Licensed Practical Nurse MO

St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems; St. Louis (MO); Presencial; USD 48 000 - 62 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to support youth mental health care on a full-time MO location. The role emphasizes clinical care, documentation, and collaboration with physicians and staff to ensure patient safety and well-being.

Education requires a one-year certificate from an accredited college or technical school and Missouri LPN licensure. Experience ranges from three to six months with preferred MS Office skills to support daily

Qualificações

• Education: one-year certificate from an accredited college or technical school.
• Office software proficiency (Word, Excel, Outlook) preferred.
• LPN license/certification required by Missouri.

Responsabilidades

• Practice conduct that shows respect for colleagues and community stakeholders.
• Order medications.
• Transcribe MARs.
• Assure accuracy of medication dosages and times.
• Attend to minor injuries and determine need for medical attention.
• Document and collect data on patients.
• Schedule medical and psychiatric appointments.
• Complete dictation.
• Check vital signs, heights, and weights of patients.
• Collect specimens for labs per doctor’s orders.
• Schedule tests, arrange transport, and review yearly re-licensing actions.
• Assist physicians and staff as needed.

Conhecimentos

MS Office

Formação académica

One year certificate from an accredited college or technical school

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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Licensed Practical Nurse MO

Full Time MO-SLC, St. Louis, MO, US

Join Us to Build Healing and Hope Together!

As leaders in children’s mental health and wellness, St. Louis Children’s and KVC Health Systems Youth Mental Health Care have partnered to create one of the nation’s most innovative and transformative youth mental health and wellness campuses. The partnership includes a 77-bed acute care hospital and outpatient programs. Located on the KVC Missouri Children’s Mental Wellness Campus conveniently located in Webster Groves, Missouri, the peaceful environment and broad continuum of care allow children and families to access the appropriate level of treatment throughout their healing experience. The new campus is slated to open in late 2026. Learn more at stlouischildrenskvc.org. Join us and be a part of this journey of healing and hope for thousands of children and teens.

Job Summary

To recognize out of the ordinary circumstances such as sickness and injury and know the appropriate steps to follow. To help ensure the mental and physical health and well-being of the patients.

Education: One year certificate from an accredited college or technical school

Licensure/Certification:

• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance. Licensed as a
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the State of Missouri.

Experience: Three to six months’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Experience/Skills: Requires Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook email.

Key Responsibilities

• Practice conduct that displays respect for all KVC colleagues and community stakeholders regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, or veteran status.
• Order medications
• Transcribe MAR's
• Assure accuracy of medication dosages and times
• Attend to minor injuries and determine need for medical attention
• Document and collect data on patients
• Schedule appointments, medical and psychiatric
• Complete dictation
• Check vital signs, heights, and weights of patients
• Collects specimens for labs per doctor’s orders
• Schedule tests for patients, transport patients, complete yearly re-licensing and review corrective actions
• Assist physicians and staff as needed

Physical & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may be occasionally required to sit for long periods of time. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside-weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits & More

Employee benefits and culture fall under the KVC Health Systems umbrella. KVC is a family of private, nonprofit organizations that strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help people achieve mental health wellness. Through our broad continuum of care, we are proud to be a national leader in mental health, child welfare, and health and human services transformation.

At KVC, we offer a positive, supportive workplace where each person can do work they love. In fact, we’re so proud of our culture that we see it as our top competitive advantage in the health and human services field. Based on the voice of our employees, KVC has an incredible 83 Work Wellbeing score on Indeed, a rating so high and rare that it places KVC among the top 1% of employers nationally. KVC was also named #15 on Glassdoor’s Best-Led Companies 2025 list, a recognition achieved entirely based on anonymous employee reviews. In addition to being mission-driven, we offer employees an unparalleled level of flexibility, wellbeing, learning, inclusion, recognition, and rewards.