LPN – Acute Rehab Contract | Day & Night Shift
Abilene, Texas
Staffing partner
Posted Aug 22
- Shift
- 12-hour
- Unit
- Rehab
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour
- Term
- Agency
- Setting
- Rehab
- Accepts
- LPN
- Staffing partner
- Acute Medical Staffing
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Texas is $35/hr, across 709 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Acute Medical Staffing is urgently hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for a contract assignment in Abilene, Texas.
This opportunity is ideal for an experienced LPN looking for consistent contract hours in an acute rehabilitation setting.
Contract Details
- Location: Abilene, TX 79606
- Setting: Acute Rehabilitation
- Position: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Shift: 7:00 AM – 7:30 PM or 7:00 PM -7:30 AM
- Shift Length: 12 hours with scheduled meal break
Approximately 23 shifts available
- Pay Rate: $40.00/hour
- Employment Type: Contract / Temporary
- Start: ASAP
Responsibilities
Provide direct nursing care to patients in an acute rehabilitation setting
Administer medications and treatments as ordered
Monitor and document patient conditions and responses to care
Obtain and document vital signs
Assist with patient care planning and implementation
Communicate changes in patient condition to the RN and interdisciplinary care team
Maintain accurate clinical documentation
Follow facility policies, infection-control procedures, and patient-safety standards
Collaborate with nurses, therapists, physicians, and other members of the healthcare team
Requirements
Requirements
Current, unrestricted Texas LPN/LVN license or applicable compact eligibility
Current BLS/CPR certification
Previous acute care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, or similar clinical experience preferred
Current physical and required health screenings
Ability to pass required background and credentialing requirements
Reliable transportation
Ability to work 12-hour shifts
Availability for the duration of the contract preferred
Immediate need — qualified candidates available to start quickly will receive priority consideration.
Sourced from Acute Medical Staffing’s careers page.
Requirements
- Current, unrestricted Texas LPN/LVN license or applicable compact eligibility
- Current BLS/CPR certification
- Previous acute care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, or similar clinical experience preferred
- Current physical and required health screenings
- Ability to pass required background and credentialing requirements
- Reliable transportation
- Ability to work 12-hour shifts
- Availability for the duration of the contract preferred
- Immediate need — qualified candidates available to start quickly will receive priority consideration.
Place
- City
- Abilene, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,157/mo
- Local household income
- $62,648/yr
- Metro price level
- 10% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Abilene area index 90.4, where 100 is the national average.
Abilene sits in West Texas with a friendly, small-town feel and a relaxed pace. Home to three universities and near Dyess Air Force Base, it blends modest-city conveniences with wide-open plains. Nurses seeking a quieter lifestyle and tight-knit community will find a welcoming backdrop here.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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If you take a shift through Acute Medical Staffing in Abilene, you are walking into someone else's inpatient rehab unit — stroke, ortho, neuro, spinal-cord, and brain-injury recovery — as a per-diem RN. The agency posts day and night shifts…
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