What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) position at Upperline Health?
About Us
Upperline Health is an innovative and fast-growing healthcare company focused on bringing more specialties into value-based care. We are a physician practice caring for patients with chronic illnesses with an emphasis on diabetes and vascular disease who we treat through co-management with our specialists such as podiatrists, endocrinologists, wound care providers and vascular care providers and in collaboration with their PCP.
Our team provides an additional layer of clinical and psychosocial support for patients with chronic illnesses. Upperline's interdisciplinary team sees patients in the clinic, home, hospital and facilities and provides wrap-around services including 24/7 clinical support, remote patient monitoring, behavioral health telemedicine and other resources. We help provide relief from the burdensome symptoms of chronic illness, help patients and caregivers navigate the healthcare system, and guide patients through difficult treatment choices. Upperline Health is based out of Nashville, TN and has clinics in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Why join our team?
- Highly competitive salary
- Generous Benefits: comprehensive benefit options include medical, dental and vision, 401K and PTO
- Supportive team
About the Licensed Practical Nurse Role
Upperline Health is seeking an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse in our Port Orange, FL clinic to support a team of clinicians delivering complex plans of care in accordance with the patient’s health status and overall goals and values. This individual will be responsible for providing all telephonic and back-office support required by the team of clinicians. In this role, you will provide critical support activities to coordinate care delivery for Upperline Plus patients. This includes a range of clinical support and administrative tasks such as telephonic coordination of care to Upperline Plus patients and families, scheduling in-home, clinic, and telehealth patient visits for clinicians, managing patient care referrals and orders to completion, coordination of preventative care needs, and other activities as assigned. Ideal candidates will have experience identifying and coordinating the needs of patients with multiple chronic conditions as well as supporting clinicians to help them operate as efficiently as possible. Responsibilities will be highly varied, and appropriate candidates will be multitalented, flexible problem solvers who are eager to tackle complex problems and tasks with a strong focus on customer service excellence. As Upperline continues to expand, this individual will be able to explore a wide range of career opportunities within the company.
Ideal candidates will have experience working with an older adult population. Most importantly, candidates must demonstrate compassion for patient needs, have great attention to detail and thrive in a collaborative environment.
What You’ll Do
- Complete visits with Upperline Plus patients when being seen in the Podiatry Clinic
- Complete vitals and required documentation in clinic EMR (AthenaHealth)
- Provide routine foot care for at-risk patients with Diabetes and/or other chronic illness
- Telephonic outreach and engagement with Upperline Plus patients to coordinate ongoing care
- Care coordination activities as assigned by Upperline Plus NP including, but not limited to, medical records requests, order management, appointment scheduling, etc.
- Identifying community resources and assisting Upperline’s patients and families in accessing those resources
- Participation in weekly interdisciplinary team meetings
- Other related duties as deemed necessary by Upperline Health
Qualifications of the Licensed Practical Nurse
- Active LPN license in state of practice required
- Candidates should be excited and energized by the prospect of working collaboratively as part of an innovative team
- Prior healthcare experience, ideally serving chronically ill patients, is required
- Prior wound care and foot care experience preferred
- Bilingual English/Spanish is preferred
- Strong customer-service orientation
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to multi-task
- Self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrated problem solving skills
- Strong writing, Word, Excel, and database management skills
- Extremely strong work ethic
Compensation
Compensation is commensurate to compensation for similar positions in the region and based on prior training and experience
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Job Type: Full-time
