• Rooming patients (calling them from the waiting room and bringing them to the examination room)
• Taking patient histories
• Taking blood and doing other lab tests
• Taking EKGs
• Taking vital signs
• Organizing and setting up charts
• Charting
• Changing dressings and performing ordered treatments
• Counseling
• Patient teaching
• Triage (decide which walk-in patients need to be seen urgently)
• Telephone triage (handling calls from patients who aren’t sure if they should come in)
• Phone calls to pharmacists for medication refills
• Phone calls with other health care professionals, such as physiotherapists-Arranging consults and outside tests, such as x-rays

 Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing and carry a current license as a licensed practical nurse in the state of employment. Have at least six months experience in medical nursing practice. Experience in outpatient clinic services is preferred.

Job

 Nursing

Primary Location

PA-Scranton

Organization

 Physicians Health Alliance

Employee Status

 Full-time