Licensed Practical Nurse - Clinic

More than just a job, it's a vocation.

Location: Madison North High Point, WI

Employment Type: Regular

Position Overview:

This role involves providing patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse or physician, while adhering to the limits of your professional license.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in evaluating patients and ensure their overall well-being.
• Administer medications and monitor patients for any adverse reactions to treatments.
• Conduct laboratory tests and provide therapeutic services.
• Educate patients and their families about treatment plans, including self-care after discharge, holistic health needs, available resources, and follow-up care.
• Document patient encounters as directed by the provider, including diagnoses, symptoms, discharge instructions, and prescriptions.
• Transcribe orders for laboratory tests, radiology, and medications, ensuring patient charts are updated with results from labs, x-rays, or other evaluations. Monitor the availability of data to support timely treatment decisions.
• Record consultations or discussions with family members and/or the patient’s private physician or on-call physician.
• Maintain a state of alertness and safety at all times.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:Education:

• Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program or possess equivalent educational qualifications for licensing.

Experience:

• No prior experience is necessary.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly use speech for effective oral communication.
• Frequent standing and walking are required.
• Occasionally lift, carry, and push/pull objects weighing between 0-25 lbs.
• Regularly engage in sitting, reaching, and data entry tasks.
• Frequent visual acuity for near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) distances, including color differentiation.
• Regularly utilize the sense of smell to identify odors.
• Frequently use hearing to receive verbal communication and detect alarms or machinery issues.
• Occasionally lift and move objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Occasionally assist in lifting or moving patients.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping, and repetitive movements of the legs and arms.
• Occasional driving may be required.
• Rarely engage in crawling or running.

Licenses and Certifications:

For Illinois:

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)

For Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin:

• Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Nurse Licensure issued by Compact State

Work Schedule: Day Shift (United States)

Job Type: Employee

Department: West FM

Weekly Hours: 40

Benefits:

Our organization values its outstanding employees and offers a comprehensive benefits package tailored to meet their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: Eligible team members receive one week of paid leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options: Our voluntary benefit through DailyPay allows eligible hourly employees to access their earned but unpaid base pay before payday (fees may apply).
• Upfront Tuition Coverage: We provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.