LPN

Turn Key Health

Aurora, Colorado

Posted Sep 22

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License: LPN license Valid, unrestricted LPN licenseValid, unrestricted LPN license
Term: Permanent

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Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Join TK Health Clinics team providing patient care where the need is highest. We are a correctional healthcare provider with a regional focus on our clinics in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin Jails and Detention Centers. Our team oversees the day-to-day healthcare operations in facilities with inmate populations ranging from 25 to nearly 2,000 inmates. Our medical staff are afforded the opportunity to utilize their medical skills to their fullest capacity in a safe, secure, and unconventional environment.

All offers of employment at TK Health are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check.

Location: Aurora Detention Center, Aurora CO

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Full-time

8 hour shifts

Vaccines not mandatory

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for rendering nursing care in assigned area in terms of individualized client needs, according to dependent and independent nursing functions and conformance with recognized nursing techniques, procedures, and established standards based on the scope of practical nursing, under the direction/delegation of the registered nurse.

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Qualifications

Valid, unrestricted LPN license
Current CPR
Ability to pass a background check

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What's around it?

In Aurora, CO

Aurora, COFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 6% above the US average

Median rent: $1,835/mo
Household income: $88,368/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Aurora, CO

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals who post in r/AuroraCO cluster in the southeast—south of E Quincy Ave, south of Iliff, and generally south of Mississippi—where a roughly 20-minute in-city commute is treated as worth the quieter streets. Named safer, higher-income pockets include Aurora Highlands (small-town feel, good schools, its own search demand), Saddle Rock, Saddle Rock Ridge, Saddle Rock Highlands, Piney Creek, Tallyn’s Reach, Seven Hills, Conservatory, and Sterling Hills; Facebook also flags the NW quad of Bayview Wellington. North Aurora is the area locals tell movers to skip. The city mixes master-planned new builds, older stock, and 55+ communities across a ~165-square-mile footprint of nearly 400,000 people.

Nurses and young professionals who post in r/AuroraCO cluster in the southeast—south of E Quincy Ave, south of Iliff, and generally south of Mississippi—where a roughly 20-minute in-city commute is treated as worth the quieter streets. Named safer, higher-income pockets include Aurora Highlands (small-town feel, good schools, its own search demand), Saddle Rock, Saddle Rock Ridge, Saddle Rock Highlands, Piney Creek, Tallyn’s Reach, Seven Hills, Conservatory, and Sterling Hills; Facebook also flags the NW quad of Bayview Wellington.

North Aurora is the area locals tell movers to skip. The city mixes master-planned new builds, older stock, and 55+ communities across a ~165-square-mile footprint of nearly 400,000 people.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: sparefoot.com Source 3: exprealty.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: pods.com Source 7: facebook.com

Getting aroundAnschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado are in Aurora, so many nursing shifts are a local drive rather than a Denver commute. Northern Aurora is about 25 minutes to downtown Denver; the southeastern side runs 35–45 minutes, and Reddit locals treat a 20-minute in-city hop as a win. Peak delays hit I-225 and E-470; RTD light rail exists but coverage is thin (Transit Score 35, Walk Score 43, Bike Score 53), so most people drive. Centennial is about 15 minutes into Aurora; Littleton about 25.

Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado are in Aurora, so many nursing shifts are a local drive rather than a Denver commute. Northern Aurora is about 25 minutes to downtown Denver; the southeastern side runs 35–45 minutes, and Reddit locals treat a 20-minute in-city hop as a win.

Peak delays hit I-225 and E-470; RTD light rail exists but coverage is thin (Transit Score 35, Walk Score 43, Bike Score 53), so most people drive. Centennial is about 15 minutes into Aurora; Littleton about 25.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: redfin.com Source 3: rent.com Source 4: youtube.com

OutdoorsCherry Creek State Park and Aurora Reservoir are the in-city backyard: miles of trails, picnic areas, boating, and stand-up paddleboarding with Front Range views. Hogan Park holds the large "Umi" sculpture; 12 Mile Stables offers guided horseback rides. Weekend trips from r/AuroraCO point to Evergreen Lake, Mount Falcon, Lookout Mountain, and Red Rocks—because Aurora itself is flatter and farther from the mountains than west-metro suburbs. Visitor guides also flag family pools and lazy-river resorts.

Cherry Creek State Park and Aurora Reservoir are the in-city backyard: miles of trails, picnic areas, boating, and stand-up paddleboarding with Front Range views. Hogan Park holds the large "Umi" sculpture; 12 Mile Stables offers guided horseback rides.

Weekend trips from r/AuroraCO point to Evergreen Lake, Mount Falcon, Lookout Mountain, and Red Rocks—because Aurora itself is flatter and farther from the mountains than west-metro suburbs. Visitor guides also flag family pools and lazy-river resorts.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: rent.com Source 2: colorado.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: reddit.com

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Living in Aurora

Aurora is Colorado’s third-largest city—nearly 400,000 people across 165 square miles of eastern Denver metro prairie, not a mountain town and not a downtown. For a nurse the draw is Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado inside city limits. Live southeast: Aurora Highlands, Saddle Rock, Piney Creek, Tallyn’s Reach, or south of E Quincy Ave; skip North Aurora. You will drive (Transit Score 35) with rush-hour backups on I-225 and E-470; northern Aurora is about 25 minutes to downtown Denver, the far southeast 35–45. Housing undercuts central Denver—median homes around $409,700–$470,000, rents roughly $1,600–$1,760—but still runs about 25% above the national average. Crime is falling yet neighborhood-dependent. Stanley Marketplace, Annette, Helga’s, Bent Barley, and 400+ ethnic restaurants are the hangouts; Cherry Creek State Park and Aurora Reservoir are the backyard. Tradeoffs locals own: sprawl, no downtown, little walkability, and a longer haul to the mountains than west-metro suburbs.

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As of 2025Source 1: sparefoot.com Source 2: rent.com Source 3: pods.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: reddit.com Source 7: crosscountry.com Source 8: visitaurora.com Source 9: colorado.com Source 10: exprealty.com

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