Licensed Practical Nurse - Rheumatology Hendersonville

Requisition 2010417

Your Role:

The Licensed Practical Nurse Rheumatology supports the licensed healthcare team membersin the provision of patient care to include direct patient care, providing healthcare information to patients/families, and following established plan of care. The Licensed Practical Nurse w orks in close collaboration with the RN or a licensed healthcare team member to evaluate the patient's plan of care and progress toward goal attainment.All patient care activities are undertaken with the delegation/supervision of a licensed professional in accordance with VUMC standards and licensure regulations.

Department | Unit Summary:

The Vanderbilt Rheumatology Clinic cares for patients with complex multi-system autoimmune diseases, inflammatory arthritis, osteoporosis and musculoskeletal disorders. Our rheumatologists and other specialists offer the best possible personalized care for these challenging and often frustrating conditions.

This is a new 31,000-square-foot facility that will offer adult outpatient specialty care, along with limited pediatric specialty care and imaging services to the citizens of Sumner and surrounding counties.

This position will be based out of the Anderson Lane North in Hendersonville's Indian Lake Community.

The facility will feature 40 clinic exam rooms, urgent care services and imaging capabilities such as CT, ultrasound and X-ray.

Specialties that will be on site at the single-story facility include women's health, pediatrics, adult primary care, orthopaedics, imaging, rheumatology and walk-in-care. Additionally, the facility will have four chairs for non-chemotherapy medical infusions.

Position Shift:

Monday - Friday; Days

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