Licensed Practical Nurse - Clinic - Urgent Care

About the role

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. Work in the Urgent Care department and help provide specialized care for patients with a variety of conditions while supporting in-office procedures and treatments. We welcome EMTs, CMAs, and LPNs who are passionate about patient care and enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-oriented clinic. This role offers the opportunity to build expertise while making a meaningful impact on patients' health. Provides care to patients under the direction of a registered nurse or physician, functioning within the scope of license.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the assessment of patients and ensures the well-being of patients.
• Administers medications and observes patients for adverse reactions to medications or treatments.
• Performs laboratory tests and therapeutic services.
• Educates patients/families about disease treatment plan including self care post discharge, holistic health needs, available resources and follow up care.
• May document the provider's encounter with patients.
• Lists all proper diagnoses and symptoms, as well as discharge/follow-up instructions and prescriptions, as indicated by the provider.
• May transcribe patient orders including laboratory tests, radiology tests and medications.
• Completes patient's charts by transcribing results of any labs, x-rays, or other evaluations.
• Continuously checks the progress of data availability for orders, to ensure the patient's workup is complete so that the provider is able to make treatment decisions regarding that patient.
• May transcribe consultations or discussions with family and/or the patient's private physician or the on-call physician.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing.
• Experience: No experience required.
• Licenses/Certifications: Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA) and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) (for Illinois); for Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin: BLS HCP - AHA and LPN Nurse Licensure Issued by Compact State.
• Physical Requirements: Constant use of speech; constant standing and walking; frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects 0-25 lbs; frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry; frequent use of vision and depth perception for near (≤20 in) and far (≥20 ft) and color discrimination; frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors; frequent use of hearing for oral communication, body sounds, alarms; occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling 25-50 lbs; occasional lifting/moving of patients; occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements; occasional driving; rare crawling and running.

Schedule

36 hours per week; schedule 8a‑4p on weekends and holidays with a variation of whole shifts, half shifts, and every 3rd weekend.