Gig LPN Care Guide
Ottawa, Illinois
Posted Aug 21
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Per Diem
- Practice
- Epic charting
- Setting
- Clinic
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- New graduates
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Illinois is $35/hr, across 937 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
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Pay range for this position is $23.42 - $34.10/hour. Actual pay is based on years of licensure. This is an Hourly position.
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Overview
Position
Summary
The Gig Licensed Practical Nurse Care Guide is responsible for registering, collecting payments, rooming, assisting the provider with care and treatment, discharging, and following-up with patients. Similar to a gig model, the Care Guide will be able to control flexibility of preferred shifts/locations and create a schedule that work for them. There is no minimum number of hours needed to work but it is limited to less than 30 hours per week.
The Gig Care Guide will be paid an hourly rate on regular pay dates. It is the role of the Care Guide to companion patients and their “secondary guests" through the entire experience to maximize clinical excellence, reduce treatment times, and maximize the patient experience; before, during, and after the patient visit. The Gig Care Guide is responsible for assisting the provider with front office and back office duties in the outpatient management of patients on a rotating basis.
This role is responsible for a variety of clinical functions within a clinic setting requiring knowledge and integration of available standards, resources, and data; discretion; good judgment; diplomacy; decision making; and a customer service attitude. Acting as the patient advocate, the Gig Care Guide has continuous contact with providers, patients, patient families/significant others, community agencies, and patient care staff and management.
Qualifications
Required
Qualifications
Education
High School Diploma/ GED
Licensure/
Certification
LPN License, and American Heart Association (BLS for Health Care Providers) to be completed within 2 weeks of hire date
Other Skills/ Knowledge: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Solid computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft software. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to be detail oriented. Knowledge of Epic Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow.
Preferred
Qualifications
Experience
1 year experience in a clinical service. Previous experience with an electronic health record. Experience with injections, minor procedure assistance
OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Sourced from OSF HealthCare’s careers page.
Requirements
- REQUIRED
- High School Diploma/ GED
- Licensure/
- LPN License, and American Heart Association (BLS for Health Care Providers) to be completed within 2 weeks of hire date
- Other Skills/ Knowledge: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Solid computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft software. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to be detail oriented. Knowledge of Epic Ability to maintain effective and organized systems to ensure timely patient flow.
- PREFERRED
- 1 year experience in a clinical service. Previous experience with an electronic health record. Experience with injections, minor procedure assistance
- OSF HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Place
- City
- Ottawa, Illinois
- State price level
- about the national average
Illinois index 100.0, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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OSF HealthCare is a faith-based healthcare system operated by The Sisters of The Third Order of St. Francis, with a presence across Illinois and Michigan. The system describes its workforce as 'Mission Partners' rather than employees, reflecting its deeply rooted…
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