Outpatient Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 2 - Neurosurgery
Alexandria, Virginia
Health system employer
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Unit
- Neurosurgery
Posted Aug 24
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 5 a week
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Outpatient
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- VA nursing roles that state pay post $39/hr to $50/hr
VA nursing postings that state pay run $30/hr to $59/hr, the middle half $39/hr to $50/hr, across 643 postings. That covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
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About this role
Inova Neurosurgery is looking for a dedicated Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 2 to join the team. This role will be full time day position, Monday – Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D. C. metro area and the nation.
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Benefits
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Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program. Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day. Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans. Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 2 Job
Responsibilities
Coordinates referrals for patient chronic care conditions and follow up care as indicated by the initial care plan of the specialist and/or primary care physician. Administers prescribed oral and intramuscular medications, therapies and treatments following practical nursing standards and under the direct supervision of the physician. Effectively communicates with healthcare team members, patients and families; Supports healthcare team members to achieve team goals and assigns appropriate tasks to care assistants.
Maintains and reviews patient medical records, notes and physician orders; Documents all patient care activities in accordance with documentation standards and legal requirements for medical facilities.
Minimum
Qualifications
Education
Vocational / Technical Diploma in Practical Nursing License: Licensed Practical Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Experience
2 years of nursing practice in a hospital or clinic setting.
Certification
BLS from the American Heart Association
Sourced from Inova Health System’s careers page.
Requirements
- Vocational / Technical Diploma in Practical Nursing
- License: Licensed Practical Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia
- 2 years of nursing practice in a hospital or clinic setting.
- BLS from the American Heart Association
Benefits highlights
- Wellness program
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Loan assistance
Place
- City
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Median rent
- $2,089/mo
- Local household income
- $119,681/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Alexandria area index 108.9, where 100 is the national average.
Eight miles south of D.C. on the Potomac, Alexandria runs brick Old Town townhouses to King Street–Old Town Metro—Pentagon on a short Blue/Yellow ride. Nurses cluster in walkable Del Ray with festivals and rents near $2,025, or quieter North Ridge–Rosemont. Landmark–Van Dorn is the budget pocket at $1,964. Cost of living sits about 9% above national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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