Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Job Posting Title

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Agency

452 MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERV.

Supervisory Organization

Jim Taliaferro CMHC

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank)

October 31, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Job Type/Salary:
Full Time
Location: Lawton, OK
Licensed Practical Nurse I is $50,500.00 (24.27/ hr)
Level II is $55,000.00 (26.44/ hr)
Level III is $60,000.00 (28.84/ hr)
Shift differentials when working evening, nights, weekends or holidays
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Job Description

Change lives and come join a highly skilled multi-discipline team of professionals providing care to the people who need it most! The treatment philosophy is trauma sensitive, co-occurring, person-centered and recovery-oriented in nature.

We are currently looking for talented Licensed Practical Nurses to join our Adult Urgent Recovery Center, and Adult Inpatient departments. Position is assigned responsibilities for providing direct or indirect professional nursing services in a variety of settings. This includes providing nursing assessments, planning, interventions, evaluations, health related education, case management, and execution of the medical regime including administering medications and treatments prescribed by any person authorized to prescribe by state law.

Responsibilities:  

• Responsible for performing technical direct and indirect nursing such as taking temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure, and medication administration.

• Perform other technical nursing tasks in providing health care to patients and others.

• Directs the activities of the direct care staff on the unit. 

Job Type/Salary:

• Full Time

• Location: Lawton, OK

• Licensed Practical Nurse I is $50,500.00 (24.28/ hr)

• Level II is $55,000.00 (26.44/ hr)

• Level III is $60,000.00 (28.85/ hr)

• Shift differentials when working evening, nights, weekends or holidays

• FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Additional Compensation: Along with our great benefits we also offer addition compensation for working outside of normal business hours! Below is the list of shift differential pay that you can use to boost your hourly pay rate. You can also stack your shift differential pay. For example, working nights on the weekends earns you an extra $6.00 an hour.

• Evening/Nights – extra $3.00 hr.

• Weekends – extra $3.00 hr.

• Holidays – extra $3.00 hr.

On Call: Receive $1.00 per hour when on call.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Licensed Practical Nurse III: Oklahoma license as a licensed practical nurse and three years of practical nursing experience.

• Licensed Practical Nurse II: Oklahoma license as a licensed practical and one year of practical nursing experience.

• Licensed Practical Nurse I: Possession of a valid permanent Oklahoma license

Special Requirements:

• Upon a conditional offer of employment, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services applicants must submit to a physical examination and shall meet the physical examination requirements of occasionally lifting/carrying 50 pounds and able to push and pull a maximum force of 25 pounds.

• Applicants must be willing and able to fulfill any job-related travel normally associated with this position and as such have a valid driver’s license

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