Position Announcement

Licensed Practical Nurse - Full Time and PRN

McLean County Nursing Home

Minimum Starting Rate: $25.7728/hour

 Do you want to make a difference in your community? Do you have a passion for long term care? Then we have the job for you! McLean County Nursing Home in Normal, IL is under new management and building a strong team of compassionate caregivers to serve the members of our community. 

Shift Differentials for evening, overnight and weekends

Position Summary

The LPN will provide routine care, observe resident’s health, assist physicians and RNs, and communicate with residents and their family members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for nursing care of assigned residents in accordance with nursing facility and nursing service policies and procedures
• Recognize changes in resident’s condition and notify physician; communicate with family members as needed
• Supervise resident care personnel
• Prepare and administer medications and treatment
• Chart medications and treatments according to procedure
• Participate in staff meetings
• Administer parenteral, intramuscular, and sub-cutaneous injections and IV therapy
• Ensure comprehensive care plan is followed
• Receive and place calls to physicians; accurately transcribe physician’s orders
• Admit, discharge, and transfer patients from their assigned unit
• Complete assigned monthly summaries
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Nursing or Nursing Home Administrator

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Possess skills for continuous handling, fingering, and feeling required for palpation, operating and maintaining equipment, and providing medical treatments for abnormal conditions, ie: wound care, resident care and medication administration
• Possess skills to continuously comprehend and communicate with residents and co-workers, to follow written plans of care, and to respond to emergency alarms
• Ability to respond to and handle emergent situations
• Ability to concentrate on moderate and/or fine detail with frequent interruptions necessary to perform a variety of tasks
• Ability to remember multiple messages, information and task assignments given to self and others
• Ability to work well on a team

Required Qualifications

• Current, active license as Licensed Practical Nurse in Illinois
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• On the job training as an integral part of the licensed training program

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in geriatric care in a nursing home or in other related health care facilities

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally transfers up to 75 pounds with assist while lifting and positioning and transferring residents
• Pushes/pulls medication carts requiring force of 10-30 pounds
• Pushes/pulls residents weighing 75-300 pounds in wheelchairs
• Reposition residents weighing 75-300 pounds in bed for treatments and nursing procedures as needed
• Stands and walks up to 75% of shift to provide resident assessments
• Stoops, bends, and squats as required to reach lower drawers on medication carts, adjust residents’ items, etc.
• Able to wear gloves and other PPE
• Identifies residents, call lights, and unusual occurrences on unit at at distance of 50 feet 

Benefits Package

McLean County offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Medical Member Rewards Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flex Spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent Spending Account (DSA)
• Supplemental Insurance: Life, Critical Illness and Accident
• County provided Life Insurance
• Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF Pension)
• Paid time off: vacation days, personal days, sick days, holidays
• Identity Protection
• Charitable Giving
• Employee Assistance Program

About McLean County Nursing Home

McLean County is the largest county by land area in the state of Illinois with a population of over 172,000. McLean County Government is a fast-moving and dynamic workplace established to locally administer Illinois State laws and serve the community in a variety of ways throughout our multitude of departments. With a $97 million operating budget, over 800 employees, and an Aa1 Bond Rating, McLean County Government is positioned to maintain and expand its reputation for excellence in local government.

McLean County Nursing Home has a long tradition of providing for the welfare and care of its citizens dating back to 1878. In 1974 the citizens of the County decided to continue the tradition of providing care to the elderly when they passed a referendum to build the current Nursing Home, at its current location.

While the citizens of McLean County can be very proud of the building they have provided, our most important asset is the professional, dedicated, and caring staff who work in our facility.

Our philosophy is to provide quality care in an atmosphere that allows both residents and their families to feel comfortable and welcomed during the resident’s stay. McLean County Nursing Home has a history of having a solid reputation in the community for providing consistent, quality care for those who live here. We intend to uphold that reputation by continuing to maintain and improve our standards of excellence.

To learn more about all the services McLean County Government provides the community, please visit https://mcleancountyil.gov/. For more information on McLean County Nursing home, please visit https://www.mcleancountyil.gov/91/Nursing-Home.

How to Apply

Click “Apply Now” at the top of this post.

*If applying through a third party job board, please fill out an application via McLean County Government’s Job Board located at https://il-mcleancounty.civicplushrms.com/careers/Jobs.aspx

Confidentiality of your application is maintained upon request.

*Starting Salary dependent on education and experience

McLean County Government is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.