Licensed Practical Nurse - Occupational Health jobs in Richland, WA

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Full-time

Richland, WA

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Schedule:

M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm

Tri-Cities Community Health (TCCH) is looking for a Licensed Practical Nurse who has a passion for helping others. As a community health center, located in southeastern Washington, serving Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, and the surrounding communities. 

TCCH offers a variety of schedules to support a work-life balance. Most of our clinics offer Monday-Friday day shifts, with no weekends or holidays, competitive salaries, and benefits. While providing careers in a fast-paced work environment and opportunities for professional development. 

We employ a highly diversified group of talented individuals who are dedicated to fulfilling our mission to provide the highest quality patient care with the greatest degree of professionalism and courtesy regardless of a patient’s ability to pay.

Our Mission:

We are dedicated to the communities we serve, bringing together a unified team that delivers the highest-quality health care to every person, every time. 

Who are we?

Our community health center began as a modest sized medical clinic in Pasco, Washington in 1981. The clinic was founded by a small group of women in the Pasco community who saw the need to serve low-income community members who could not afford to pay for Healthcare. 

Tri-Cities Community Health has grown into a comprehensive non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where we have evolved into a network of community health centers that continue with the foundation TCCH was built on and serve an even more diverse population in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas.  

Our Opportunity:

The Licensed Practical Nurse works under the direction of an authorized health care practitioner within the practitioner's. A licensed practical nurse may administer medications and perform treatments or procedures without the registered nurse or other authorized health care practitioner on the premises

Essential Functions:

• Prepares patients by bringing them to a room, starting data collection and entering patient information in the EMR.
• Assists physician or healthcare provider with examinations, treatments and procedures.
• Contacts patients and external providers who have called regarding test results or questions relating to patient care.
• Cleans, prepares and stocks varying rooms within the clinic and maintains any laboratory or exam room equipment.
• Administers medications, gives injections and draws blood as directed by physician/provider.
• Performs aseptic procedures and assists in sterile procedures.
• Performs diagnostic testing within their scope of practice.
• Appropriately handles and transports biohazard materials such as surgical instruments used in the clinic to CS for sterilization.
• Maintains medication logs by logging inventory of sample medications, expirations dates, and patient distribution.
• Participates in the performance and completion of quality assessment techniques in the clinical area.
• Adheres to required safety practices/OSHA guidelines in the workplace.
• Always takes immediate corrective action if indicated and reports problems to appropriate personnel for potential or actual safety hazards.

Requirements

Requirements:

Minimum Education:

• High School Diploma/GED

Minimum Work Experience:

• 1 year (preferred) 

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• WA DOH Licensed Practical Nurse Certification.
• AHA BLS Certification and maintained while employed.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off - Sick, Vacation, and Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Flexible Health Spending Account and Dependent Care Spending Account
• CME Reimbursement (if applicable) 
• Retirement - 403(b) with matching contributions
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Life Insurance

Visit our website for more! https://mytcch.org/careers/

Tri-Cities Community Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

The hourly wage for this position is $27.28 - $36.83. A candidate can reasonably expect to start between $27.28 - $32.06 based on experience and education.