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Join a dedicated healthcare team in a regional medical group serving the Midwest. This full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) role supports physicians and mid-level providers by delivering patient assessments, treatments, testing, and education within a busy clinical environment. The ideal candidate is organized, professional, detail-oriented, and able to multitask efficiently while maintaining excellent customer service and critical thinking skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Adhere to clinic policies ensuring patient safety, including infection prevention and safe patient handling.
- Administer medications as ordered (oral, IM, SC).
- Assist providers with procedures, maintaining sterile fields and managing instruments.
- Support examinations within the scope of licensure.
- Conduct phone triage and act as liaison between patients and providers.
- Communicate test results and assist with follow-up calls.
- Document patient complaints and visit details accurately.
- Escort patients to exam rooms and obtain vital signs and measurements.
- Update medication and patient summary lists.
- Perform point-of-care lab testing and collect specimens.
- Educate patients on electronic health record access and provide supportive teaching.
- Schedule diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, managing precertifications and authorizations.
- Train new LPNs and medical assistants in clinic roles.
- Demonstrate accountability, teamwork, and reliability under pressure.
Education:
Graduate of an accredited LPN program and completion of an approved IV therapy course.
Experience:
Nursing or healthcare experience preferred but not required.
Certification/License:
Current LPN license valid in the state of practice.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification required.
Mental/Physical Requirements:
Requires considerable mental focus, ability to lift up to 35 lbs., and perform activities involving standing, walking, turning, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting, and reaching.
Working Conditions:
Frequent exposure to infectious diseases and occasional encounters with hostile individuals. Exposure to communicable diseases through blood and body fluids is common. Minimal physical discomfort expected.
