Required:

• Current California LVN license.
• Possession of current BCLS certification from American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
• Experience working with neurological patient population.
• Excellent blood withdrawal skills.
• Ability to accurately screen and triage acute patients.
• Working knowledge of abnormal laboratory values.
• Ability to recognize and intervene in emergency situations.
• Skill in usage of medical diagnostic equipment, as well as working knowledge of instruments and supplies required to perform clinical procedures and physical examinations.
• Ability to effectively elicit pertinent clinical information such as presenting complaints from patients and referring professional, and make appropriate assignments based on established guidelines.
• Ability to accept direction from administration and act promptly.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with patients, peers, physicians and administrators.
• Skill in listening perceptively, conveying awareness and responding to patients and visitors with health concerns using tact and discretion.
• Ability to interact diplomatically and sympathetically with patients, their families, and general public in a high volume, public setting.
• Skill in performing with frequent interruptions and/or distractions including the ability to accept equivocal circumstances and responds to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to maintain composure in the face of resistance, indifference and hostility.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and to work with sensitive and confidential information using discretion and judgment.

Preferred:

• Working knowledge of outpatient practice operations.
• Working knowledge of UC patient registration system, appointment scheduling system and order entry system.
• Spanish speaking skills.