LPN Resident- Emergency Department

Ready for a role that supports your unique calling in patient care and fits your life? At Rapides Regional Medical Center, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certification support, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources you need to build the career of a lifetime.

About the role

As an Emergency Room LPN/LVN at HCA Healthcare, you’ll play a vital role in delivering safe, high-quality care when every second counts. You will use your clinical skills, steady focus, and attention to detail to help stabilize patients and support urgent interventions. You will work alongside a highly skilled ER team committed to providing lifesaving care and improving human life – one critical moment at a time.

Responsibilities

• Supporting emergency care by administering medications, assisting with procedures, monitoring conditions, and performing vital tests within your scope
• Documenting patient assessments, observations, and interventions clearly to support seamless hand-offs and coordinated care
• Monitoring patient conditions and responding quickly to changes to support timely treatment and patient safety
• Educating patients and families with compassion, explaining care and health information in a way that’s easy to understand
• Working closely with nurses, providers, and the entire ER team to deliver responsive, patient-first care in a fast-moving setting

Requirements

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse (LPN/LVN)
• Vocational School Graduate

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the organization

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional, we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team, you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital, impacting the well-being of patients, their families, your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.