Travel LPN: High-Pay LTC with Housing Allowance

American Traveler, LLC.; Sturgis (SD); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Housing Allowance

Travel Reimbursement

Licensure Reimbursement

Paid Online CEUs

Job summary

American Traveler is seeking an LPN for a long-term care unit in South Dakota. The role requires 1+ year of nursing experience and an active LPN license where applicable, with mandatory BLS.

You'll work 12-hour shifts in a 52-bed LTC/rehab facility, with a 1:25-30 nurse-to-patient ratio, potential unit float, and rotating weekends. Travel housing allowances and benefits are offered to support travelers.

Qualifications

• Current LPN license required where applicable
• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience
• Nursing program approved by a board of nursing
• Current BLS certification required
• Skilled in tube feeds, ostomy care, dressing/wound care, phlebotomy, and IV starts
• Long-term care experience preferred
• Willing to undergo COVID testing twice weekly per facility policy
• No artificial nails

Responsibilities

• Long-term care/rehab and skilled nursing facility with 52 beds
• Care for stable long-term residents, dementia patients, and hospice patients in collaboration with visiting hospice RNs
• No memory care unit; no tracheostomy or ventilator patients; occasional feeding tubes, IVs, and catheter care
• Nurse-to-patient ratio of approximately 1:25-30 with two nurses per shift (RN/LPN or LPN/LPN)
• Uses Point Click Care charting system; may reference EPIC Care Link for information
• May float between two nursing units
• 12-hour variable shifts; days or nights; shift-switching flexibility
• Weekend rotation at least every other weekend; no on-call requirement
• Medication administration, wound care, IV starts, tube feeding, ostomy care, and collaboration with hospice RNs
• Support structure includes on-call charge nurse supervisors and hospitalist rounding twice weekly
• Orientation includes two shifts on two units plus additional facility education
• Expected to work 2 of 4 major holidays
• Up to 7 days of unapproved time off; extension if full week missed; no time off first three weeks of August
• Scrub color: ceil blue top, black pants
• Free parking on site
• Travelers must live at least 100 miles away; local candidates not accepted

Skills

LPN license

Nursing experience 1 year

BLS certification

Tube feeds

Ostomy care

Dressing/wound care

Phlebotomy

IV starts

Long-term care experience (preferred)

COVID testing twice weekly

Education

Nursing program

Job description

American Traveler is seeking an LPN for a long-term care unit in South Dakota. The role requires 1+ year of nursing experience and an active LPN license where applicable, with mandatory BLS.

You'll work 12-hour shifts in a 52-bed LTC/rehab facility, with a 1:25-30 nurse-to-patient ratio, potential unit float, and rotating weekends. Travel housing allowances and benefits are offered to support travelers.