Licensed Practical Nurse - Rheumatology Clinic - Injection Nurse - Cool Springs

About the role

Supports the licensed healthcare team members in the provision of patient care to include direct patient care, providing healthcare information to patients/families, and following established plan of care. Works in close collaboration with the RN or a licensed healthcare team member to evaluate the patient's plan of care and progress toward goal attainment. All patient care activities are undertaken with the delegation/supervision of a licensed professional in accordance with VUMC standards and licensure regulations.

Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. No holidays, weekends, or on-call requirements.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with patients/families and health care providers in the delivery of health care services.
• Partners with the healthcare team by following established plan of care to ensure patient progress for effective outcomes.
• Supports plans to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.
• Contributes to the nursing assessment by collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data in an accurate and timely manner.
• 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.
• Adapts to changes to patient care and area needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity.
• Follows up to assure problems and issues are resolved.
• Performs nursing interventions such as wound care, point of care testing, and vital signs.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Performs tasks that are typically routine that may impact team's performance with occasional guidance.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Utilizes some discretion and research to solve routine problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies knowledge of standards, established processes and procedures that apply to your own job.
• Team Interaction: Provides guidance to entry-level co-workers.

Core capabilities

• Supporting Colleagues – Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.
• Supporting Colleagues – Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues' priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas.
• Supporting Colleagues – 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.
• Delivering Excellent Services – Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns in a timely manner.
• Delivering Excellent Services – 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.
• Ensuring High Quality – 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.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
• Managing Resources Effectively – Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error.
• Fostering Innovation – Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.
• Fostering Innovation – Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
• Fostering Innovation – Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Qualifications

• Certification: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – Tennessee
• Experience: 1 year of relevant work experience
• Education: Graduate of an approved discipline-specific program

Benefits

• Affordable high-quality health plan options
• Dental and/or vision plan
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Paid time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short- and long-term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• Additional wellness and professional growth offerings