
LTC | LPN
- Agency
- GHR Healthcare
- Location
- Baldwyn, MS
- Job type
- Travel
- Profession
- LPN / LVN
- Industry
- Nursing & Healthcare
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
Pay breakdown
- Hourly
- $41.67
- Weekly
- $1,500
- Yearly (full-time)
- $78,000
- Contract length
- 13 weeks
- Start date
- December 2, 2026
This job pays about $41.67/hour — 73% above the median for LPN / LVN jobs in Mississippi ($24.14/hour). The total includes tax-free housing and meal stipends, which staff jobs don't pay, so take-home pay is usually higher than the hourly figure suggests.
Estimated from the weekly pay in the listing, 36 hours a week; yearly = 52 weeks. Median wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
LPN / LVN jobs in Mississippi right now
- 13 open LPN / LVN jobs in Mississippi from 3 agencies, 3 of them in Baldwyn.
- Pay in these listings: $28.40 – $41.67/hour, median $29.00/hour.
- Typical LPN / LVN pay in Mississippi: $24.14/hour ($50,211/year, BLS).
- Highest median pay: GHR Healthcare ($39.59/hour across 2 jobs).
Job description
Travel LPN Jobs – Long-Term Care Nursing Assignment in Baldwyn, Mississippi
Apply now for a 13-week Travel LPN assignment in Baldwyn, Mississippi, providing compassionate care to geriatric, long-term care, post-acute, rehabilitation, and ventilated/tracheostomy patients. We are seeking an experienced Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join a collaborative on-site healthcare team in northeast Mississippi. Baldwyn offers a welcoming small-town setting with convenient access to the amenities and services of nearby Tupelo.
Travel Nursing Job Details
- Location: Baldwyn, Mississippi
- Weekly Estimated Pay: $1,460–$1,540
- Start Date: December 2, 2026
- Assignment Duration: 13 weeks, through February 27, 2027
- Schedule: Approximately 36 hours per week, generally 84 hours every two weeks
- Shift: 12-hour day shifts, approximately 6:45 a.m. to 7:08 p.m.
- Scheduling: Schedule is based on operational need and may include weekends and holidays; block scheduling and self-scheduling are not available
- Call: No on-call requirement
- Patient Population: Geriatric, long-term care, short-term post-acute, rehabilitation, and ventilated/tracheostomy patients
- Documentation: Epic electronic medical record
- Floating: May be required to units within your demonstrated competencies
Travel LPN Job Requirements
- Active Mississippi Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license
- Required IV certification as applicable to the LPN license and practice setting
- Minimum of 2 years of long-term acute care or comparable long-term care nursing experience
- Recent experience caring for ventilated and/or tracheostomy patients
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification preferred
- Strong patient assessment, medication administration, clinical documentation, and nursing care skills
- Ability to provide complete scheduling availability and maintain the contracted assignment as a primary professional commitment
- Prior travel nursing experience is preferred but not required
- Ability to complete required compliance documentation at least 7 days before the start date and begin fingerprinting within 48 hours of offer acceptance
Long-Term Care LPN Responsibilities
- Provide safe, compassionate nursing care to long-term care and post-acute patients during 12-hour day shifts
- Assess patients, monitor changes in condition, and communicate clinically significant findings to the appropriate provider
- Care for patients requiring ventilator, tracheostomy, rehabilitation, and complex long-term support
- Administer medications and treatments in accordance with orders, policies, and scope of practice
- Perform IV-related care consistent with current certification and assignment requirements
- Complete accurate and timely documentation in Epic
- Collaborate with providers, nursing colleagues, ancillary staff, patients, and families to support continuity of care
- Float to other appropriate units when needed and work effectively with changing patient-care demands
- Participate in required orientation, competency validation, and pre-assignment assessments
Apply now to be considered for this Travel LPN healthcare opportunity in Baldwyn, Mississippi, near Tupelo.
Benefits
401K with Matching, Healthcare, Dental and Vision
Equal Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity across our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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