Primary Care Medical Home by The Joint Commission.
Our Duke Urgent Care centers offer evaluation and treatment for minor illnesses and injuries 12 hours a day, seven days a week when a patient’s primary care provider is not available. Services also include certain physical exams and vaccinations. A pediatric specialist is available at select locations. Patients can walk in to one of our nine urgent care centers located throughout the greater Triangle or can schedule a virtual visit to receive care from the comfort of home.
Duke Nursing Highlights:
- Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
- Nurses from each hospital areconsistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
- Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
- Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
- Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
- Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)
LPN- Duke Primary Care
Occ Summary
Assu me responsibilities for direct nursing care of assigned patientsunder th e supervision of a registered nurse or physician in patient care area. P rovides nursing services to patients and families in accordancewith the scope of the LPN as defined by the North Carolina Board ofNursing.
Work Performed
Provide and document direct nursing care of assigned patients under thesupervision of a registered nurse or physician. Nursing care is guidedby the physician orders and the nursing plan o f care. Patient responseto care is reported to a registered nurse for ev aluation, interventionand modification of the plan of care. Assist other health care personnelin the delivery of patient care.Assist physicians and other nursing personnel in the performance ofvarious diagnostic proc edures.Evaluate nursing care with emphasis on nursing procedures and pat ientresponses; assist in the delivery of nursing care and selection ofnu rsing priorities.Assist in the development and implementation of general policies andprocedures to provide for the emotional and physical comfor t and safetyof patients; participate in the formulation of new policies. Participate in maintaining the environment of care including equipmentan d other material resources.Participate in the identification of clinical or operational performanceimprovement opportunities and assists in perf ormance improvementactivities.Assist with control of material resources and maintenance; assist inappraisal of effectiveness of material and equ ipment and report anyequipment malfunctions to charge nurse.Participate in in-service education programs and other conferenceswithin the service .Assist in the training of new employees.Perform other related duties in cidental to the work described herein.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of scope of licensed practical nurse, abilit y to delegate tonursing support staff.Considerable knowledge of the care andtreatment of patients and specialprocedures that apply to practical nursing. Able to independently seekout resources and work collaborative ly.Able to communicate clearly with patients, families, visitors,healthc are team, physicians, administrators, leadership and others.Able to teac h patients and families in accordance with the nursing planof care.Able to use sensory and cognitive functions to process and prioritizeinformat ion, treatment, and follow-up.Competent in BLS and/or other specialized life support requirementsdesignated by work area or organization.Able to use fine motor skills. Able to record activities, documentinterventions .Able to use computer and learn new software programs.Able to navigate t he entity to provide clinical care for patients.Able to withstand prolon ged standing and walking.Able to remain focused and organized.Working kn owledge of sterile techniques and special procedures that areapplicable to work performed.Working knowledge of procedures and techniques involve d in administeringroutine and special treatments to patients.Working kno wledge of sanitation, personal hygiene and basic health andsafety precau tions applicable to work in a hospital.Working knowledge of infection co ntrol procedures and safety precautionsAbility to understand and follow oral and written instructions.Working knowledge and completion of approp riate JCAHO and otherregulatory requirements.Pre-employment Physical Cap acity Testing Required
Level Characteristics
N/A
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Work requires graduation from an accredited Practical Nurse program.
Experience
No experience required.
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Current State of North Carolina LPN licensure is required.
Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
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Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
