Licensed Practical Nurse

Job Description

Nurses Make a Difference!

Now offering Recruitment and Referral Incentives at the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS)!

$10,000.00 recruitment incentive for:

Registered Nurses

Advanced Practice Nurses

Nurse Consultants

Nursing Supervisors

Compliance Nurses

$7,500.00 recruitment incentive for Licensed Practical Nurse

$5,000.00 recruitment incentive for Certified Nurse’s Assistant

Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to referring DHSS employees.

You must be a new employee to the State of DE to be eligible for this program.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) seeks to increase the number of applicants for clinical nursing positions by offering a recruitment incentive to eligible Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nursing Supervisor, Compliance Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nursing Assistant candidates in accordance with the DHSS Recruitment and Referral Incentive Program.

The program provides incentives as follows:

Recruitment incentives will be paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire and will begin after the first quarter of employment. New employees accepting this recruitment bonus must commit to two consecutive years of employment with DHSS. You must be a new employee to the state to be eligible for this incentive.

Referral bonuses of $1,000 are available to current DHSS employees who refer new hires to the state in the following classifications: Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Consultant, Nursing Supervisor, Compliance Nurse, Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and Certified Nursing Assistant. Referral bonuses of $1,000 will be paid in quarterly installments over the first year of hire of the referred applicant.

NOTE: This program is administered by the Department of Health and Social Services. The program may be terminated by the State at any time.

Summary Statement

The LPN, a Licensed Practical Nurse is sometime referred to as a vocational nurse. LPNs are health care providers who are tasked with providing direct care to their patients. They are responsible in providing to the daily basic needs of patients including administering medication and treatments and maintain close communication with their supervisors, the RNs. If patients have minor wounds, LPNs perform wound cleaning and dressing changes. LPNs are required to check patient’s hydration and food intake. They assist patients with hygiene and ADL’s.

Job Requirement Series

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Licensed Practical Nurse I

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

Possession of a Delaware Practical Nurse license, Delaware temporary license or multi-state compact license.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Licensed Practical Nurse II

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

Possession of a Delaware Practical Nursing license or multi-state compact license.

At least six months experience as a Practical Nurse.

JOB REQUIREMENTS for Licensed Practical Nurse III

Applicants must have education, training and/or experience demonstrating competence in each of the following areas:

Possession of a Delaware Practical Nursing license or multi-state compact license.

At least eighteen months experience as a Practical Nurse.

Additional Posting Information

This posting may be closed on or before the closing date upon filling the vacant position(s).

Conditions Of Hire

Pre-employment Drug Testing: Upon a conditional offer, you must undergo pre-employment drug testing as part of the hiring process.

This position is a classification organized under an exclusive bargaining representative (labor organization) that has been elected by employees as their representative for collective bargaining and other applicable terms and conditions of employment, in accordance with Title 29, Chapter 59 and Title 19, Chapter 13 and 16. This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement based on its individual term.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our Job Seeker Resources.

DHSS does not provide employment-based sponsorship.

Criminal background check: A satisfactory criminal background check is required as a condition of hire. The recruiting agency may require the applicant to pay for the criminal background check as part of the conditional offer of hire.

Benefits

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Do you have a passion to help others?

Become a part of our team and work with other talented people who contribute their knowledge and skills every day, to those truly in need.

We offer a commitment to your personal and professional life. Working for the State of Delaware you may qualify for a retirement pension, paid parental leave, a compressed work schedule and shift differential pay.

Full-time