Licensed Practical Nurse|LPN - KCK Pediatrics

Swope Health • Kansas City, KS

3d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for Swope Health Services in our Wyandotte Clinic, you will be part of a team of caregivers to provide care for the people who need it most. As a LPN you are responsible for taking a health history, performing health counseling, and administering medications and treatments. You will provide nursing care and assist our physicians and providers. LPNs provide follow up on abnormal lab results, abnormal imaging results, post hospitalization, as well as proactive pre-visit planning, and patient teaching. You are a critical part of the patient centered medical team to provide quality, patient centered care. If you have a passion for working with a team of dedicated caregivers to make care visible every day, this role is for you.

Requirements

• Graduated from an accredited school of practical nursing.
• Licensed to practice in the State of Missouri and/or Kansas.
• Basic Cardiovascular Life Support (BCLS), certified.
• Excellent communication skills
• Customer service oriented
• Exhibit the ability to work with people (staff, visitors and clients).
• Associates must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or obtain an approved exemption for vaccination accommodation based on a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.

Responsibilities

• Taking a health history
• Performing health counseling
• Administering medications and treatments
• Providing nursing care
• Assisting physicians and providers
• Providing follow up on abnormal lab results
• Providing follow up on abnormal imaging results
• Providing follow up post hospitalization
• Proactive pre-visit planning
• Patient teaching

Benefits

• Medical benefits (including a Health Savings Account option)
• Dental and vision
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Company-paid benefits such as life insurance, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Days Off beginning at 12 days annually, effective the first day of employment
• Eight annual company-paid holidays
• One annual paid personal day

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree