Advanced LPN | Licensed Practical Nurse

Healthcare Clinic LPN

Join a dedicated healthcare team in a regional clinic serving the Midwest. This role supports physicians and mid-level providers by delivering patient assessments, treatments, testing, and education in a fast-paced outpatient setting. The ideal candidate is organized, professional, detail-oriented, and excels in multitasking and critical thinking.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Adhere to clinic policies ensuring patient safety, including infection control and safe patient handling.- Administer medications as prescribed (oral, IM, SC).- Assist providers with procedures, maintaining sterile fields and managing instruments.- Support examinations within the scope of practice.- Conduct phone triage and act as a liaison between patients and providers.- Communicate test results and assist with follow-up calls.- Document patient complaints and visit details accurately.- Escort patients, obtain vital signs, and update medication lists.- Perform point-of-care lab testing and collect specimens.- Educate patients on electronic health record tools and provide supportive teaching.- Schedule diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, handling precertifications and authorizations.- Train new LPNs and medical assistants in clinic protocols.

Education:

Graduate of an accredited LPN program and completion of an approved IV therapy course.

Experience:

Nursing or healthcare experience preferred but not mandatory.

Certification/License:

Current LPN license valid in the state of Missouri. American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification required.

Mental/Physical Requirements:

Requires considerable mental focus. Physical activities include lifting up to 35 lbs, frequent walking, standing, turning, carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting, and reaching.

Working Conditions:

Exposure to infectious diseases and occasional hostile individuals. Frequent contact with blood and bodily fluids. Minimal physical discomfort expected.