Registered Nurse (RN, LPN Nurse (LPN) or Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) - Owatonna Urgent Care

Olmsted Medical Center•Owatonna, MN

About The Position

Olmsted Medical Center is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), or Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) for Owatonna Urgent Care. This is a 0.9 FTE day-shift position. The role varies by credential and includes providing patient care, supporting clinical operations, and collaborating with providers and the healthcare team. The CMA works under the direct supervision of a physician, podiatrist, physician assistant, or certified nurse practitioner, in collaboration with the RN and healthcare team. Duties include welcoming and rooming patients; collecting and documenting clinical information; carrying out delegated orders; administering and documenting permitted medications and vaccines; processing laboratory specimens; assisting with x-rays and in-office procedures within demonstrated competency; scheduling services; providing directed patient education; and supporting efficient clinic flow and supply management. The LPN conducts focused patient assessments, reports changes in health status, participates in care planning, implements nursing interventions and provider orders, assigns or monitors appropriate nursing tasks, and provides safe, effective, and patient-advocating care. The LPN also communicates and collaborates with healthcare providers, provides patient health information, contributes to policies and procedures, and maintains applicable competencies and regulatory compliance. The RN provides comprehensive patient assessment and develops, coordinates, implements, and evaluates an integrated plan of care. The RN delivers and delegates nursing care, advocates for patients, collaborates across care settings, provides health promotion and disease prevention, develops and evaluates patient teaching plans, and may manage, supervise, and evaluate nursing practice. The RN also contributes to healthcare policies, procedures, and systems and maintains applicable competencies and regulatory compliance. Starting pay, based on experience, is $20.57–$30.86 per hour for a CMA, $23.85–$35.78 per hour for an LPN, and $35.01–$52.52 per hour for an RN. External-candidate offers are generally made between the minimum and midpoint of the applicable range, based on experience. Employees at 0.5 FTE or higher are offered the listed benefits.

Requirements

CMA: Completion of a medical assistant program.
CMA: Current Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) or Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) status.
CMA: BLS certification.
LPN: Graduation from an accredited practical nursing school.
LPN: Current Minnesota LPN license.
LPN: BLS certification.
RN: Completion of an accredited professional nursing program.
RN: Current Minnesota Registered Nurse license.
RN: BLS certification.

Nice To Haves

CMA: Previous clinic experience preferred.
LPN: Previous clinic experience preferred.
RN: Minimum of one year of nursing experience preferred.
RN: ACLS certification is specified for Northwest Clinic and Hospital locations, including Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Acute Care, Cardiology, Pain Management, and Pediatrics.

Responsibilities

CMA: Participate in patient care under the direct supervision of a qualified provider and in collaboration with the RN and healthcare team.
CMA: Welcome and escort patients and collect and document patient information, clinical data, and relevant updates.
CMA: Confirm and clarify orders before carrying out delegated tasks; prepare, administer, and document oral and injectable medications and vaccines according to provider orders, within scope.
CMA: Collect, prepare, and process laboratory specimens; perform or assist with x-rays and in-office procedures such as EKGs based on competency.
CMA: Schedule procedures, referrals, specialty services, and testing.
CMA: Use aseptic technique and infection-control principles; provide or reinforce directed, age-specific patient education and refer patients to an RN when they need additional information.
CMA: Perform time-sensitive delegated tasks, including protocol-based prescription refill requests and EHR messages.
CMA: Support patient flow and clinic operations; order, stock, and maintain rooms and supplies; monitor expiration dates and recommend supply adjustments as needed.
LPN: Conduct focused patient assessments, report changes in health status and responses to interventions, and participate in developing and modifying plans of care.
LPN: Implement nursing interventions and tasks delegated, ordered, or prescribed by an authorized provider; assign activities to LPNs and assign and monitor tasks for unlicensed assistive personnel as appropriate.
LPN: Provide safe and effective nursing care, promote a safe therapeutic environment, advocate for patients, and assist in evaluating responses to interventions.
LPN: Collaborate and communicate with healthcare providers, provide health information to patients, and contribute input to policies and procedures.
RN: Comprehensively assess patient health, address changes in condition, and collaborate with the healthcare team to develop and coordinate an integrated plan of care.
RN: Develop and implement nursing interventions, carry out independent nursing actions and provider-ordered interventions, and delegate or assign nursing tasks as appropriate.
RN: Provide safe and effective care, promote a therapeutic environment, advocate for patients, and evaluate intervention outcomes and the effectiveness of care plans.
RN: Coordinate care with healthcare professionals across settings and communities; provide health promotion, disease prevention, care coordination, and case finding.
RN: Develop and deliver patient teaching plans and evaluate their effectiveness; participate in developing healthcare policies, procedures, and systems.
RN: Manage, supervise, and evaluate nursing practice.
All roles: Maintain organization and role-specific competencies, manage information according to state and federal regulations, and perform other assigned duties within the applicable scope and demonstrated competency.