Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN will be responsible for providing direct care to residents as needed in accordance with care plan, policies and procedures, and nursing standards of care.
Posted Sep 24
License
LPN license Currently licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN by the State of Alabama.Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license
Term
Permanent Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Pay In Lieu Of Benefits -Full-Time- $34+shift diffFull-Time
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License
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) licenseCurrently licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN by the State of Alabama.Check your license
Certification
CPR certification within 30 days of employmentAfter hire · within thirty (30) days of employmentMust possess CPR certification within thirty (30) days of employment.
Preferred
Experience
1 year of experience in a health care facilityOne (1) year experience in a health care facility preferred.
Shift differentialLicensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Pay In Lieu Of Benefits -Full-Time- $34+shift diff
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Pay in lieu of benefits
The role and schedule
Day to day
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents and inform staffAdmit, transfer, and discharge residents as required and inform staff.
Day to day
Observe and evaluate physical and emotional status of residents regularlyCheck residents on a regular basis to observe and evaluate physical and emotional status.
Day to day
Direct Nursing/Resident Care Assistants and report concerns to Resident Care CoordinatorDirect Nursing/Resident Care Assistants in the performance of their responsibility and report any concerns to the Resident Care Coordinator.
Day to day
Document according to policies, procedures, and regulationsDocument according to policies and procedures and regulations.
Day to day
Chart nurse's notes reflecting resident care and responsesChart nurse’s notes in an informative, descriptive, and legible manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and the resident’s responses to care and intervention.
Day to day
Report resident care discrepancies and issues to Resident Care CoordinatorReport all discrepancies, problems, and issues regarding resident care to the Resident Care Coordinator.
Day to day
Transcribe and check physician ordersTranscribe and/or check physician orders to ensure orders have been executed.
Day to day
Administer and document medication administration per ordersAdminister and document medication administration per physician’s orders.
Day to day
Complete assessments on assigned residents each shiftComplete assessments on all assigned residents on each shift.
Day to day
Report resident condition and shift occurrences to oncoming staffReport residents’ condition and shift occurrences to oncoming staff.
Day to day
Communicate pertinent clinical information with physicians, residents, families, and nursing staffCommunicate with physicians, residents, families and nursing staff all pertinent information, clinical data regarding residents’ condition, and possible change in condition.
Day to day
Provide direct care in accordance with care plan and standards of careProvide direct care to residents as needed in accordance with the care plan, policies and procedures, and nursing standards of care.
Day to day
Perform special projects and other duties as assignedPerform other duties including special projects, as assigned.
Licensed Practical Nurse – LPN will be responsible for providing direct care to residents as needed in accordance with care plan, policies and procedures, and nursing standards of care.
Essential Job Functions
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required and inform staff.
Check residents on a regular basis to observe and evaluate physical and emotional status.
Direct Nursing/Resident Care Assistants in the performance of their responsibility and report any concerns to the Resident Care Coordinator.
Document according to policies and procedures and regulations.
Chart nurse’s notes in an informative, descriptive, and legible manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and the resident’s responses to care and intervention.
Report all discrepancies, problems, and issues regarding resident care to the Resident Care Coordinator.
Transcribe and/or check physician orders to ensure orders have been executed.
Administer and document medication administration per physician’s orders.
Complete assessments on all assigned residents on each shift.
Report residents’ condition and shift occurrences to oncoming staff.
Communicate with physicians, residents, families and nursing staff all pertinent information, clinical data regarding residents’ condition, and possible change in condition.
Provide direct care to residents as needed in accordance with the care plan, policies and procedures, and nursing standards of care.
Perform other duties including special projects, as assigned.
Education and Experience
Currently licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse – LPN by the State of Alabama. One (1) year experience in a health care facility preferred. Must possess CPR certification within thirty (30) days of employment.
Physical Requirements for Essential Job Functions
Must be able to move about intermittently throughout the workday.
Must be able to reach, bend, and/or stoop intermittently throughout the work day.
Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
Must be able to push, pull, or move a minimum of 100 pounds utilizing proper body mechanics and assistance.
Must be able to walk/stand 75% of the day.
Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Neighborhoods+West Dothan and the outskirts are the pockets locals actually recommend: Headland, Rehobeth, Magnolia Trace, and Grove Park come up first on community threads. Buyers with more budget name Mountainbrook; a six-figure remote worker called The Woodlands peaceful, safer than Enterprise, and minutes from Target, Starbucks, and the airport. Downtown mixes restored historic homes on St. Andrews with newer lofts and apartments on Foster and Main, walkable to breweries and coffee. The city is described as tree rings—Downtown, Central Dothan inside the Circle, then North/South/East/West, then cotton-and-pine countryside—with more than 50 neighborhoods in Dothan proper plus small towns such as Taylor (Niche’s #1 in Houston County).
West Dothan and the outskirts are the pockets locals actually recommend: Headland, Rehobeth, Magnolia Trace, and Grove Park come up first on community threads. Buyers with more budget name Mountainbrook; a six-figure remote worker called The Woodlands peaceful, safer than Enterprise, and minutes from Target, Starbucks, and the airport.
Downtown mixes restored historic homes on St. Andrews with newer lofts and apartments on Foster and Main, walkable to breweries and coffee. The city is described as tree rings—Downtown, Central Dothan inside the Circle, then North/South/East/West, then cotton-and-pine countryside—with more than 50 neighborhoods in Dothan proper plus small towns such as Taylor (Niche’s #1 in Houston County).
Getting around+The typical Dothan commute is about 16.22 minutes; the city is very spread out, daily life is car-based, and these sources name no transit lines, hospital routes, or parking rules. The Woodlands is minutes from Target, Starbucks, and Dothan Regional Airport, which has daily nonstop jets to Atlanta. Major highways stitch the Wiregrass together; the beach, Lake Eufaula, and Atlanta are each a few hours’ drive. Traffic still shows up as a local complaint even with that short average drive.
The typical Dothan commute is about 16.22 minutes; the city is very spread out, daily life is car-based, and these sources name no transit lines, hospital routes, or parking rules. The Woodlands is minutes from Target, Starbucks, and Dothan Regional Airport, which has daily nonstop jets to Atlanta.
Major highways stitch the Wiregrass together; the beach, Lake Eufaula, and Atlanta are each a few hours’ drive. Traffic still shows up as a local complaint even with that short average drive.
Outdoors+Dothan Area Botanical Gardens (paths, themed plantings, water features) and Landmark Park (trails, historic buildings, family exhibits) are the in-town nature anchors; Forever Wild Trails at Beaver Creek adds hiking. City parks include Eastgate Park, Kiwanis Park, Westgate Park, and Rip Hewes Athletic Complex, with golf courses around the metro and Adventureland for mini golf and batting cages. Outer rings mix rivers, creeks, timber, cotton farms, and wildlife; a few hours away are Lake Eufaula, Florida beaches, St. Andrew’s State Park, and caverns in Marianna. Hiking inside Dothan itself is often called limited.
Dothan Area Botanical Gardens (paths, themed plantings, water features) and Landmark Park (trails, historic buildings, family exhibits) are the in-town nature anchors; Forever Wild Trails at Beaver Creek adds hiking. City parks include Eastgate Park, Kiwanis Park, Westgate Park, and Rip Hewes Athletic Complex, with golf courses around the metro and Adventureland for mini golf and batting cages.
Outer rings mix rivers, creeks, timber, cotton farms, and wildlife; a few hours away are Lake Eufaula, Florida beaches, St. Andrew’s State Park, and caverns in Marianna. Hiking inside Dothan itself is often called limited.
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 Dothan
Dothan is the Peanut Capital of the World—about 60 percent of the U.S. crop grows within 100 miles—and the unflashy hub of Alabama’s Wiregrass, a tri-state area of nearly 300,000 people near Fort Rucker, Georgia, and the Florida line. It will not sell you mountains or beachfront. What it does sell is a roughly 16-minute typical commute, median homes near $194,000, rents around $750, and downtown Foster Street, where murals, the Wiregrass Museum of Art, KBC, and Dothan Ice Cream Company sit among historic lofts. Nurses here tend toward the west side, The Woodlands (minutes from Target, Starbucks, and the airport), Magnolia Trace, Grove Park, or towns like Rehobeth, Headland, and Taylor. Landmark Park, the botanical gardens, and the National Peanut Festival fill weekends; Lake Eufaula, Florida beaches, and Atlanta are a few hours away. Tradeoffs are honest: brutal summers, high utilities, thin nightlife, limited hiking, and some transplants get bored. Bring a car and you get affordability plus a slower, family-oriented pace.
