Staff Nurse (LPN/RN) - Float Pool PRN
Hamilton, Ohio
Community First Solutions is long-term care.
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour rotating
- Unit and setting
- Float Pool · Long Term Care
- License
- RN or LPN licenseLPN or RN license
- Term
- Per Diem
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- LPN or RN license
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Overtime pay
- $28/hr
Benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Career growth opportunities
- Training and mentorship
- Strong team support
The role and schedule
- Floating
- Floats to other units
- Hours stated
- AM or PM (6:30 - 7:00), must work a minimum of 3x full 12 hour shifts per month (including 1 weekend shift) to maintain status
- Weekends
- Weekends required
The workplace
You would be joining Community First Solutions in Hamilton, Ohio—a nonprofit that has served Butler County and southwest Ohio since 1918. The work sits in senior living and post-acute care: Hamilton campuses at Berkeley Square and Westover cover independent living,…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- 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 and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
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At Community First Solutions, our nursing team takes a resident-first approach—ensuring wellness plans are guided by each individual's needs and goals. As a Staff Nurse LPN/RN, you'll work side-by-side with our caregivers, providing direct bedside care, administering medications and treatments, and collaborating with physicians and the interdisciplinary team to support residents' health and well-being. You'll also guide and mentor caregivers, ensuring a safe, supportive, and person-centered environment.
Your leadership at the bedside helps set the tone for quality, compassion, and teamwork—making Community First Solutions a place where both residents and staff thrive. Schedules: AM or PM (6:30 - 7:00), must work a minimum of 3x full
- 12 hour shifts per month (including 1 weekend shift) to maintain status. Pay: Starting at $28.00/hour, based on date of state certification.
What's around it?
Hamilton, OHFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 7% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,007/mo
- Household income
- $55,166/yr, all local households, not nurse pay