Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Heartland Community Health Center is a National Health Service Corps (NHSC)-approved practice site and is committed to supporting healthcare professionals in achieving their career and financial goals. While NHSC loan repayment eligibility varies by professional discipline, employees are encouraged to explore available federal student loan repayment and forgiveness opportunities for which they may qualify. Program eligibility, benefits, and award amounts are determined by the administering federal program.

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Non-Exempt (Hourly $26.00 - $33.00)

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) supports the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate patient centered care by providing nursing services within the LPN’s scope of practice, organizational policies, and applicable state and federal requirements at a Federally Qualified Community Health Center. This position provides flexible clinical staffing support to meet patient care needs, maintain access to services, and support continuity of operations during periods of increased demand, employee absences, or other staffing needs.

The LPN helps promote positive patient outcomes, reduce avoidable gaps in care, support compliance with clinical quality measures, and ensure appropriate use of healthcare resources. Through collaboration with providers, registered nurses, and other members of the care team, the LPN supports continuous improvement in the quality, safety, accessibility, and effectiveness of patient care.

The LPN collaborates with providers, nurses, medical assistants, and other members of the care team to support patient assessment, care coordination, treatment implementation, patient education, and timely and accurate documentation. This position is expected to demonstrate flexibility, professionalism, sound clinical judgment, and a commitment to Heartland’s mission to welcome all who need care.

• Collect focused patient information, observe and document symptoms and changes in condition, and promptly report findings requiring RN or provider assessment.
• Implement established nursing and provider plans of care, perform assigned interventions, and report patient responses, concerns, or unexpected outcomes to the RN or authorized provider.
• Support telephone and in-person patient intake by gathering relevant information and identifying red flags requiring prompt RN or provider triage. The LPN does not independently perform comprehensive RN-level triage or nursing assessment.
• Reinforce patient and family education, support chronic disease follow-up and care coordination, and communicate patient needs, responses, and barriers to the appropriate care-team member.
• Follow emergency protocols and report patient safety events, medication errors, near misses, and other clinical concerns.
• Collaborate with RNs, providers, CMAs, and other care-team members to promote safe, coordinated, and timely patient care.

• Support patient intake, rooming, check-out, patient messages, clinical procedures, specimen collection, point-of-care testing, and preparation of examination rooms, supplies, and equipment.
• Prioritize assigned work to support efficient patient flow, timely access, and effective use of clinical resources.
• Provide flexible coverage based on operational needs, appropriate orientation, and demonstrated competencies; assist with CMA responsibilities when appropriate to the LPN role and scope of practice.
• Identify workflow concerns, supply needs, and barriers to patient care and communicate them to the appropriate supervisor.

• Support quality improvement, population health, and value-based care initiatives by identifying care gaps and assisting with preventive services, screenings, immunizations, chronic disease follow-up, and patient outreach.
• Promote continuity of care through patient education, follow-up coordination, and identification of barriers to care, including medication access and social needs.
• Maintain accurate, timely documentation to support care coordination, quality measures, payer reporting, and clinical decision-making.
• Follow evidence-based protocols and participate in assigned quality audits, performance improvement activities, training, and workflow improvements to enhance patient outcomes, safety, and responsible resource utilization.
• Participate in pre-visit planning and daily huddles.