• Job Description

  Req#: 966295

  MERCY HOSPITAL Fort Smith

  Department: GIG

  Status: PRN/Per Diem/Flex/Float

  Shift: Varies

  #BeAMercyNurse

  Incentives:

  • $30/hr Base Rate
  • Variable Shift Incentives
  • W-2 Employee
  • Minimum 1 shift in 90 days
  • 4, 8, or 12 hour shifts available
  • Work Where and When You Want!

  Overview

  Are you seeking a flexible incentivized Licensed Practical Nurse position? Ability to pick up day shift OR night shift - whatever works best for you! No weekend, holiday, or shift requirement. Participation in the Gig Nursing Program requires being responsible for scheduling a minimum number of hours, being available on short notice, being flexible and subject to last minute shift cancellation. The Gig Nursing Program does not offer guaranteed shift hours and will be the first for cancellation.

  Departments Utilizing GIG LPNs:

  • Medical-Surgical (MS): Nights and/or Weekends

  Facilities/Locations:

  • Mercy Fort Smith Hospital
  • Community Hospitals:
    • Waldron
    • Paris
    • Ozark
    • Booneville

  Qualifications:

  • Required Education:
    
    • High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  • Licensure:
    • Graduate of an accredited practical nursing program; Consideration will be given for comparable education experience and successful licensure. Is personally responsible for obtaining, and maintaining a current LPN license within the hiring state in which nursing duties are performed and must meet all State Board of Nursing requirements
  • Experience:
    • One year of recent bed-side LPN experience to work Med Surg.
  • Preferred Experience:
    • Epic experience
  • Certifications:

  • For Med Surg (MS) - BLS

  • IV certification required

  • Physical Requirements/Demands:
    • Stand/Walk most of the time on duty; significant amount of bending and stooping, as well as lifting and turning patients with assistance; push/pull/grip up to 50 pounds

• About the company

  Mercy, named one of the top five large U.S. health systems for four consecutive years by IBM Watson Health, serves millions annually. Mercy is one of the nation’s most highly integrated, multi-state health care systems, including more than 40 acute care, managed and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, convenient urgent care locations, imaging centers and pharmacies. Mercy has 900 physician practices and outpatient facilities, more than 4,000 Mercy Clinic physicians and advanced practitioners and 40,000-plus co-workers serving patients and families across Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has clinics, outpatient services and outreach ministries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. In addition, Mercy's IT division, Mercy Technology Services, and Mercy Virtual commercially serve providers and patients from coast to coast.

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