LVN / LPN Medical Surgical
Location: Dayton, OH
Profession: LVN/LPN
Posted: 10/23/2026
Salary: $1747/weekly
Weekly Hours: 48
Shift: Nights
Job Details
Job Title
LVN / LPN – Medical Surgical
Location
Dayton, OH | Acute Care
Schedule / Job Type
Contract | Nights | 4x12-Hour Shifts (19:00–07:30) | 36 or 48 hours per week available
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care within a Medical Surgical/Step-Down or PCU unit, with a patient population that includes COPD, CHF, Pneumonia, Influenza, Sepsis, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, and Post-COVID patients
- Manage and monitor telemetry, drips (including insulin, heparin, Cardizem, and other sporadic drips), and ventilator patients; vent experience is required
- Support care of trach, vent, BiPAP, and high-oxygen-requirement patients in collaboration with Respiratory Therapists (no orally intubated patients on unit)
- Participate in a team nursing model alongside RNs and PCTs, dividing workload to improve patient outcomes; may also function in a primary nursing model based on unit needs
- Read and interpret EKG/telemetry strips; pass an online EKG tele competency assessment prior to assignment start
- Float within the facility or to nearby campuses as directed, and be available to work every other weekend and holiday
Required Qualifications
- Active LVN/LPN license — any active state license or compact license accepted; candidates with any past license disciplinary action will not be considered
- BLS and ACLS certifications required
- Ventilator (vent) experience required
- Epic EMR experience required
- Demonstrated Step-Down (SD) or PCU experience at a 1:5 ratio, documented in work history — ICU experience does not substitute for SD/PCU experience at this facility
- Must live more than 50 miles from the facility to be eligible; local travelers are not accepted
Preferred Experience / Skills
- Minimum 1.5 years of nursing experience, with some Level 1 or Level 2 facility experience preferred
- Prior travel nursing experience preferred
Why Join Us
- Work within a collaborative team nursing model designed to improve both workload balance and quality of patient care
- Gain experience in a dynamic Medical Surgical environment managing a diverse, acuity-driven patient population with strong respiratory and drip therapy components
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