LPN

About the Role

As a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), you will provide compassionate nursing care to our residents under the direction of a physician or Registered Nurse. You will assess resident needs and deliver essential physical or psychosocial care, ensuring their comfort and well-being. This role requires genuine compassion, patience, and a commitment to accurate documentation.

Responsibilities

• Follow the nursing process—assess, plan, implement, and evaluate—under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practitioner.
• Assessment: Collect and analyze healthcare consumer data, including psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, economic, and lifestyle factors. Contribute to the RN’s initial assessment and perform re-assessments.
• Plan: Set measurable short- and long-term goals based on standards of care, collaborating with the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team. Participate in developing and modifying the plan of care.
• Implement: Execute or modify the plan of care using assessment data, clinical reasoning, and evidence-based practice. Responsibilities include care coordination, education, discharge planning, and delegation (following professional and legal standards).
• Evaluate: Use a systematic process to assess progress toward healthcare consumer goals. Revise the plan of care as needed, involving the healthcare consumer and multidisciplinary team.
• Document all phases of the nursing process in the healthcare consumer’s record.

Requirements

• Graduate of an LPN nursing program (required upon hire).
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Nebraska (required upon hire).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) – CPR certification (required upon hire).

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus of up to $5,000 for eligible new hires.
• Educational assistance of up to $8,000 for eligible new hires.

Pay

$21.85 - $30.87 per hour.

Where You'll Work

CHI Health St. Mary’s has served Nebraska City and surrounding areas since 1927. The facility was fully modernized in 2014, featuring a 110,000-square-foot campus with increased capacity for specialty clinics and an integrated primary care clinic. The environment encourages collaboration and care coordination among primary care physicians and medical specialists, ensuring high-quality patient care.