Licensed Practical Nurse - Charge Nurse
Kansas City, Missouri
LPN
Posted Aug 29 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Unit
- Psych
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 2 a week
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Charge shifts · Precepting expected · Floating required · On call
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Missouri is $33/hr, across 164 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Midwest Recovery Centers provides quality treatment to the community of Kansas City, specializing in treatment for substance use disorders focusing on drug and alcohol dependence and residential step down Behavioral Health. We are looking for a qualified and passionate LPN to serve as Charge Nurse for our Kansas City locations. As a member of our medical leadership team, our Charge Nurse role combines direct patient care with staff education and some administrative duties.
The Charge Nurse works two set 12-hour shifts per week, at our Detox and Mental Health residential treatment facilities. The remaining time will be focused on staff education and competencies. The Charge Nurse will take one week of on-call duties every 5-6 weeks.
Low stress environment. High personal reward. Lots of autonomy. Low acuity. Clean/safe environment. Flexible schedule. NO total care patients.
Read the full posting
- Be easily accessible via email and telephone when scheduled on call
- Manage call offs and fill ins when needed
- Participate in Orientation activities of all newly hired nursing staff including providing basic nursing education standards, introducing protocols and procedures and addressing nursing expectations
- Maintain and update inventory
- Follow up with current employees on nursing objectives, protocols and understanding of duties quarterly to ensure continued compliance
- Complete and train nursing staff on yearly nursing competencies and display exemplary understanding and education in these areas
- Maintain and update facility education tools as necessary.
- Return urgent calls/reply within 30 minutes- 1 hour time frame while on-call
- Be flexible and available to sub in for call offs if viable replacement cannot be made
- Be well versed in standard operating procedures for MRC including exemplary execution of all nursing duties, protocols, and general information
- Maintain contact information for all pertinent MRC employees for communications as well as all Detox/Residential employees (medical and non-medical) and Behavioral Health Location employees
- Able to maintain duties while in and outside of facilities with ability to multitask and be flexible at all times.
- Maintain professionalism and HIPAA compliance
- Have at least 1 year experience in mental health services and/or substance use disorders
- Will float between Substance Use Recovery Center Detox/Residential and Behavioral Health Residential facilities.
- Interested???
Please email your resume if so!!
Check out our website for more about our facility! Www. MidwestRecoveryCenters.com'
Job Type: Full-time Pay: $30.00 - $36.00 per hour
Benefits
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Education
- Associate (Preferred)
Experience
- Nursing: 2 years (Preferred)
- Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder: 1 year (Preferred)
License/
Certification
- LPN (Preferred)
Shift availability
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Night Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
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“* Maintain professionalism and HIPAA compliance * Have at least 1 year experience in mental health services and/or substance use disorders * Will float between Substance Use Recovery Center Detox/Resid” · from this posting
Requirements
- LPN
Place
- City
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Median rent
- $1,238/mo
- Local household income
- $69,166/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Kansas City area index 92.5, where 100 is the national average.
Straddling the Missouri–Kansas border, Kansas City serves up world-class barbecue, jazz heritage, and wide-reaching suburbs at an easygoing pace. Fountain-lined boulevards and revitalized downtown districts give nurses a midsize metro with surprising culture—minus the coastal price tag or daily gridlock. A practical, friendly relocation choice for healthcare professionals seeking Midwestern stability.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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