Licensed Practical Nurse
Lake Butler, Florida
LPN
Posted Aug 20 · New grads welcomed · reported
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week
- Weekends
- Every weekend
- Term
- Permanent
- Practice
- Union position
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- LPN
More role details
- Experience
- New graduates
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
About this role
Centurion is proud to be the provider of healthcare services and mental health services to the Florida Department of Corrections.
We are currently seeking a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team at the Reception and Medical Center- West Unit located in Lake Butler, Florida (Union County).
Pay Rate: $31.50-35.50
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) (Medical) is responsible for providing holistic nursing care within the appropriate scope of practice to incarcerated patients while working under the direction of Registered Nurses (RN) and medical and psychiatric staff, to respond to a range of physical and behavioral health needs.
Florida Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license or ability to obtain one required Must be appropriately and actively certified in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Corrections experience not required Ability to obtain a security clearance, to include drug screen and criminal background check
6:45pm-7:15am, 3 shifts per week; rotating weekends
We offer excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits for our full-time team members including:
Health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance 401(k) with company match Generous paid time off Paid holidays Flexible Spending Account Continuing Education benefits Much more...
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Sourced from Centurion Health’s careers page.
Requirements
- LPN
Benefits
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
Place
- City
- Lake Butler, Florida
- Median rent
- $774/mo
- Local household income
- $49,922/yr
- State price level
- 3% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Florida index 103.4, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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About the employer
You would be walking into Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Carlisle, where Centurion runs healthcare for the Indiana Department of Correction. The work is primary and specialty care inside the fence—vitals, labs, EKGs, minor procedures—and some roles stretch into infirmary-style…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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