Graduate Practical Nurse (GPN): Outpatient Clinics

Practical Nurse Graduate Opportunity

Shift: Predominantly days (ex: 8AM - 5PM), M-F, 40 hours/week Compensation:

Base Pay Range: $22.14 - $34.59/hour, based on experience

Choose Between Sign-On Bonus -OR- Retention Rewards

o Sign-On Bonus: $5,000

o Retention Rewards: Up to $15,000

Relocation Support: Additional $5,000 if moving from over 50 miles away

Retention Reward (Option 1): $2,000 per year for up to 5 years, totaling $10,000

Student Loan Repayment (Option 2): $2,000 per year toward student loans, up to 5 years, totaling $10,000

o Note: Details will be provided during the HR interview. Policy language is available upon request.

About The Job

Are you about to graduate from a Practical Nursing program? Would you like to be hired PRIOR to graduation and start working prior to taking the NCLEX? MU Health Care is seeking dedicated practical nurse graduates like you to join our team. As you embark on this exciting new chapter in your nursing career, we invite you to bring your compassion, expertise, and commitment to safety to our healthcare community. At MU Health Care, we prioritize not only meeting our patients with warmth and skill but also observing and adapting to their unique needs. Your passion for quality care will be integral to our mission, fostering an atmosphere where patients thrive and satisfaction soars. Join us and become a vital part of MU Health Care, where you can put your passion for exceptional healthcare at the forefront of your practice.

About MU Health Care

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system the only in mid-Missouri is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Employee Benefits

Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one

Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays

Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years

Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)

Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more

See a comprehensive list of benefits here.

Detailed Job Description

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.

Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions.

Provide quality care to patients and work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest patient satisfaction. Follow all safety, security, and infection control, policies and procedures. Perform all tasks to ensure the safety of self, patient, and co-workers.

Maintain the standards of nursing care and departmental criteria to assure they are aligned with the University of Missouri Health Care Mission and Goals.

Participates in meetings, in-services, and quality and performance improvement groups.

Perform patient care duties and procedures following department policy, established protocol and standard of care, or directed by Charge Nurse.

May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

Required Qualifications

Practical Nursing program graduate.

Must pass the NCLEX exam on the first attempt and obtain Missouri Board of Nursing LPN or Nurse Licensure Compact multi-state LPN licensure, both within the 90 day graduate practice period.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.

This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

University of Missouri Health System