Licensed Practical Nurse LPN Hospice
Butler, Pennsylvania
Posted Sep 3
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Unit
- Hospice
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days
- Weekends
- Weekends required
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospice
- Accepts
- LPN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- Sign-on bonus
- $6,000
The median for nursing in Pennsylvania is $35/hr, across 397 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Overview
Licensed Practical Nurse LPN
We are offering a $6,000 Sign-On Bonus (to be paid throughout the first year of employment) for the Licensed Practical Nurse LPN.
Rates starting at $27/ hour.
Read the full posting
Full-time, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., rotating weekends
Lutheran SeniorLife provides a comprehensive array of community-based health and social service programs throughout western Pennsylvania.
Our services include LIFE (Living Independence for the Elderly); skilled nursing, home health; personal care; adoption & foster care; assisted living; adult day services; memory care; hospice; palliative care; residential living; affordable housing; home safety monitoring; Meals on Wheels; rehabilitation services and private duty.
Become part of the VNA Hospice team where you will be appreciated for providing in-home palliative and hospice services to people in Armstrong, Butler, and surrounding counties. Thrive by making a real difference in the lives of people who need your support and care during extensive treatment and also at end of life. Enjoy a great work culture, unique work options and schedules, while building heartfelt relationships with those needing personalized care.
Licensed Practical Nurse LPN is a direct patient care position providing continuous care or nursing care under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.
Qualifications
for Licensed Practical Nurse LPN
Currently licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. One year of acute care clinical or commensurate experience preferred. Home health care or a related appropriate experience preferred. Must have dependable transportation with a valid driver’s license. Independently visit patients in their homes. Working knowledge of computers, Microsoft Word and Excel required
Benefits
Lutheran SeniorLife offers a variety of benefits to employees and their families, as applicable, including but not limited to: *based on employment status*
- Competitive Wages, Hiring Incentives, Generous Paid Time Off, Bereavement Leave & Paid Holidays
- Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) health benefits solution. ICHRA provides larger flexibility and customization in medical plan options while still providing the tax benefits of a group plan.
- Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability plans.
- Voluntary Suite of Benefits Available at Low Group Rates, including Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, and Additional Life Insurance Options
- Employer-sponsored child care benefits.
- Immediate eligibility to participate in the employer-sponsored retirement savings plan
- FSA availability, depending on the individual health plan selected
- Total Wellness and WorkLife Balance resources, discounts, programs
- Tuition Reimbursement and Mileage Reimbursement for Eligible Employees
- Career Success - coaching, training, internships and recognition program
Lutheran SeniorLife and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.
Shift: Daylight Typical Work Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., rotating weekends
Sourced from Lutheran SeniorLife’s careers page.
Requirements
- LPN
- Driver's License
Benefits
- Mileage reimbursement
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
Place
- City
- Butler, Pennsylvania
- Median rent
- $818/mo
- Local household income
- $44,247/yr
- State price level
- 2% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Pennsylvania index 97.6, where 100 is the national average.
Butler offers a small-town, rural-suburban feel north of Pittsburgh, with rolling hills and easy access to Moraine State Park's Lake Arthur. A practical choice for RNs seeking quieter living with weekend city access.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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If you take a Hospice RN role with Lutheran SeniorLife around Butler, Pennsylvania, your workday is mostly in people’s homes, not one fixed unit. Full-time is Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with rotating on-call. You need a valid driver’s…
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