LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE - 09152026-80890
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the job posting.
Key info:
- Opening Date/Time 09/15/2026 12:00AM Central Time
- Closing Date/Time 09/28/2026 11:59PM Central Time
- Salary (Monthly) $2,896.00 - $3,614.00
- Salary (Annually) $34,752.00 - $43,368.00
- Job Type Full-Time
- City, State Location Carthage, TN
- Department Health
- LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SMITH COUNTY
- A Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) screening will be conducted prior to employment.
- This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position.
- Qualifications Education and Experience: Currently licensed as a practical nurse.
- Necessary Special Qualifications: Currently licensed as a practical nurse with the State of Tennessee or holds a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required
- Overview: Under general supervision, is responsible for licensed practical nursing duties of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the working level class in the Licensed Practical Nurse job series. An employee in this class is responsible for providing licensed practical nursing health care support in a hospital, clinic, institution, or in the home. An employee in this class may be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends. This class differs from Licensed Practical Nurse 3 in that the latter is responsible for leading the work of technical nursing staff.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (Performs BLS..., Follows..., Educates..., Demonstrates..., Documents..., Discusses..., Maintains..., Reports..., Ensures..., Reports..., Provides..., Communicates...)
- Competencies (KSA's): list of competencies (Nimble Learning, Manages Complexity, Courage, Action Oriented, Interpersonal Savvy, Knowledges Nursing Practices & Procedures Human Behavior Customer and Personal Service Skills Active Learning and Listening Speaking Reading Comprehension Social Perceptiveness Time Management Abilities Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning Written Comprehension Speech Clarity Problem Sensitivity Tools & Equipment Electronic devices Various Medical Equipment and Devices TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications: A valid driver's licenseFor the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations. Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application. Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.)
We need to decide sections.
We have:
- About the role (maybe Overview)
- Responsibilities (list)
- Requirements (Qualifications, Necessary Special Qualifications, maybe driver standards)
- Skills (Competencies/KSA's)
- Benefits (none given)
- Pay (Salary info)
- Schedule (maybe mention work days, evenings, nights, weekends; but that is in Overview. Could be considered schedule info. The posting says "An employee in this class may be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends." That's schedule info. So we could create a Schedule section with that detail. However, we must only include a section if posting has real specific content. It does have that. So we can include Schedule.
But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Overview and Schedule? But we need headings for sections we include. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have sections: About the role (Overview), Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Pay, Schedule. Benefits omitted because none given.
We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details like opening/closing dates, location, department, MVR screening, criminal background check, etc. Where to put those? Possibly in About the role or a general info paragraph. Since they are not exactly role description but job metadata. We could put them in a short
under About the role or maybe a separate "Job Details" section but we don't have a heading for that; we could incorporate into About the role.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; there is none.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
Thus produce something like:
About the role
Opening Date/Time: 09/15/2026 12:00AM Central Time; Closing Date/Time: 09/28/2026 11:59PM Central Time. Location: Carthage, TN, Department of Health, Smith County. This is a full-time position. A Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) screening will be conducted prior to employment, and a criminal background check is required.
Responsibilities
- Performs BLS (Basic Life Support), CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and other emergency responses.
- Follows a prescribed health care plan or protocol, takes the patient's vital signs, and administers medication.
- Educates patients/caregivers how to maintain optimal health status.
- Demonstrates self-care such as dressing changes, self-examinations, activities of daily living (e.g., hygiene), and use of adaptive equipment/devices.
- Documents assessments, care, and education provided to the patient.
- Documents orders followed, medical interventions, completed tests/results, and the administration/effectiveness of drugs.
- Discusses the patients comprehensive health plan with other staff to identify the patients/clients needs.
- Maintains an adequate, current, and secure inventory of health care supplies.
- Reports discrepancies in the inventory.
- Ensures that medical equipment and designated work areas are kept clean and serviceable.
- Reports any maintenance problems or repairs made on equipment.
- Provides education to employees and others.
- Communicates with internal and external entities.
Requirements
Currently licensed as a practical nurse. Must be currently licensed as a practical nurse with the State of Tennessee or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required.
Skills
- Nimble Learning
- Manages Complexity
- Courage
- Action Oriented
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Knowledge of Nursing Practices & Procedures, Human Behavior, Customer and Personal Service
- Active Learning and Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Written Comprehension
- Speech Clarity
- Problem Sensitivity
- Tools & Equipment: Electronic devices, Various Medical Equipment and Devices
Pay
Salary (Monthly): $2,896.00 - $3,614.00; Salary (Annually): $34,752.00 - $43,368.00.
Schedule
May be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends.
We also need to include driver standards info. That could be part of Requirements or Skills. It's about driver qualifications. Could be under Requirements as additional note. Let's add a paragraph under Requirements about driver standards.
Thus Requirements section: include license info and driver standards.
We need to preserve all substantive info: includes "TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications: A valid driver's licenseFor the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations. Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application. Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors."
We should format that as a paragraph.
Thus Requirements: Currently licensed as a practical nurse. Must be currently licensed as a practical nurse with the State of Tennessee or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required. Additionally, for positions involving driving responsibilities, candidates must have a valid driver's license and, for the past five years, a driver record free of DUI, reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, or more than four moving violations; exceptions may be considered based on other factors.
We need to be careful not to lose any detail: "Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application." That's application instruction; we are told to remove application instructions. So we should drop that sentence. Also "Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors." we can keep as part of requirement.
Thus we keep: "A valid driver's license. For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations." plus maybe "Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors."
Now check we didn't duplicate content.
We also need to include "Overview" content: we placed in About the role. Ensure we included all overview sentences: "Under general supervision, is responsible for licensed practical nursing duties of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the working level class in the Licensed Practical Nurse job series. An employee in this class is responsible for providing licensed practical nursing health care support in a hospital, clinic, institution, or in the home. An employee in this class may be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends. This class differs from Licensed Practical Nurse 3 in that the latter is responsible for leading the work of technical nursing staff."
We included some of that in About the role but we omitted some details. Let's incorporate all.
Thus About the role paragraph: include opening/closing dates, location, department, job type, MVR screening, criminal background check, overview description.
We need to preserve all substantive info;
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the job posting. Key info: - Opening Date/Time 09/15/2026 12:00AM Central Time - Closing Date/Time 09/28/2026 11:59PM Central Time - Salary (Monthly) $2,896.00 - $3,614.00 - Salary (Annually) $34,752.00 - $43,368.00 - Job Type Full-Time - City, State Location Carthage, TN - Department Health - LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SMITH COUNTY - A Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) screening will be conducted prior to employment. - This position requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history in order to be considered for this position. - Qualifications Education and Experience: Currently licensed as a practical nurse. - Necessary Special Qualifications: Currently licensed as a practical nurse with the State of Tennessee or holds a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required - Overview: Under general supervision, is responsible for licensed practical nursing duties of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the working level class in the Licensed Practical Nurse job series. An employee in this class is responsible for providing licensed practical nursing health care support in a hospital, clinic, institution, or in the home. An employee in this class may be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends. This class differs from Licensed Practical Nurse 3 in that the latter is responsible for leading the work of technical nursing staff. - Responsibilities: list of duties (Performs BLS..., Follows..., Educates..., Demonstrates..., Documents..., Discusses..., Maintains..., Reports..., Ensures..., Reports..., Provides..., Communicates...) - Competencies (KSA's): list of competencies (Nimble Learning, Manages Complexity, Courage, Action Oriented, Interpersonal Savvy, Knowledges Nursing Practices & Procedures Human Behavior Customer and Personal Service Skills Active Learning and Listening Speaking Reading Comprehension Social Perceptiveness Time Management Abilities Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning Written Comprehension Speech Clarity Problem Sensitivity Tools & Equipment Electronic devices Various Medical Equipment and Devices TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications: A valid driver's licenseFor the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations. Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application. Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.) We need to decide sections. We have: - About the role (maybe Overview) - Responsibilities (list) - Requirements (Qualifications, Necessary Special Qualifications, maybe driver standards) - Skills (Competencies/KSA's) - Benefits (none given) - Pay (Salary info) - Schedule (maybe mention work days, evenings, nights, weekends; but that is in Overview. Could be considered schedule info. The posting says "An employee in this class may be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends." That's schedule info. So we could create a Schedule section with that detail. However, we must only include a section if posting has real specific content. It does have that. So we can include Schedule. But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Overview and Schedule? But we need headings for sections we include. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could have sections: About the role (Overview), Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Pay, Schedule. Benefits omitted because none given. We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to include details like opening/closing dates, location, department, MVR screening, criminal background check, etc. Where to put those? Possibly in About the role or a general info paragraph. Since they are not exactly role description but job metadata. We could put them in a short
under About the role or maybe a separate "Job Details" section but we don't have a heading for that; we could incorporate into About the role. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; there is none. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Thus produce something like:
About the role
Opening Date/Time: 09/15/2026 12:00AM Central Time; Closing Date/Time: 09/28/2026 11:59PM Central Time. Location: Carthage, TN, Department of Health, Smith County. This is a full-time position. A Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) screening will be conducted prior to employment, and a criminal background check is required.
Responsibilities
- Performs BLS (Basic Life Support), CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), and other emergency responses.
- Follows a prescribed health care plan or protocol, takes the patient's vital signs, and administers medication.
- Educates patients/caregivers how to maintain optimal health status.
- Demonstrates self-care such as dressing changes, self-examinations, activities of daily living (e.g., hygiene), and use of adaptive equipment/devices.
- Documents assessments, care, and education provided to the patient.
- Documents orders followed, medical interventions, completed tests/results, and the administration/effectiveness of drugs.
- Discusses the patients comprehensive health plan with other staff to identify the patients/clients needs.
- Maintains an adequate, current, and secure inventory of health care supplies.
- Reports discrepancies in the inventory.
- Ensures that medical equipment and designated work areas are kept clean and serviceable.
- Reports any maintenance problems or repairs made on equipment.
- Provides education to employees and others.
- Communicates with internal and external entities.
Requirements
Currently licensed as a practical nurse. Must be currently licensed as a practical nurse with the State of Tennessee or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required.
Skills
- Nimble Learning
- Manages Complexity
- Courage
- Action Oriented
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Knowledge of Nursing Practices & Procedures, Human Behavior, Customer and Personal Service
- Active Learning and Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Time Management
- Deductive Reasoning
- Inductive Reasoning
- Written Comprehension
- Speech Clarity
- Problem Sensitivity
- Tools & Equipment: Electronic devices, Various Medical Equipment and Devices
Pay
Salary (Monthly): $2,896.00 - $3,614.00; Salary (Annually): $34,752.00 - $43,368.00.
Schedule
May be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends.
We also need to include driver standards info. That could be part of Requirements or Skills. It's about driver qualifications. Could be under Requirements as additional note. Let's add a paragraph under Requirements about driver standards. Thus Requirements section: include license info and driver standards. We need to preserve all substantive info: includes "TN Driver Standards State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications: A valid driver's licenseFor the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations. Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application. Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors." We should format that as a paragraph. Thus Requirements:Currently licensed as a practical nurse. Must be currently licensed as a practical nurse with the State of Tennessee or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Tennessee under the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required. Additionally, for positions involving driving responsibilities, candidates must have a valid driver's license and, for the past five years, a driver record free of DUI, reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, or more than four moving violations; exceptions may be considered based on other factors.
We need to be careful not to lose any detail: "Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application." That's application instruction; we are told to remove application instructions. So we should drop that sentence. Also "Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors." we can keep as part of requirement. Thus we keep: "A valid driver's license. For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations." plus maybe "Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors." Now check we didn't duplicate content. We also need to include "Overview" content: we placed in About the role. Ensure we included all overview sentences: "Under general supervision, is responsible for licensed practical nursing duties of average difficulty; and performs related work as required. This is the working level class in the Licensed Practical Nurse job series. An employee in this class is responsible for providing licensed practical nursing health care support in a hospital, clinic, institution, or in the home. An employee in this class may be assigned to work days, evenings, nights, and/or weekends. This class differs from Licensed Practical Nurse 3 in that the latter is responsible for leading the work of technical nursing staff." We included some of that in About the role but we omitted some details. Let's incorporate all. Thus About the role paragraph: include opening/closing dates, location, department, job type, MVR screening, criminal background check, overview description. We need to preserve all substantive info;