Licensed Practical Nurse - The UNC Family Medicine Center at Chapel Hill

Licensed Practical Nurse - The UNC Family Medicine Center at Chapel Hill

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About our practice:

Top-ranked in the nation, The UNC Family Medicine Center provides patient-centered primary care, conducts groundbreaking research, cares for communities, and trains the best and the brightest young doctors and primary care providers. We provide full-scope patient care for babies, children, adolescents, and adults throughout the life cycle, including the provision of maternity care. We provide extensive services for physical health, emotional wellbeing, nutrition, and acute care, including sports medicine. Our three locations are The UNC Family Medicine Center at Chapel Hill (central location where we also have an Urgent Care Clinic), The UNC Family Medicine Center at Durham (Mayfair St), The UNC Family Medicine Center at Carraway Village, and The UNC Family Medicine Center at South Durham (Fayetteville Rd). We are proud to serve our amazing, diverse UNC community and ALL the people of North Carolina. Learn more at: uncfamilymedicine.org

Summary:

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will primarily support the UNC Family Medicine Center in Chapel Hill and is not expected to routinely float to other clinic locations. Working alongside physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, residents, and other members of the care team, the LPN plays an integral role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered ambulatory care in a collaborative academic practice. The role includes a combination of direct and indirect patient care, with approximately 50% of responsibilities focused on indirect patient support, including care coordination, telephone triage (within scope), patient education, follow-up communication, documentation, and assisting with care plans. The remaining responsibilities include providing direct clinical care while meeting the physical and psychological needs of patients in accordance with the plan of care, physician orders, and nursing and department policies and procedures.

Qualified candidates must be licensed as a Practical Nurse (LPN) in North Carolina (or eligible for licensure) with a current BLS certification and a minimum of two years of LPN experience. While previous ambulatory or family medicine experience is preferred, we also welcome candidates with inpatient, long-term care, or other outpatient nursing backgrounds who are interested in transitioning into family medicine. Success in this role requires strong communication skills, sound clinical judgment, and the ability to collaborate effectively with patients, families, providers, and interdisciplinary care teams.

Schedule: MondayFriday, 8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

Responsibilities:

1. Contributes to the development and maintenance of a current, individualized, goal-oriented plan of care and consults with other health professionals to assure that the assessed needs of patient/caregiver are met. 2. Observes, assesses, documents, and reports patient response to treatments/therapies and teaching, and adjusts priorities of care according to patient/caregiver needs. Collects, documents, and reports (to responsible MD or RN) data regarding patient's biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational, and discharge planning needs. 3. Participates in unit, service, and/or department enrichment activities which contribute to positive outcomes such as assigned committees, CQI activities/groups, and the orientation and education of other personnel. 4. Provides a broad range of treatments/therapies to patients including, but not limited to, respiratory treatments, Oral/NG/NT suctioning, and tracheostomy care, administration of medications, observation of cardiac monitors, respirators, etc. and reporting of any changes, assistance to physician with special procedures, monitoring of intravenous infusions, performs point of care testing, performs routine laboratory work, changing/irrigating catheters, specialized sterile dressings, and patient/caregiver teaching based upon the established teaching plan. 5. Provides assistance to patients and families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic experience, and discharge. 6. Provides support to patients and families. Verbally de-escalates frightened or potentially aggressive patients. Facilitates age appropriate coping strategies for patients.