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