About this role
As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for Swope Health Services in our Wyandotte Clinic, you will be part of a team of caregivers to provide care for the people who need it most. As a LPN you are responsible for taking a health history, performing health counseling, and administering medications and treatments. You will provide nursing care and assist our physicians and providers. LPNs provide follow up on abnormal lab results, abnormal imaging results, post hospitalization, as well as proactive pre-visit planning, and patient teaching. You are a critical part of the patient centered medical team to provide quality, patient centered care. If you have a passion for working with a team of dedicated caregivers to make care visible every day, this role is for you.
Successful Candidates will have:
• Graduated from an accredited school of practical nursing.
• Licensed to practice in the State of Missouri and/or Kansas.
• Basic Cardiovascular Life Support (BCLS), certified.
• Excellent communication skills, customer service oriented and exhibit the ability to work with people (staff, visitors and clients).
• Associates must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or obtain an approved exemption for vaccination accommodation based on a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Position is currently approved for a Sign on Bonus of $1,000. It is paid in two increments $500 at hire and $500 after 90 days of employment.
About Swope Health
Swope Health, the Kansas City region's largest Federally Qualified Health Center, has provided comprehensive primary care, dental care and mental health services in the Greater Kansas City area for more than 56 years.
Recognized as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, our commitment to an integrated model of healthcare aligns with our mission to improve community health and wellness through accessible, quality, comprehensive patient care.
Accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and The Joint Commission, we served nearly 56,000 patients in 2025 at 24 locations throughout the area, including Kansas City, Belton, Independence, North Kansas City, Hickman Mills, and Wyandotte and Leavenworth Counties in Kansas. Swope Health is a special place that cares for the people who need it most, wherever they are in the community.
As a Swope Health Associate you will be expected to help deliver on the Swope Health Promise of “We Make Care Visible”.
You will do this by V.I.S.I.B.L.E 1. Valuing every person 2. Impacting communities 3. Serving with professionalism 4. Inspiring Innovation 5. Believing that healthcare is a basic human right 6. Leading with accountability and praise 7. Empowering Excellence