Licensed Practical Nurse​/Medical Assistant

Licensed Practical Nurse / Medical Assistant

All Ways Community Health Center is currently seeking an LPN/MA to join our dedicated team in Leavenworth, KS. As a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we believe that high-quality healthcare should be accessible to everyone—regardless of income or background. We serve individuals and families who may not otherwise have access to essential healthcare, and we’re looking for someone who shares our mission-driven approach.

If you’re passionate about helping others and want to be part of a team that’s changing lives every day, we’d love to hear from you.

LPN/MA will room patients, check vital signs, enter medication history into medical software, and perform administrative duties, as needed.

• Works in harmony with others, exhibits a positive attitude and commitment to the health center mission.
• Consistent patient-centered, caring disposition is a must.
• Knowledgeable of the scope of practice for all nursing disciplines as described by the Nursing Practice Act.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively organize and prioritize work.
• Actively assists with routine clinic tasks, maintaining emergency supplies, stock medications, immunizations, forms, sterile instrument inventory, equipment, and exam room inventory.
• Assists in the orientation and education of new nursing employees.
• Utilizes the health center Performance Improvement processes in identifying center needs.
• Demonstrates flexibility in work roles and schedules.
• Maintains awareness of new information applicable to job.
• Utilizes slow time constructively to enhance center operations and assists other departments when time and workload permits.
• Maintains professional appearance and follows established dress code.
• Promptly informs Supervisor of real or potential clinic problems.
• Maintains confidentiality of patients and staff.
• Actively pursues continuing education.
• Ability to identify own areas of needed improvement.
• Utilizes appropriate methods to deal with stressful situations.
• Understands and supports organizational goals.
• Meets work schedules, fulfills responsibilities and commitments.

• Follows protocol and performs accurate and thorough work ups and check ins of all patients.
• Accurately assesses current status as well as preventive health status and communicates needs to provider.
• Assists with patient education based on assessment of patient needs and clinic standards of nursing care and documents in patient record.
• Provides skilled nursing care as demonstrated by safely and accurately performing technical skills and the safe, accurate administration of medications, IV fluids, and immunizations.
• Anticipates the needs of providers related to patient visits, and assists providers with patient care.
• Assumes role of advocate to ensure health needs are met including responding to patient phone messages and requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Documents all provider orders, nursing actions, and interventions on patient record consistent with health center guidelines.
• Assists with triage patients on site and via telephone for appropriateness and timeliness of care per standing orders.
• Knowledgeable of and follows all established Infection Control guidelines and OSHA standards and participates in staff training events.
• Exhibits caring qualities consistent with the values of the health center.
• Performs laboratory testing, including proper handling and labeling of all test samples according to health center policies and in compliance with CLIA guidelines.
• Keeps patients/families informed of situations that affect patient’s clinic visit.
• Able to perform effectively and appropriately in emergency situations.
• Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

All LPN work is performed in close proximity to other people, requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions and subject to many interruptions with a high stress environment.

• LPN currently licensed to practice in Kansas.
• Maintains current licensure, required training and credentialing.
• Age Specific Competencies Infants through Adolescents.
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