Registered Nurse

Willis-Knighton Health System

Shreveport, Louisiana

Willis Knighton Health System is looking for an RN that can work in a pulmonary clinic.

Posted Oct 8

Shift and hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm clinic hours Clinic hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Unit and setting: pulmonary clinic · Clinic Willis Knighton Health System is looking for an RN that can work in a pulmonary clinic.
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

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Benefits

Benefitsexcellent benefit packetAn excellent benefit packet is provided.

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The role and schedule

Day to day: triaging patients triaging patients
Day to day: assisting with history and physicians assisting with history and physicians
Day to day: assisting with new employee paperwork assisting with new employee paperwork
Day to day: medication administration and reconciliation medication administration and reconciliation
Day to day: answering and returning phone calls answering and returning phone calls
Day to day: calling in prescriptions calling in prescriptions
Day to day: setting up and assisting with clinical procedures Setting up and assisting with clinical procedures
Day to day: working with insurance companies for preauthorization and referrals working with insurance companies for preauthorization and referrals

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Willis-Knighton Health System

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You are looking at a non-profit system based in Shreveport that runs three facilities and about 720 beds across Louisiana. The flagship Medical Center campus is a teaching hospital with hundreds of RNs, solid occupancy, and the kind of mixed…

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Preceptors and orientation

12-week orientation with a trained preceptor/mentor on Acute Care Post-Op

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ED mid-shift per-diem available; work schedule generally seen as fair per reviews

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Willis Knighton Health System is looking for an RN that can work in a pulmonary clinic. We need a dependable, energetic person who will provide care for WK patients in a safe and efficient manner.

Responsibilities will include, but limited to, triaging patients, assisting with history and physicians, assisting with new employee paperwork, medication administration and reconciliation, answering and returning phone calls, and calling in prescriptions. Setting up and assisting with clinical procedures, the employee will be responsible for working with insurance companies for preauthorization and referrals.

Clinic hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. An excellent benefit packet is provided.

What's around it?

In Shreveport, LA

Shreveport, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 15% below the US average

Median rent: $987/mo
Household income: $48,699/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Shreveport, LA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals commonly look at Broadmoor, Anderson Island (Anderson Isle), and Shreve Island (Shreve Isle)—walkable pockets near bars, lounges, grocery stores, gyms, and the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, with Shreveport Regional Airport close by. Highland and South Highland (Caddo Heights/South Highlands) sit about a 10-minute drive south of downtown among 20th-century historic homes, tree canopy, churches, parks, and medical centers; Facebook residents specifically praise Broadmoor, Highland, and South Highland for safety and community. Reddit relocators add north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall when they want a short drive to work. Downtown riverfront offers historic-charm lofts and luxury apartments aimed at singles; Youree Drive is the everyday retail corridor; Cross Lake and gated Southern Trace sit at the luxury end.

Nurses and young professionals commonly look at Broadmoor, Anderson Island (Anderson Isle), and Shreve Island (Shreve Isle)—walkable pockets near bars, lounges, grocery stores, gyms, and the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, with Shreveport Regional Airport close by. Highland and South Highland (Caddo Heights/South Highlands) sit about a 10-minute drive south of downtown among 20th-century historic homes, tree canopy, churches, parks, and medical centers; Facebook residents specifically praise Broadmoor, Highland, and South Highland for safety and community.

Reddit relocators add north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall when they want a short drive to work. Downtown riverfront offers historic-charm lofts and luxury apartments aimed at singles; Youree Drive is the everyday retail corridor; Cross Lake and gated Southern Trace sit at the luxury end.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: chooseshreveport.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: assurancemortgage.com Source 5: youtube.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 17 minutes, and movers’ guides flag very little car traffic versus large metros; Facebook locals treat a 20–25 minute radius as the practical target. Interstates I-20, I-220, and I-49 cross the city; LSU Health Shreveport trains and places clinicians into Willis-Knighton Health System, with Barksdale Air Force Base across the Red River in Bossier City. For a short drive to work, Reddit points to in-town Shreveport, north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall. Sources do not describe hospital parking rules or named transit lines.

Citywide average commute is about 17 minutes, and movers’ guides flag very little car traffic versus large metros; Facebook locals treat a 20–25 minute radius as the practical target. Interstates I-20, I-220, and I-49 cross the city; LSU Health Shreveport trains and places clinicians into Willis-Knighton Health System, with Barksdale Air Force Base across the Red River in Bossier City.

For a short drive to work, Reddit points to in-town Shreveport, north Bossier, Benton, and Stonewall. Sources do not describe hospital parking rules or named transit lines.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: chooseshreveport.com Source 3: unitedvanlines.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: facebook.com

OutdoorsShreveport lists 63 parks spanning more than 29,000 acres, plus bayous with hiking paths and fishing and nearby scenic wildlife refuges. Named places include the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, American Rose Center, Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park, Cross Lake, Lake Caroline, Caddo Lake State Park, and the Red River itself. Gators and Friends Adventure Park and the Shreveport Aquarium add family outdoor time; fishing and hunting are regional staples, and lake weekends are a local habit. Spring and fall are the comfortable seasons to be outside; summers are hot and humid.

Shreveport lists 63 parks spanning more than 29,000 acres, plus bayous with hiking paths and fishing and nearby scenic wildlife refuges. Named places include the Red River National Wildlife Refuge, American Rose Center, Walter B. Jacobs Memorial Nature Park, Cross Lake, Lake Caroline, Caddo Lake State Park, and the Red River itself.

Gators and Friends Adventure Park and the Shreveport Aquarium add family outdoor time; fishing and hunting are regional staples, and lake weekends are a local habit. Spring and fall are the comfortable seasons to be outside; summers are hot and humid.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: chooseshreveport.com Source 2: visitshreveportbossier.org Source 3: explorelouisiana.com Source 4: apartmentguide.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: assurancemortgage.com

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Living in Shreveport

Shreveport is the Red River hub of the Ark-La-Tex, where LSU Health Shreveport feeds clinicians into Willis-Knighton and typical drives run about 17 minutes on I-20, I-220, and I-49. The genuine distinction is cheap space plus a compact Southern city: median home values near $170,000, apartment rents often $772 to $1,321, historic streets in Highland and South Highland, walkable Broadmoor, Anderson Island, and Shreve Island, or a short hop to north Bossier, Benton, or Stonewall. Downtown pairs Municipal Auditorium and the Louisiana Hayride with murals, the lighted Texas Street Bridge, and riverboat casinos; Youree Drive is the daily retail spine. Eat Strawn’s icebox pie, Southern Maid Donuts, Herby-K’s po-boys, Monjuni’s, and The Blind Tiger. Sixty-three parks cover more than 29,000 acres, with Cross Lake, the American Rose Center, and Red River National Wildlife Refuge close. Tradeoffs are blunt: crime above average near the airport and casinos, mixed school reputation, humid summers in the high 90s with tornado warnings, and a declining, lower-income population. Spring and fall are the living seasons; the State Fair of Louisiana lasts 17 autumn days. It is a friendly, car-first, food-and-outdoors big small town—not a boom city.

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As of 2026Source 1: chooseshreveport.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: assurancemortgage.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: explorelouisiana.com Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: unitedvanlines.com Source 8: apartmentguide.com Source 9: reddit.com

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Shreveport, LAFrom Census ACS 2024.