Licensed Practical Nurse Procedural - Stallworth Rehabilitation - (**New Rates**)

About the role

With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, Vanderbilt Health is the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out its mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. The environment fosters collaboration and a supportive community where expertise is valued, knowledge expanded and uniqueness celebrated.

Procedure LPN spends 50% or greater of their time supporting clinic procedures within the scope of licensure. Responsibilities include independently supporting departmental clinic‑based procedures and performing necessary documentation/paperwork. This includes knowledge and practice of independently setting up a sterile field; preparation, set up, and clean up of procedure room; knowledge and independent implementation of sterilization/HLD of procedural instruments and principles/practice of decontamination and standard precautions. Independently supporting clinical procedural patient care.

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 7:45 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. No weekends, holidays, or on‑call requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintains work environment in a safe, clean and orderly manner.
• Maintains and cares for procedure equipment and supplies.
• Ability to set up, operate and troubleshoot all basic procedural equipment in clinic.
• Knowledge of sterile technique and maintenance of sterility of surgical/procedural field with ability to set up sterile field in ambulatory setting for in‑clinic procedures.
• Facilitates patient care by assisting the provider before, during and after ambulatory procedures.
• Completes patient procedural documentation accurately and completely.
• Prepares instrumentation and equipment according to recommended procedures and techniques in preparation for high level disinfection and sterilization to support clinic procedural operations as needed.
• Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedures that apply to own job.
• Provides guidance to entry‑level co‑workers.

Skills

Technical Capabilities

• Clinical Patient Documentation (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate patient documentation in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments. Contributes to the nursing assessment by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data in an accurate and timely manner.
• LPN Care Planning (Novice): Participates in the development of the plan of care in consultation with the licensed healthcare team. Demonstrates ability to anticipate resource needs, identify distinct tasks, set priorities, schedule activities, meet deadlines, and organize work within areas of direct responsibility. Competently handles multiple assignments often simultaneously, prioritizing work into manageable and measurable units. Ability to adapt to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• LPN Patient Education (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate patient education in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.
• Clinical Competency (Novice): Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate nursing interventions (such as wound care, point of care testing, vital signs, etc.) in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Generally works under the direction of others while accomplishing assignments.

Core Capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues
  • Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
  • Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
  • Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services
  • Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service.
  • Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
  • Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support.
• Ensuring High Quality
  • Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.
  • Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department.
• Managing Resources Effectively
  • Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high‑quality work/service.
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