Licensed Practical Nurse

TARGET CLOSE DATE:

12/31/2025

PAY GRADE:

Grade 13

TYPE:

Full time

JOB SUMMARY:

Jefferson County Department of Health is seeking to hire a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide prescribed medical treatment and personal care to patients in a hospital, nursing home, or clinic. Work requires the Licensed Practical Nurse to perform duties such as taking and recording vital signs, dressing wounds, and administering specific medications orally and by injection.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The Jefferson County Department of Health provides competitive pay and comprehensive benefits packages to include medical and dental insurance, employer-sponsored retirement plan (pension), generous paid holidays, sick and vacation leave, and more. The pay range for this job is listed below:

Health Department $17.80 - $27.62

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

The following are job-related qualifications that are required for employment consideration for this position:

Option A

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) by the Alabama Board of Nursing.

OR

Option B

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in another state, with the ability to obtain an Alabama license within 90 days of employment.

TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:

• Assists physicians, nurses and other medical personnel with various procedures such as lumbar punctures and biopsies.

• Conducts interviews of patients to obtain pertinent health history data, insurance and other information; documents chief complaint; assembles new patient and discharge charts.

• Reviews charts; updates information and documents medications, diets, etc.; takes and record pulse, height, weight respiration and blood pressure.

• Administers specific medications and gives injections such as immunization shots and antibiotics; performs tuberculosis skin test, vision, hearing and pregnancy test; collects sputum, urine and draws blood samples for laboratory testing; assists in obtaining cultures and smears for laboratory.

• Monitors, records, and reports changes in patient symptoms and/or condition; adds premixed I.V. fluids as qualified and according to nursing service policy; performs cardiac monitoring observation; monitors patients receiving blood and blood products.

• Tests urine for sugar, acetone, and specific gravity; measures and records gastric and urine drainage; may perform designated laboratory test in the clinics.

• Performs techniques requiring surgical asepsis such as suctioning, sterile dressings, and wound irrigations.

• Enrolls patients into clinic programs; assess needs and eligibility for health care services; issues eligibility documents; schedules appointments; assists with admissions, transfers, and discharges of patients.

• Assists in daily disinfection of patient care areas; cleans and disinfects instruments after use and assists in maintaining supplies as needed for patient care activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Job primarily involves physical exertion required for sustained periods of light physical activity such as walking or standing with the occasional involvement of moderate physical exertion required for occasional prolonged periods of lifting, stooping, or carrying. May involve occasional lifting of items, or objects weighing up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work is performed primarily within medical or healthcare facilities. Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc. Work also involves use of medical tools and equipment necessary for the care and/or diagnosis of healthcare patients. Work may involve exposure to contagious or infectious diseases (e.g., bodily fluids and airborne agents at hospitals and jails, lice, scabies, TB's, HIV/AIDS), bio-hazardous materials and bodily fluids.

EEO STATEMENT:

The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.  Each Merit System member city/agency operate its own equal employment opportunity policies available on the individual city/agency website.

ACCOMMODATION:

NOTE:

This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

DISCLAIMER:

This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required to do the job and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.