Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Lakewood Long Term Care - (Sat-Sun, 6:45p - 7:15a)
Kansas City, Missouri
Posted Sep 2
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 24
- Unit
- Long Term Care Unit UHLMC
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Sat-Sun, 6:45p - 7:15a
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- Precepting expected
- Setting
- Long Term Care
- Accepts
- LPN
More role details
- Unit
- Long Term Care Unit UHLMC
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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Lakewood Long Term Care - (Sat-Sun, 6:45p - 7:15a)
101 Truman Medical Center
Job Location UH Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, Missouri
Department Long Term Care Unit UHLMC
Position Type Part time
Work Schedule 7:00PM - 7:30AM
Hours Per Week 24
Job Description
Licensed Practical Nurse – Long Term Care
Join our dedicated Long Term Care (LTC) team where you'll provide compassionate nursing care under the guidance of the Director of Nursing. In this role, you’ll support residents by administering medications, performing treatments, and documenting care. You’ll also lead and support CNAs and CMTs to ensure residents receive high-quality, respectful care in alignment with care plans and state/federal regulations.
What You'll Do
Deliver direct care and monitor residents’ conditions
Supervise and mentor direct care and ancillary staff
Communicate with medical staff and advocate for resident needs
Assist with assessments, admissions, and quality improvement initiatives
Ensure compliance with current nursing standards and maintain professional credentials
Foster a safe, culturally sensitive, and resident-centered environment
Minimum
Requirements
Graduate of an accredited LPN/LVN program
Current Missouri LPN license
BCLS certification
Experience in a Long Term Care setting or similar clinical environment
Preferred
IV Therapy certification (state-approved)
Ready to make a meaningful impact in a supportive and team-oriented environment? Apply today and help us deliver exceptional care to those who need it most!
Sourced from University Health KC’s careers page.
“Experience in a Long Term Care setting or similar clinical environment” · from this posting
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited LPN/LVN program
- Current Missouri LPN license
- BCLS certification
- Experience in a Long Term Care setting or similar clinical environment
Place
- City
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Median rent
- $1,238/mo
- Local household income
- $69,166/yr
- Metro price level
- 7% below the national average
- Campus
- UH Lakewood Medical Center
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
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 · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities.
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University Health KC is an academic medical center serving the Kansas City, Missouri community and beyond. It operates two acute care hospitals—one in the UMKC Health Sciences District just south of Downtown Kansas City and a second location in Southeast…
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