Licensed Practical Nurse
Shreveport, Louisiana
Health system employer
LPN
Posted Aug 13
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What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts
- Setting
- Long Term Care
- Accepts
- LPN
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About this role
Progressive Care Center, a skilled nursing facility committed to top-notch resident-centered care in a therapeutic environment conducive to a high quality of life, is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse. The professional nurse we seek to fill this position will need to demonstrate leadership on the unit in the presence and absence of the Nursing Director. We provide care for nursing home residents as well as skilled nursing care.
Your job responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, ensuring top-quality resident-centered care, compliance with physicians’ orders and facility policy, medication administration, and assuring a safe and suitable environment for our residents. Kind, compassionate, and dependable characteristics are imperative. You will be part of a professional team of Physical, Speech, Occupational Therapists and nursing assistants that will work diligently to return our residents to their normal ADLs.
An orientation will be provided based on your experience and level of comfort. The Director of Nursing, an assistant Director of Nursing and the Administrator are available as a resource to you.
An active Louisiana LPN license is required to apply for this position or board eligibility.
Sourced from Willis-Knighton Health System’s careers page.
Requirements
- LPN
Place
- City
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Median rent
- $987/mo
- Local household income
- $48,699/yr
- Metro price level
- 15% below the national average
- Address
- 600 E Flournoy Lucas Rd, Shreveport, LA 71115, USA
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Shreveport area index 84.8, where 100 is the national average.
Shreveport sits along the Red River in northwest Louisiana, blending Southern charm with a lively casino and arts district. Nurses relocating here will find affordable living, friendly neighborhoods, and a laid-back pace that makes settling in easy.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You are looking at a non-profit system based in Shreveport that runs three facilities and about 720 beds across Louisiana. The flagship Medical Center campus is a teaching hospital with hundreds of RNs, solid occupancy, and the kind of mixed…
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