Intensive Specialty Hospital Hiring for Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Full Time

**$15,000 Sign-On Bonus for all Full-Time hires**

Life is all about choices…Why choose to work at Intensive Specialty Hospital?

• Night and weekend shift differential, overtime pay
• Tuition reimbursement – get paid to become a RN
• Comfortable staffing ratios
• Flexible scheduling to meet your needs – 12 hour shifts!
• A clean environment and supplies to do your job with excellence
• PTO, health, dental, and vision insurance, and 401k match
• Employee appreciation events
• A team environment where we treat each other like FAMILY, with respect, dignity and compassion

Intensive Specialty Hospital is a Long-Term Acute Care (LTAC) hospital. We provide cardiopulmonary care, ventilator and respiratory care, complex wound care, rehabilitation therapies, addiction medicine program, geriatric psychiatry program, multidisciplinary pain program, and outpatient counseling program. With four locations in Shreveport and Bossier City, we will be the largest provider of LTAC services in Northwest Louisiana.

Working at a LTAC facility like Intensive Specialty Hospital is a GREAT OPPORTUNITY to encounter a variety of patients and develop exceptional skills to be a part of our committed TEAM.

The LPN/LVN functions as a health care team member. The LPN/LVN contributes to the assessment of the health status of individuals and groups, participates in the development and modification of the plans of care, implements care strategies within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, renders safe care, participates in the evaluation of responses to care interventions, delegates activities within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, and performs additional functions for which the LPN/LVN has been trained within the professional scope of practice.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize nursing knowledge and skills in the safe delivery of patient care through data gathering, planning, and evaluation.
• Provides care based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served.
• Maintain and coordinate communication effectively and professionally with all patients/significant others, staff, and physicians to ensure a quality patient experience.
• Maintain patient files, records, and other information in a professional manner following policies and procedures regarding documentation.
• Adapts to rapid change in a positive manner throughout the day as needs of the unit/department change.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of practical/vocational nursing
• Must hold a current state or compact state license and must maintain license renewal in accordance with the standards of the State Board of Nursing
• Mental health experience preferred
• Excellent organizational skills
• Good time management skills and self-directed
• Demonstrates good judgment, good interpersonal, and delegation skills

Location: 4 Campuses:

• Shreveport – 1800 Irving Place, Shreveport, LA
• Bossier City – 2525 Viking Dr, Bossier City, LA
• Pierremont – 8001 Youree Dr 8th Fl, Shreveport, LA
• North – 2550 Kings HWY 2nd Fl, Shreveport, LA

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