Licensed Practical Nurse MAT
Castle Rock, Colorado
LPN
Posted Aug 15 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour days
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour days · 3 a week
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Correctional
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Colorado is $37/hr, across 586 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
You Matter
- Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
- Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
- Excellent career growth opportunities
Join us and find a career that supports
- Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
- Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Autonomy in a warm team environment
- Growth and training
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Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
- DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
- Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
- Company paid life insurance
- Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
- Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
- Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans
*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.
Why Us
Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.
If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
How you make a difference
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) works with the Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Medical Director to provide comprehensive, on- and off-site clinical services to members enrolled in the MAT program. They provide medical and support services, including injections, lab coordination, pharmacy coordination, teaching wellness classes, taking vitals, and coordinating with psychiatric and medical providers to ensure appropriate medical care for MAT program participants.
Key
Responsibilities
Responsible for strategic planning, resource management, and process improvement across service groupings. Oversees the implementation of active treatment and nursing care for patients. Manages staffing levels, establishes cost control programs, and implements new programs/services. Establishes quality measures and standards for continuous quality improvement. Develops, maintains, and communicates departmental policies, procedures, and practices.
Additional Details: ~~ Shift: Sun, Mon, Tue 12:00-00:30 ~~ Deadline to apply to this position is September 15th, 2026. Application deadline may be extended contingent upon applicants’ volume. ~~
Qualifications &
Requirements
Education
Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
Experience
Prefer a minimum of one (1) year clinic experience.
Licenses/Certifications
Have and maintain current licensure as a Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Nurse within the state of employment. Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR certification.
Application details and notices
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.
We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.
We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.
Sourced from Wellpath’s careers page.
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Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
- Prefer a minimum of one (1) year clinic experience.
- Have and maintain current licensure as a Licensed Practical/Licensed Vocational Nurse within the state of employment.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain CPR certification.
Benefits
- Wellness program
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
- Vision insurance
Place
- City
- Castle Rock, Colorado
- Median rent
- $2,000/mo
- Local household income
- $145,197/yr
- State price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Colorado index 103.1, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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About the employer
Wellpath is a healthcare organization specializing in providing medical, dental, and mental health services to underserved, vulnerable, and overlooked populations, primarily in correctional and detention settings. Headquartered in Asheville, NC, Wellpath operates across multiple facilities, including juvenile detention centers and…
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