Licensed Practical Nurse - NRC
State of Nebraska

Job Info

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Description

$3,000 sign-on bonus! We want you to join our team! Conditions apply.

INCREASED HIRING RATES!

The State of Nebraska, Department of Health and Human Services is seeking full-time and temporary on-call Licensed Practical Nurses for the Division of Behavioral Health at Norfolk Regional Center.

Are you a compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse with teamwork and adaptability skills? If so, WE NEED YOU!

What we can offer you:

• Stable Employment Opportunity
• Career Development and Learning
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 156% match of first 4.8% contribution to Retirement Plan
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Generous Leave Accruals and benefits
• Opportunity to be part of a caring organization
• Flexible Schedules

DHHS State of Nebraska values our employees as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job qualifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or genetics.

For more information about the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and the Division of Behavioral Health, please visit our website, http://dhhs.ne.gov.
Hiring rate of position: Full-time $23.400 - $31.227/hour based on years of LPN work experience. Temporary on-call $23.400/hour. Additional $3/hour facility differential pay. Additional shift differentials for 2nd and 3rd shift.

Location of position: Norfolk Regional Center

Examples of Work

Licensed Practical Nurses perform duties within scope of practice including:

• Medication administration
• Documentation
• Initiate therapeutic interactions with patients
• Perform treatments
• Transcribe doctor's orders
• Evaluate physical health and emotional status of patients under supervision of RN
• Perform assigned patient education
• Complete order entry
• Supply inventory and ordering; use of electronic medical record.
• Will be a contributing member of the interdisciplinary treatment team delivering holistic and individualized care to patients

Qualifications / Requirements

REQUIREMENTS: A current license to practice as a licensed practical nurse in Nebraska or authority based on the Nurse Licensure Compact to practice as a licensed practical nurse in Nebraska is required.

Preferred: Knowledge or experience working with patients with mental illness or psychiatric disorders. Valid driver's license or the ability to provide independent authorized transportation.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to be flexible and adapt to rapidly changing situations.

Ability to maintain professional boundaries and therapeutic working relationships.

Ability to work and function as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team.

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