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Job: Licensed Practical Nurse Work Location: Lower East Side Organization: Primary Care Work Days: Sponsorship Eligibility: [[custSponsored]] Classification: [[custFTEclassification]] Posting End Date: [[cust_PostingEndDate]] Position Summary Under direction, assists physicians and nurses with patient care, electronic medical record (EMR) chart management and patient flow Job Responsibilities Assists with patient flow. Monitors patient arrival, escorts patient to exam room, monitors patient wait times, assists patient in preparing for exam and advises physician when patient is ready. Assists during examination if required or requested. Ensures the exam rooms are clean and ready for the next patient. Washes, sterilizes and sets up instruments and equipment, stock rooms, checks materials and medications for expiration and discards medical waste properly. When needed, records medical information within the patients’ electronic medical record as appropriate. Maintains inventory of supplies, equipment and/or reagents. May order supplies/equipment/reagents as authorized or ensure that needs are escalated appropriately. Receives supply orders and confirms accuracy of delivery. May assist with cost control. Answers phones, responds to inquiries and triages calls to appropriate personnel. Assists with administrative tasks which may include prior authorizations, form completion, referrals, maintaining of logs and educational materials and sending/receiving messages, mail and faxes or records, labs, x-ray reports and hospital notes. Provides in-office, patient care services. Duties may include obtaining patient histories, vital signs, venipuncture, specimen collection, administering vaccines/medications and educating patients. Education High School Diploma Experience Approximately 2 or more years of related clinical experience. New grads may be considered. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Must be articulate and possess a professional demeanor. Licenses and Certifications NYS Registered LPN License and current LPN registration BLS certification, issued by the American Heart Association. Infection Control Certificate Working Conditions/Physical Demands Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar was established in 2001 as a partnership between Cornell University and Qatar Foundation (QF). The first medical school in Qatar and a pioneer of coeducation at the university level, WCM-Q offers an integrated Six-Year Medical Program that incorporates pre-medical and medical studies and leads to the Cornell University M.D. degree. Teaching is by Cornell and Weill Cornell faculty, including physicians at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) who hold Weill Cornell appointments. Enrollment has grown rapidly from 25 first-year pre-medical students in the fall of 2002 to over 300 students from more than 30 countries today. WCM-Q is part of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, which was founded over 100 years ago, and shares the same mission: to provide the finest education possible for medical students to conduct research at the cutting edge of knowledge to improve healthcare both now and for future generations to provide the highest quality of care to the community WCM-Q’s home city is Doha, a thriving cosmopolitan metropolis with a culturally diverse population, a rapidly growing economy, and modern infrastructure. WCM-Q is a member of Qatar Foundation, a not-for-profit organization with multiple centers focused on education, research and innovation, and community development. WCM-Q is located within Education City, the flagship development of QF, which occupies more than 12 square kilometers and is home to some of the world’s leading educational institutions, including Hamad Bin Khalifa University, and overseas campuses of elite universities, such as VCUarts Qatar, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Northwestern Qatar, Georgetown University in Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, and HEC Paris in Qatar. Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Minorities/Females/Vet employer.