Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse - Day Shift
Healthcare employer
Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Eligibility
- RN/LPN
- Shift
- Days
- Unit
- Psych
Posted Sep 6
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Days
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
- Accepts
- RN/LPN
- Patients
- The Best Treatment Scranton- our mission is to provide quality and individualist substance abuse treatment at all levels of care.
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- In range for PA staff roles
PA staff postings that state pay run $23/hr to $54/hr, the middle half $33/hr to $47/hr, across 457 postings.
About this role
*Registered Nurse / Licensed Practical Nurse *
The Best Treatment Scranton- our mission is to provide quality and individualist substance abuse treatment at all levels of care. Our employees are the heart of our company and we look forward to the new addition!
We are looking for motivated individuals to join our team as an LPN/RN!
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Responsibilities for this position include
- Build positive relationships with clients, clinical staff and medical staff.
- Dispense medications and fill med sets for clients.
- Triage list of clients for providers to assess on daily basis.
- Assess new intakes.
- Work with clinical team for clients who have outside medical needs.
- Sending out, following up, and managing new medication orders.
- Support providers with specific lab orders and results.
- Obtain medical history and records as needed.
- Document and communicate inventory supply needs
- Manage accurate stock, patient specific medications, and MAR’s.
- Prepare upcoming discharges to see provider and set follow up appointments as needed.
- Document in an electronic medical record system care given.
- Provide medication education to clients including MAT services and medication changes.
- Implement appropriate nursing interventions.
Pay: $30.00 - $38.00 per hour
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- RN
- LPN
Place
- City
- Scranton, Pennsylvania
- Median rent
- $1,048/mo
- Local household income
- $50,739/yr
- Metro price level
- 6% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Scranton area index 93.6, where 100 is the national average.
Scranton sits in the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania, offering nurses a small-city feel with easy access to the Pocono Mountains. Known for its rich coal-mining heritage and the Electric City nickname, it blends historic architecture with a down-to-earth community atmosphere.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Worth asking
We can’t answer these from the listing we have. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?