Position Highlights:

• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do:

Under the direction of the Director of Center for Coordinated Care, performs daily activities required for the operation of the Ambulatory Clinic. Responsible for outpatient clinic duties, education, and routine clerical functions. May occasionally visit an inpatient being discharged to the outpatient ambulatory clinic as needed for education. Performs various health screenings in the clinic including, but not limited to vitals, point of care testing, bio-impedance measurement, PFT’s, phlebotomy, etc.

What You Will Need:

• Receives consultation request, checking for special instructions. Pleasantly greets patients confirming their identification and introduces self.
• Assists with and performs various medical procedures, including but not limited to the following: review medical history, spirometry, point of care testing, bio impedance testing, TB tests, vital signs, vision tests, hearing tests, dipstick urinalysis, phlebotomy, vaccinations, drug and alcohol testing, and PFT’s.
• Prepares room, equipment, and materials as needed for patients. Prepares patient and explains procedures for treatment, phlebotomy, and/or bio-impedance.
• Maintains necessary certifications for clinic skills and willing to learn new skills as needed/requested. Able to administer intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections after passing competencies.
• Reports any department equipment malfunction to appropriate personnel.
• Obtains blood from patients through venipuncture under generally accepted aseptic techniques, labels tubes correctly and delivers the specimens and requisitions to the appropriate lab.
• Maintains electrodiagnostic machines and equipment.
• Enters accurate data and test requests in computer system as needed. Able to utilize department software to schedule appointments, enter data, and retrieve necessary data.
• May conduct or assist with education programs for patients, caregivers, or medical center staff.
• Answers telephone using proper telephone etiquette and relays messages in a timely manner. Greets and directs patients and answers questions in a competent, courteous and professional manner.
• Ensures adequate supply levels are maintained, checks inventory and prepares requisitions to replenish regular stock levels, submits orders to the Ambulatory Clinic Manager for review and approval.
• Knowledge of the needs of patients according to their age group and the ability to modify care according to patient’s age. Will most frequently care for adults and geriatric patients; and on occasion, adolescents and children.

What You Will Need:

• LPN licensed by the State of Ohio required. Previous Phlebotomy and EKG experience preferred. Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Maintains and upgrades own professional development and necessary certifications without prompting.
• Must be currently certified in adult CPR/BLS, and maintain certifications.
• Ability to operate EKG machines.
• Ability to perform blood pressure, pulse, respirations and temperature readings.
• Must possess a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and be insurable under Firelands' auto policy. Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.
• Ability to maintain a positive attitude and positive impression of the Medical Center at all times.
• Ability to work in a stressful environment and handle sensitive telephone and face-to-face inquiries.
• Ability to lift 75 pounds with assistance and be mobile.
• Ability to comply with OSHA regulations and CDC standard and transmission based precaution recommendations and to utilize proper personal protective equipment. Ability to comply with provisions of applicable S.D.S. forms.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)