Licensed Practical Nurse - Richmond, VA
Company: Optum
Location: Richmond
Posted on: June 24, 2022
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Job Description:
**$2,500 Sign On Bonus Included for External Candidates**
Careers with MedExpress. At MedExpress, we believe in delivering
quality, convenient, affordable health care and exceeding our
patients' expectations. Our neighborhood medical centers are open
every day from 8-8 with a full medical team and no appointments
necessary to help patients get in, get healthy, and get back to
what's really important. We provide a broad scope of services
including urgent care, basic wellness and prevention, and employer
health services. As part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family
of businesses, we're working together to help people live healthier
lives and to help the health system work better for everyone. You
can become part of our elite team almost anywhere with 250
MedExpress centers across the country and two administrative
offices in Morgantown, WV and Pittsburgh, PA. Join us and start
doing your life's best work.(sm)
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for ensuring the
well-being of patients and for providing a positive, supportive
environment while working in conjunction with physicians, advanced
practice clinicians, front office and clinical staff. The
successful LPN will have sound clinical acumen, solid communication
skills and a dedication to customer service and patient care.
This role is center-based and requires working in a clinical
setting. The noise level is moderate and there is a potential for
exposure to infectious diseases and blood-borne pathogens. It
requires the ability to stand and sit for hours at a time (with
some bending and stooping), ability to use manual dexterity in
relation to clinical requirements, and ability to lift 50 lbs.
Hours may vary based on location, patient volume, and business
needs.
Primary Responsibilities: -
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an
environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on
what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide
development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications: -
Preferred Qualifications: -
To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and
communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate
companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination
status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and
locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as
an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all
federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well
as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the
necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure
compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job
functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet
the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an
employment offer or termination of employment.
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire
organization around one giant objective; make health care work
better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's
large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health
and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our
first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to
serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses,
brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas
on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest
potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams
against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible
ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do
your life's best work.(sm)
OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians
focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so,
OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to
both its owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of
OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees
have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making
and patient care. OptumCare's support services do not interfere
with or control the practice of medicine provided by the medical
practices of any of their physicians.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare and its
affiliated medical practices are Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any
other characteristic protected by law.
OptumCare and its affiliated medical practices is a drug-free
workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before
beginning employment.
Proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases is an employment
requirement.
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