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Description

In this role, you will provide direct patient care for a diverse patient population. You will collaborate with clinic management, administration, faculty physicians, fellows, residents, medical students, and other clinical staff-including LVNs, MAs, and ancillary personnel-to deliver comprehensive patient care.

Key Responsibilities:

+ Provide direct patient care for a diverse patient population.

+ Maintain high standards of care and ensure patient safety.

+ Recognize and respond appropriately to normal and abnormal signs and symptoms of life-threatening emergencies.

+ Coordinate and prioritize tasks in alignment with departmental protocols.

Salary Range : $36.34 - /hourlyQualifications

Required

+ Possess an active license issued by the State of CA Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners with Intravenous Therapy and blood withdrawal certification.

+ Possession of active CPR BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.

+ Knowledge of dermatologic terminology and disease conditions sufficient to communicate treatment status with patients, families, medical faculty, staff, and other health professionals.

+ Ability to keep a running inventory.

+ Knowledge of UCLA forms, patient admissions, etc.

+ Knowledge of surgical dressing applications.

+ Knowledge of lasers.

+ Skill in setting priorities that accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities.

+ Knowledge of surgical instruments.

+ Knowledge of operating and maintaining standard surgical medical equipment.

+ Skill in working independently and following through on assignments with minimal direction.

+ Skill in performing under the stress of frequent interruptions and/or distractions.

+ Skill in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature.

+ Skill in analyzing information, problem situations, practices, or procedures to define the problem or objective and formulate logical and objective conclusions.

+ Skill in organizing workflow to accomplish established objectives, delegating responsibility, and training new employees.

+ Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff.

+ Skill in working as part of a team and collaborating with other staff members.

+ Skill in fostering a stimulating, accepting learning environment.

+ Skill in speaking to persons of various backgrounds to explain policies, procedures, and treatment in the clinic.

+ Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and explain medical treatment procedures.

+ Skill in reading medical documents such as patient charts, biopsy results, and routine correspondence from health professionals.

+ Skill in reading English words, simple sentences, and numbers on documents so they can properly be compiled and filed.

+ Skill in writing concise, logical, grammatically correct analytical reports to explain patient progress and charting.

+ Skill in writing grammatically correct routine business correspondence such as brief transmittal memoranda.

+ Knowledge of medical terminology to record pre-admit diagnosis on admissions forms.

+ Ability to float between Westwood and Santa Monica Dermatology Clinics.

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