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Practical Nurse - Licensed 1 or 2, OPC

Salary

$3,376.53 - $5,009.00 Monthly

Location

Independence, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

LAK214754LPN1-2_11.2025

Department

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center

Opening Date

11/13/2025

Closing Date

11/18/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our dedicated healthcare team.

Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center is a 24-bed acute care critical access hospital serving the Florida Parishes region of Southeast Louisiana. We offer a wide range of services including general surgery and a 24-hour emergency department. At Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center, we are able to bring you a wide range of services close to home, provided by a network of board certified physicians.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana Practical Nurse license, a temporary permit, or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Ability to handle the required duties and tasks to provide coverage to Oncology, Cardiology, Surgery, GYN and Infectious Disease clinic and other specialty clinics on a moment's notice as well as LPN nursing care duties located in other Outpatient areas.

+ Implement plan of care as established by the physician and interdisciplinary team members. Establish priorities based on acuity of health care needs when caring for assigned patients.

+ Accurately transcribe orders, perform procedures, administer medications, and observe changes in condition during clinic visit. Reassesses patient per nursing policy/procedure following treatment delivered during the clinic visit, communicate with intra-hospital departments and community resources as necessary to provide ordered services.

+ Provide patient counseling with patients, family, relatives, friends, or others the patient has identified who are involved with their health care, within the scope of the LPN license.

+ Participate in assigned patient health evaluation at the time of each clinic visit by assessing as a minimum the vital signs, Height, Weight, BMI, pain, and obtaining from the patient and/or medical record and/or from the family, relatives, friends, or others the patient has identified who are involved with their health care, the dates of the last PSA, Mammo, PAP, as appropriate for sex and age of patient, smoking status, possible abuse, medical and surgical history, pertinent family history, immunization history and current medication list.

+ Advise team leader, RN supervisor or attending physician of abnormal assessment findings that may require immediate intervention and/or as required by policy/procedure.

+ Input required data into the electronic health record (EPIC) maintenance and other required programs per policy.

Position Specific Details:

Work Location: This LPN position is located in the Outpatient Clinic.

Work Schedule: Shifts will be determined by the department manager.

Career Progression: As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Practical Nurse Licensed 1 or2 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant(s).

Compensation: The following is a Special Entrance Rate (SER) for the LPN 1 or 2 Vacancy within Outpatient Clinic:

+ LPN 1 – Starting Salary is $19.48/per hour worked + Shift Diffs.

+ LPN 2 – Starting Salary is $20.84/per hour worked + Shift Diffs.

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy please contact:

Sycondria Wilson Brumfield, HR Analyst

Lallie Kemp Medical Center Human Resources

52579 HWY 51 South

Independence, LA 70443

Direct: 985-878-1385

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Are you currently a Lallie Kemp Medical Center employee?

+ Yes

+ No

02

Do you possess a current BLS (Basic Life Support) Certification by the American Heart Association?

+ Yes

+ No

03

Do you possess a current Louisiana Practical Nurse license, a temporary permit, or a multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state?

+ Yes

+ No

04

If you answered 'YES' to the previous question, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE and EXPIRATION DATE. ***NOTE***ORIGINAL issue date must be provided (NOT most recent renewal) as your nursing experience will be credited from the date you put here when you attained your LPN license.

Required Question

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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