Licensed Vocational Nurse, Women’s Health (Remote) in Escondido, CA

Licensed Vocational Nurse, Women's Health (Remote) - Neighborhood Healthcare - Escondido, CA - work from home job

Company: Neighborhood Healthcare

Job description: Description :

Community health is about more than just vaccines and checkups. It’s about giving people the resources they need to live their best lives. At Neighborhood, this is our vision. A community where everyone is healthy and happy. We’re with you every step of the way, with the care you need for each of life’s chapters. At Neighborhood, we are Better Together.

As a private, non-profit 501(C) (3) community health organization, we serve over 350k medical, dental, and behavioral health visits from more than 77k people annually. We do this in pursuit of our mission to improve the health and happiness of the communities we serve by providing quality care to all, regardless of situation or circumstance.

We have been doing this since 1969 and it is our employees that make this mission a reality. Regardless of the role, our team focuses on being compassionate, having integrity, being professional, always collaborating, and consistently going above and beyond. If that sounds like an organization you want to be a part of, we would love to have you.

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) will assist Neighborhood Healthcare clinicians to support patients seeking women’s health services. This role will verify and document quality of care related to women’s health services and manage cancer screenings, follow up, and treatment.

Roles & Responsibilities

Health Navigator:
• Manages a case load of patients for preventative women’s health screenings, including following-up and tracking of abnormal screening results
• Conducts outreach to patients due for screenings via phone, mail, or web-portal
• Schedules patients for follow-up appointments in accordance with preventative and maintenance care schedules
• Utilizes internal pap/breast tool to track abnormal and unsatisfactory results
• Conducts chart reviews to ensure appropriate American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines are consistent with recommended patient management plans, including communicating the management plan and results to patients
• Monitors referrals tracking of abnormal pathology and referrals, such as colposcopies and endometrial biopsies
• Tracks and follows up on women’s health specialties referrals, such as breast surgeon, oncology, and gynecology
• Serves as case manager to support patients, streamline patient inquiries, and educate patients on recommendations to ensure appropriate and timely follow ups
• Complies with Family PACT and Every Woman Counts (EWC) program guidelines for patient notifications and tracking to complete and document entire patient cycles
• Supports mammogram mobile events, including scheduling, authorizations, result tracking, and documentation
• Notifies patients of needed follow ups, referrals, treatments, and other services
• Orders screenings, diagnostics imaging, labs, and tests for patients by following clinical guidelines

Recordkeeping:
• Completes population health management tasks, such as appointment scheduling, recalls, actions, web-portal call backs, and addressing telephone encounters.
• Creates and maintains trackers of patients that have been contacted and completed office visits
• Completes eClinicalWorks notes for all care coordination and services provided
• Prioritizes activities according to need and required follow-ups, such as outreach calls, chart reviews, ROR requests for health plan patients
• Creates reports to track progress of assigned tasks by keeping a log of discussion topics for care team and supervisor meetings

Requirements

Education/Experience: High school diploma/GED required. Valid CA Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license required. One-year LVN experience required; experience in ambulatory clinic and/or community health setting preferred.

Additional Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
• Bilingual (English/Arabic) or (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including superior composition, typing and proofreading skills
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• Knowledgeable about and experience with basic nursing procedures, nursing skills
• Ability to work in a faced paced busy clinic environment
• Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent planning and organizational ability
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently
• Ability to work with highly confidential information in a professional and ethical manner

Neighborhood Healthcare requires employees to be fully vaccinated (including a booster dose) against COVID-1 and demonstrate proof of vaccination/booster upon hire or receive approval for an exemption based on a medical reason, disability, or religious belief. Proof of booster dose will be contingent upon booster eligibility.

Pay range: $30.00 - $36.00 per hour, depending on experience. This role is also eligible for a $2,500 signing bonus.
Licensed Vocational Nurse, Women's Health (Remote) - Neighborhood Healthcare - Escondido, CA - work from home job

Expected salary: $30 - 36 per hour

Location: Escondido, CA
Licensed Vocational Nurse, Women's Health (Remote) - Neighborhood Healthcare - Escondido, CA - work from home job

Job date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 22:54:02 GMT

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