Join Our Urology Clinic Team as an LPN!

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) looking to make a meaningful impact in patient care? We invite you to join our team at OHSU's Urology Clinic, where you’ll be an essential part of delivering top-quality care in a dynamic clinical environment.

 

Two Positions Available

• South Waterfront @ OHSU Center for Health & Healing 1 (CHH1)
• East Portland @ OHSU Adventist (10000 SE Main Street, Portland)

As an LPN, you’ll work closely with our physicians to provide both direct and indirect patient care. You’ll be responsible for interviewing patients, obtaining vital signs, preparing them for exams, and assisting with procedures. Beyond hands-on care, you’ll also help maintain smooth clinic operations by ensuring accurate charting, preparing records, and triaging phone calls to assess urgent and non-urgent situations.

 

You’ll play a key role in facilitating patient flow through the clinic and ensuring each patient’s medical records are complete and accurate. Plus, you’ll work alongside providers to coordinate essential resources like tests, orders, radiology, and results, ensuring top-tier care at every step of the process.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an LPN who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and is passionate about making a difference in patient care.

 

As an LPN at OHSU, you'll work under the guidance of a Licensed Independent Practitioner, following hospital policies and procedures to provide essential care as part of the patient care team. Your role will include rooming patients, taking and recording vital signs, assisting with basic treatments and procedures, and ensuring accurate patient information is documented. You’ll also help maintain a clean and organized clinic environment by cleaning and stocking rooms.

 

Additionally, you’ll have opportunities for continuous professional growth through competency assessments and participation in quality assurance and improvement initiatives. This position offers a chance to contribute to high standards of care while fulfilling the responsibilities outlined in the Compliance Roles and Responsibilities for OHSU staff.

 

This position is committed to maintaining patient confidentiality and privacy at all times. You’ll promote positive health habits through your professional appearance and attitude, while adhering to OHSU’s Code of Conduct and Policies and Procedures, as well as the standards set by the Department of Urology. We value ethical behavior, professionalism, compliance, and personal integrity, and expect all team members to model these principles in every aspect of their work.

 

Pay Range: $26.60 - $35.98 per hour

 

At OHSU, you'll join a dedicated team focused on providing exceptional patient care in a collaborative, professional setting.

Clinical Care

• Prepares and rooms the patient for exam by obtaining vital signs and documenting/updating pertinent health information (i.e. chief complaint, allergies, and medications, and Review of Systems and the Past, Family and/or Social History).
• Obtain labs and semen testing from IVF Centers as needed.  Coordinates genetic testing for patients. Arranges follow-up and imaging and coordination of care for each patient.
• Assists the physician/provider with procedures. Assists providers with ordering any additional diagnostic studies at facilities both inside and outside of OHSU. Obtains outside results and routes to ordering provider to medically review for direction on next step of care.  
• Provides basic patient education on the performance of tasks, skills, treatment and self-care. Follows through with necessary procedure or test requests, prescription refills, new appointment times and referrals to other facilities or services. Refers questions to registered nurses and providers per scope of practice guidelines and relays information back to patient as directed.
• Communicates with physicians and other members of the health care team. Documents and communicates accurate and timely information regarding patient conditions.
• Organizes and prepares exam rooms, lab and work areas including: cleaning, stocking, ordering supplies, and maintaining equipment. Performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique.
• Completes routine maintenance and quality monitoring of clinic equipment using appropriate technique when cleaning, sterilizing and caring for instruments and other equipment. 

Program Support

• Telecommunications: Respond to program specific telephone calls; accurately documents and relays any messages; processes any requests for medication refills as directed by provider; directs calls of complaint, requests for information, urgent health care concerns and general inquiries to appropriate source.
• My Chart: Assist with responding to patients inquiries by acting as a liaison between the provider and the patient.
• Referrals: Act as a community liaison with regional fertility clinics to strengthen relationships with these referral sources and patients and provide exceptional service and timely responses. 
• Other administrative: Secures pertinent outside medical records and any existing pertinent imaging prior to patient appointment and documents in EPIC what was requested. Completes return to work letters. Prepares FMLA and Disability forms for the providers. Assists in the development and revision of teaching handouts for patients, families and staff.

Professional Development

• Maintains personal records of continuing education and maintains records of mandatory annual in-services.
• Attends lectures, workshops and meeting related to clinical areas.
• Participates in in-services and education programs
• Attends staff meetings.
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Additional responsibilities may include

• Providing specific customer services which include screening for financial eligibility, confirming health insurance coverage and obligations, obtaining necessary authorizations for care, and scheduling appointments
• Facilitating communication between providers and the patient such as prescription refills, return to work and FMLA forms completion, patient education, patient longitudinal follow up and tracking, among other tasks
• Provide education regarding disease, medications, procedures or other aspects of patient care based on protocols and pre-pared educational materials.

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with an active Oregon license.
• Current BLS certification.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

• Previous experience with electronic medical records, including EPIC.

• Previous work experience in a high volume surgical outpatient clinic, including previous work experience with multi-line phones.

• Knowledge and experience assisting in clinic based procedures.

• Basic math skills;

• Working knowledge and understanding of medical terminology;

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.

• Strong patient oriented customer service, including working with a diverse patient population.

• Demonstrated problem solving and negotiation skills in resolving patient concerns.

• Detail oriented;

• Ability to prioritize and multi-task;

• Excellent written and verbal communication;

• Professional appearance;

• Strong computer skills, knowledge and experience.

• Verifiable experience working in surgery clinic. 

• Familiar with JCAHO and OSHA standards.

• Must have a positive attitude and be a team player.

• Ability to perform the job duties with or without accommodation

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.