VIP Licensed Practical Nurse 2

Montgomery College; Brentwood (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Dental/vision plan

403(b)

PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Disability insurance

Backup childcare

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health’s VIP Peds - Brentwood is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to deliver compassionate patient care in a busy pediatric clinic. You’ll partner with licensed clinicians to support routine procedures, collect health information, and maintain accurate documentation in the EHR.

The role emphasizes education, safety, and high-quality patient experiences. You will work closely with physicians and staff to ensure efficient clinic flow, assist with spirometry and specimen

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse license in Tennessee.
• 1 year of relevant work experience preferred.
• Graduate of an approved nursing program and active licensure.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional patient care and assist patients through the visit.
• Support providers and care team to maintain clinic efficiency and flow.
• Provide patient education and teach self-management when appropriate.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Teamwork

Documentation

Clinical Skills

Education

Graduate of approved nursing program

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health

With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are 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 our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you’ll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization: VIP Peds - Brentwood

Job Summary: As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you’ll play an important role in delivering a positive, efficient, and compassionate patient experience. Working closely with our licensed Advanced Practice Clinicians and the broader care team, you’ll help patients feel informed, supported, and well cared for throughout their visit. This is a hands‑on role for an LPN who enjoys combining clinical skills, patient education, teamwork, and exceptional customer service. You’ll have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients while helping the clinic run smoothly and ensuring every patient receives safe, individualized care.

Your Day To Day

Deliver exceptional patient care

• Welcome and assist patients throughout their visit, helping create a professional, comfortable experience. Bring patients from the waiting area to exam rooms efficiently and communicate proactively about any delays. Prepare patients for examinations and collect relevant health information and screening data. Provide age-appropriate and culturally sensitive care. Identify patient and family needs and take initiative to provide assistance.

Partner with providers and the care team

• Work closely with licensed providers to support efficient clinic flow and high-quality patient care. Assist with routine office procedures and diagnostic testing, including spirometry. Collect and process laboratory specimens according to established protocols. Communicate patient needs and important clinical information accurately through the electronic health record (EHR). Maintain accurate patient charts, documentation, and diagnostic testing requisitions.

Support patient education

• Help patients and families understand their care and treatment. Provide educational materials as directed by providers. Use available resources to support patient learning, including hands‑on education such as nebulizer training.

Keep the clinic running at its best

• Maintain clean, organized, well‑stocked exam rooms and equipment. Monitor supplies and communicate inventory needs to the appropriate team members. Coordinate patient flow to help the clinic operate efficiently. Use technology and the EHR effectively to support the patient and care team.

Perform laboratory responsibilities

• Process and analyze patient specimens using established laboratory and safety protocols. Perform required quality‑control procedures and evaluate results for accuracy and validity. Operate laboratory instruments and equipment safely and efficiently. Complete testing within established timeframes. Maintain required laboratory records and documentation. Perform routine and periodic equipment maintenance and function checks. Identify equipment issues, document malfunctions, and take appropriate corrective action or notify a supervisor. Maintain appropriate inventory practices, including documenting receipt, opening, and expiration of supplies and reagents.

Our Nursing Philosophy

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well‑being. As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing.

Employee 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-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• And many more...

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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 procedure 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.
• 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.
• Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources.
• 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.
• Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action.
• Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications

• Certifications: LIC-Licensed Practical Nurse - Tennessee
• Work Experience: Relevant Work Experience
• Experience Level: 1 year
• Education: Graduate of an approved discipline specific program

Equal Opportunity Statement

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled. PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO. Great health care takes great people. We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference.

Careers at Vanderbilt Health

We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt Health, where we value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and foster an environment where everyone can thrive. We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and an expanding footprint across towns and communities throughout the region. We employ more than 43,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research and graduate medical education. Our employees also serve in critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fundraising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many other departments.

Hospital Information

Our growing academic health system has more than 2,100 licensed hospital beds at eight hospitals: Vanderbilt University Hospital, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital, Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital, Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. Vanderbilt Health is the Mid-South's largest provider of specialty care, with hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region, and Tennessee’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center for adults and children. We are one of the nation's busiest critical care centers, home to Middle Tennessee’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Burn Center for adults and children, and Middle Tennessee’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We are the nation’s largest transplant center, and last year we performed the most heart transplants than any center worldwide. Vanderbilt Health is an epicenter for biomedical research, winning over $1 billion in annual research awards from government, industry, foundations and donors. We are also a national leader in medical training and education, with the largest clinical training center in the Mid‑South and the only training center in Tennessee for many adult and pediatric specialties. We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals for quality, safety and patient satisfaction. Three of our hospitals — Vanderbilt University Hospital, Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital — have been awarded a Five-Star Quality Rating from Medicare.

Employee Growth

We support each other and encourage excellence among every member of our workforce. High‑achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth opportunities, competitive compensation and benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. Join us in advancing health care.

Vision and Mission

Our vision: The world leader in advancing personalized health. Our mission: Personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities