Benefits24/7 Telehealth Benefit with Doctegrity24/7 Telehealth Benefit with Doctegrity - access to medical care and mental health support when you need it most
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Health, Dental Vision Insurance
Shift Differentials
PTO, Holiday and Sick time
401k
Life Insurance and Disability Coverage
Daily Pay
Wonderschool Concierge Services
Uniforms
Telehealth Benefit with Doctegrity
The role and schedule
Day to day
Admissions, discharge, and transfers of residentsAdmissions, Discharge and Transfers of residents
Day to day
Medication requisitions with pharmacy and physiciansMedication requisitions with pharmacy and physicians
Following infection control, emergencies, and other center policiesFollowing infection control, emergencies, and other center policies
Day to day
Collaborating with resident's interdisciplinary teamCollaborating with resident’s interdisciplinary team to provide the best outcomes
Day to day
Identifying and reporting abnormal changes in resident conditionIdentifying and reporting all abnormal changes in residents’ condition to proper personnel per center policy
Day to day
Delivering nursing care to long-term or rehabilitative residentsDelivers nursing care to patients/residents requiring long-term or rehabilitative care.
Day to day
Collecting resident data and reporting pertinent informationCollects patient/resident data, makes observations, and reports pertinent information related to the care of the patient/resident.
Day to day
Implementing plan of care and evaluating responseAccording to state-specific regulations, implements the patient/resident plan of care and evaluates the patient/resident response.
Day to day
Directing and supervising care given by other nursing personnelIn accordance with state-specific regulations, directs and supervises care given by other nursing personnel in selected situations.
Day to day
Maintaining knowledge of documentation requirementsMaintains knowledge of necessary documentation requirements.
Day to day
Maintaining knowledge of equipment set-up, maintenance, and useMaintains knowledge of equipment set-up, maintenance and use, i.e., monitors, infusion devices, drain devices, etc.
Day to day
Maintaining confidentiality and patient/resident rightsMaintains confidentiality and patient/resident rights, regarding all patient/resident/ personnel information.
Weekends
Weekends required
Worth asking
Can you walk me through base pay range?
What should I expect for weekly hours, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Posted on Valencia Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center’s careers page.
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Now Hiring: Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) – All Shifts Available!:
Location
1350 Sleepy Hill Rd
Lakeland, FL 33810
Valencia Hills Center for Rehabilitation Healing
Make an impact. Build connections. Love where you work.
At Valencia Hills Center for Rehabilitation and Healing, you’ll find a team that celebrates your strengths, where your work truly makes a difference every day. We’re passionate about creating a supportive, positive environment—not only for our residents, but for the people who care for them. As proud partners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, our team members also have the opportunity to join the spirited KARE KREWE of Valencia Hills—bringing big-team energy and community spirit to everything we do. If you are looking to join a caring and supportive team, we would love to meet you!
We are conveniently located at 1350 Sleepy Hill Rd, Lakeland, FL.
Why Work For Us? Because We Offer Our Employees:
Health, Dental Vision Insurance – family plan options available
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Shift Differentials – nurses earn up to $2 more on nights and weekends
Generous PTO, Holiday and Sick time– we value work/life balance
401k, Life Insurance and Disability Coverage– peace of mind for you and your family
Direct Deposit Cash Advance up to 50% of Daily Pay– get paid when YOU want
Wonderschool Concierge Services – childcare made simple
Uniforms Employee Perks Program– we’ve got you covered
24/7 Telehealth Benefit with Doctegrity – access to medical care and mental health support when you need it most
This role requires Florida AHCA Clearinghouse background screening. More information: https://info.flclearinghouse.com
Some of your Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Job Responsibilities include:
Admissions, Discharge and Transfers of residents
Medication requisitions with pharmacy and physicians
Medication administration
Following infection control, emergencies, and other center policies
Collaborating with resident’s interdisciplinary team to provide the best outcomes
Identifying and reporting all abnormal changes in residents’ condition to proper personnel per center policy
Works under direct supervision in accordance with the state-specific Nurse Practice Act, facility Policies and Procedures, and nursing judgment.
Delivers nursing care to patients/residents requiring long-term or rehabilitative care.
Collects patient/resident data, makes observations, and reports pertinent information related to the care of the patient/resident.
According to state-specific regulations, implements the patient/resident plan of care and evaluates the patient/resident response.
In accordance with state-specific regulations, directs and supervises care given by other nursing personnel in selected situations.
Maintains knowledge of necessary documentation requirements.
Maintains knowledge of equipment set-up, maintenance and use, i.e., monitors, infusion devices, drain devices, etc.
Maintains confidentiality and patient/resident rights, regarding all patient/resident/ personnel information.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Qualifications
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) licensed by the State or Multistate License
Neighborhoods+Nurses and young professionals who want in-city life tend to look at central-south Lakeland, especially Beacon Hill and the streets south of Edgewood and Cleveland Heights. Downtown is the walkable historic core around Lake Mirror and Munn Park, dominated by apartments and converted lofts rather than houses. East Lake Morton keeps you walking distance to downtown with early-1900s bungalows and lake views; Lake Hollingsworth is the lakeside premium with a college campus and larger houses on big lots; Crystal Lake is suburban single-family with easy errands; Combee Settlement is the lower-price modest-house tier. For land and still-workable drives into Lakeland, locals point to Mulberry, Bartow, and Auburndale.
Nurses and young professionals who want in-city life tend to look at central-south Lakeland, especially Beacon Hill and the streets south of Edgewood and Cleveland Heights. Downtown is the walkable historic core around Lake Mirror and Munn Park, dominated by apartments and converted lofts rather than houses.
East Lake Morton keeps you walking distance to downtown with early-1900s bungalows and lake views; Lake Hollingsworth is the lakeside premium with a college campus and larger houses on big lots; Crystal Lake is suburban single-family with easy errands; Combee Settlement is the lower-price modest-house tier. For land and still-workable drives into Lakeland, locals point to Mulberry, Bartow, and Auburndale.
Getting around+Plan on driving: only downtown and the older lake districts are walkable, and Polk County’s Citrus Connection bus covers the rest thinly. U.S. News puts the average commute at about 19.9 minutes. Interstate 4 runs through the city, with Tampa about 31.6 miles (roughly 40 minutes) and Orlando about 48.9 miles (roughly 55 minutes); reaching those job centers is about an hour, easier off-peak. Downtown parking is mostly metered street spaces plus a few public garages, and the Polk Parkway is the other named route families use for work and weekend trips. These sources do not name specific hospital campuses or their parking.
Plan on driving: only downtown and the older lake districts are walkable, and Polk County’s Citrus Connection bus covers the rest thinly. U.S. News puts the average commute at about 19.9 minutes.
Interstate 4 runs through the city, with Tampa about 31.6 miles (roughly 40 minutes) and Orlando about 48.9 miles (roughly 55 minutes); reaching those job centers is about an hour, easier off-peak. Downtown parking is mostly metered street spaces plus a few public garages, and the Polk Parkway is the other named route families use for work and weekend trips.
These sources do not name specific hospital campuses or their parking.
Outdoors+The city is shaped by water: 38 named lakes inside the limits, with downtown wrapping Lake Mirror’s 1920s colonnade promenade and Hollis Garden on the shore. Circle B Bar Reserve, run by Polk County Parks, is the big nature fix for hiking, wildlife viewing, and programs. Lakeland Highlands Scrub offers maintained trails and birdwatching in scrub habitat, and Bonnet Springs Park is a large urban mix of nature and recreation. Safari Wilderness and U-pick blueberries at Shady Oak Farm sit in the wider Lakeland orbit.
The city is shaped by water: 38 named lakes inside the limits, with downtown wrapping Lake Mirror’s 1920s colonnade promenade and Hollis Garden on the shore. Circle B Bar Reserve, run by Polk County Parks, is the big nature fix for hiking, wildlife viewing, and programs.
Lakeland Highlands Scrub offers maintained trails and birdwatching in scrub habitat, and Bonnet Springs Park is a large urban mix of nature and recreation. Safari Wilderness and U-pick blueberries at Shady Oak Farm sit in the wider Lakeland orbit.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Lakeland
Lakeland is Polk County’s lake city on Interstate 4, about 40 minutes from Tampa and 55 from Orlando, with some 122,000 residents and 38 named lakes. The distinct offer for a relocating nurse is a cheaper, slower home base that still reaches two large job markets in under an hour. Housing runs from downtown lofts and East Lake Morton bungalows to lakeside lots at Lake Hollingsworth, suburban Crystal Lake, lower-priced Combee Settlement, and land in Mulberry, Bartow, or Auburndale; recent medians sit in the high $200s to low $300s. You will need a car. Only the Lake Mirror, Munn Park, and Hollis Garden core is walkable; Citrus Connection buses are thin, downtown parking is metered, and the average commute is about 20 minutes. Off-shift life is lakes, Circle B Bar Reserve, Bonnet Springs Park, Poor Porker beignets, The Joinery, Wright buildings at Florida Southern, and Sun n Fun. Honest tradeoffs: traffic and HOA fees are frequent complaints, walkability dies outside the old lake grid, and resident threads split between family-friendly praise and warnings about crime and noise. It is a practical, car-first mid-size city, not a coastal scene or a dense 24-hour hospital neighborhood.
