About this role
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – $2,500 Hiring Bonus
Make a Difference Beyond the Bedside!
Are you a compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse looking for a career where your skills can make a lasting difference? Orange Grove Center is seeking dedicated LPNs to support the health, safety, and well-being of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
At Orange Grove Center, nursing is about more than providing clinical care. It is about building relationships, promoting wellness, recognizing individual needs, and helping people live healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Why Join Orange Grove Center?
- $2,500 Hiring Bonus: Receive $500 after 90 days, $1,000 after 6 months, and $1,000 after 1 year, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- Meaningful Work: Make a positive difference in the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Purpose-Driven Care: Use your nursing knowledge and skills to support individual health, safety, and quality of life.
- Teamwork: Collaborate with colleagues and other care professionals to support individual needs.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide nursing services for assigned individuals and support to direct care staff
- Will communicate individuals physician and nursing care plans to staff and assist in implementation of all MD/NP orders according to the State of TN Nurse Practice Act
- Will assist the attending physician/NP/RN in the examination and treatment of the individuals by interviewing the individual and others as necessary to obtain medical information/history to help determine extent of injury/illness
- Must monitor required documentation and complete all required documents within a timely manner
- Transcribe information onto individuals chart records
- Take vital signs and performs other tests such as glucose monitoring as required by physician
- Respond to individuals in acute distress
- Complete all required documents within a timely manner
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Educational Requirements, Skills, and Job Qualifications
- Graduate of an approved LPN Nursing Program
- Minimum one year of relevant LPN clinical experience is preferred
- Experience working with Developmental Disabilities is preferred
- Compassionate and caring demeanor
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Valid Drivers License
- Social Security Card
- Acceptable 3-year motor vehicle report
- F endorsement on Drivers License, 30days post job off
Posted qualifications serve as a guide for candidate review and are not all inclusive. Orange Grove Center reserves the right to deviate from posted credential in determining what combination of candidate education, experience and skills are best suited to a position. Hiring bonus is subject to official program terms and eligibility requirements.