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🩺 RN Charge Nurse / LPN Clinic Lead

Full-Time | Days | University Medical Center | Dermatology/Allergy Clinic

🩺 Job Overview

The RN Charge Nurse / LPN Clinic Lead serves as a key clinical leader responsible for coordinating patient care, supporting daily operations, and fostering a positive team environment. Working closely with providers, nursing staff, and leadership, this role helps ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality, patient-centered care while maintaining efficient workflows, regulatory compliance, and exceptional patient experiences. As a trusted resource and mentor, the RN Charge Nurse / LPN Clinic Lead provides guidance to clinical staff, supports patient flow, assists with care coordination, and promotes a culture of accountability, teamwork, and service excellence.

In addition to clinical leadership responsibilities, this role plays an essential part in day-to-day operations by assisting with staff assignments, scheduling support, workflow management, inventory oversight, and provider communication. The RN Charge Nurse / LPN Clinic Lead helps identify operational needs, resolve issues in real time, and support staff development through coaching, training, and mentorship. The ideal candidate is a compassionate healthcare professional with strong leadership and communication skills who is committed to delivering outstanding patient care while supporting the growth and success of both the team and the organization.

🩺 What You'll Do

Clinical Leadership & Patient Care Excellence

• Lead and support the delivery of exceptional, patient-centered care.

• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

• Promote evidence-based practices that improve quality, safety, and patient experience.

• Support patient assessments, triage, admissions, discharges, and recovery processes.

• Ensure accurate documentation, medication administration, and regulatory compliance.

Operational Leadership & Workflow Management

• Serve as a key leader in daily clinic operations and workflow coordination.

• Monitor and improve patient flow, clinic efficiency, and throughput.

• Assist with staff assignments, scheduling support, and daily operational needs.

• Partner closely with providers and leadership to ensure seamless communication and problem resolution.

• Provide front-line support by helping redirect team members and resources as patient volumes and priorities change.

• Ensure supplies, equipment, and clinical resources are readily available to support uninterrupted patient care.

Team Development & Staff Engagement

• Supervise, mentor, and coach clinical staff to support growth and performance.

• Foster a positive, collaborative, and accountable work environment.

• Assist with interviewing, onboarding, training, and orientation of new team members.

• Address employee concerns, support conflict resolution, and encourage professional development.

• Lead by example while promoting the organization's mission, vision, and values.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Champion patient safety, infection prevention, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and organizational policies.

• Participate in audits, risk management activities, and performance improvement efforts.

• Promote a culture of accountability, safety, and service excellence.

⭐ What Makes You Successful

We are looking for someone who can:

✅ Have the ability to assist with day-to-day clinic operations
✅ Perform workflow management, patient flow and recovery, staff assignments, scheduling support, and provider communication.
✅ Have the ability to collaborate closely with leadership to ensure effective communication and operational support.

✅ Have to ability to ensure necessary supplies are ordered and available, provide front-line operational support, and assist with redirecting staff as needed.
✅ Improve workflows, patient experiences, and operational efficiency
✅ A strong problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment

✅Have strong communication skills and comfortable interacting with providers, redirecting team members, and helping maintain accountability within the clinic environment.

🌟 RN Charge

🩺 Qualifications & Requirements

🎓 Education

Required

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN/ASN)

Preferred

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

🩺 Experience

Required

• Minimum of 1 year of clinical nursing experience in the applicable specialty or patient care setting.

📋 Licensure & Certifications

Required

• Current, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of Louisiana or a Compact RN License.

• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

🌟 LPN Clinic Lead

📋 Licensure

Required

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license through the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners (LSBPNE).

💚 Certifications

Required

• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

🩺 Experience

Required

• Minimum of 3 years of related clinical experience in a physician practice, outpatient clinic, ambulatory care, or healthcare setting.

🌟 Why Join LCMC Health?

At LCMC Health, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career while making a meaningful impact on patients, providers, and fellow team members every day. As an RN Charge Nurse or LPN Clinic Lead, you'll play a key role in supporting patient care, clinic operations, and staff development in a collaborative, team-focused environment. If you're passionate about leadership, teamwork, and delivering exceptional care, you'll find a rewarding career, growth opportunities, and a culture that values what makes you extraordinary. 🩺💚

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. 

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region’s safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center’s legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart. 
• Give people a reason to smile. 
• Put a little love in your work. 
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.  
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. 
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. 
• See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. 
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. 
• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here. 

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.  LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

 

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