Great things truly do come in small packages. At Banner Health in Torrington, Wyoming we believe that providing our patients and residents with excellent care is a team effort. Here you will find a different type of opportunity - the chance to step back, and take a breath. Boasting a nurse to patient ratio that is among the best in the nation (1:3.1), we are a 25-bed critical access hospital and a 75-bed long-term care facility. We have provided thoughtful care to the residents of southeast Wyoming and the bordering Nebraska communities since 1949. Now, with a new 28-bed Alzheimer Unit and an $8.9 million expansion underway, we are at an exciting and pivotal point in our development.

Banner Health is a healthcare system with 20 hospitals located in 7 states. Torrington is located in Goshen County, Wyoming. Experience the vast recreational opportunities of Wyoming, including many lakes and the nearby Laramie Peak and Medicine Bow National Forest areas. Colorado's Rocky Mountains and only 3 hours drive from Denver.

Pay opportunity is: $14.25 - $22.77 per hour.

1. Member of the Profession: The LPN is accountable for the ethical, legal, and professional responsibilities related to the LPN scope of practice. The LPN supervises and is accountable for the continuum of care, including, but not limited to CNA practice and collaborating with RNs.
2. Provider: The LPN, using identified standards of practice based on the nursing process, helps the patient/family/consumer to identify and to meet basic health needs in a wide variety of settings. The LPN participates in coordinating care of the patient/resident/family/consumer using an interdisciplinary holistic approach.
3. Advocate: The LPN promotes a climate in which patients/families/consumers may act in their own interest and intervenes when patients/residents/families/consumers are unable to act in their own interest.
4. Manager: The LPN as manager works to achieve desired outcomes of patient/resident/family/consumer through the effective use of personnel, equipment, supplies, and work systems.
5. Educator: The LPN, using the nursing process, assists in providing patient/resident/family/consumer education using a wide range of teaching methods to promote health in a variety of settings.

• Education/Experience:

Graduate of an approved school of practical nursing required.

• Other qualifications/certificate/license:

Current license to practice nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Wyoming.

• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification.

• Venipuncture skills or IV certification preferred.

• Additional credentials/certifications may be required for specialty areas.