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LPN Novice Nurse

Maxim Healthcare

Kansas City, MOJob$30–35/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$30–35/hr
Location
Kansas City, MO
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Active LPN LicenseCurrent CPR

Job overview

Maxim Healthcare Services offers a Novice Nurse Training Program for new graduate LPNs and nurses with less than one year of experience. Participants work one-on-one with a patient in a home setting and receive mentorship, real-time feedback, training opportunities, and clinical team support while gaining hands-on experience in direct patient care and specialized equipment management.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Direct Patient CareVentilator ManagementTracheostomy ManagementG-Tube ManagementCritical ThinkingNursing ProcessMedication AdministrationPatient MonitoringMedical DocumentationCare CoordinationUniversal Precautions

Qualifications

Accredited Nursing School GraduateActive LPN LicenseCurrent CPRPPD or Chest X-Ray

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Hourly Pay: $30 - $35 / per hour

Maxim Healthcare Services is seeking a Novice Nurse –Licensed Practical (< 12 months of experience)

The Novice Nurse Training Program at Maxim Healthcare Services is designed to provide a unique training opportunity for new grad LPNs, and those with less than one year of experience. You'll partner with an experienced Maxim nurse who will provide real-time feedback, training opportunities, and mentorship.

Within this program, you will be gaining hands-on experience by working 1-on-1 with a patient within the home setting. You will have the opportunity to learn direct patient care, vent/trach/g-tube management, and critical thinking skills with the 24/7 support of the clinical supervising team.

Rewards:

  • Competitive Pay & Weekly Paychecks

  • Health, Dental, Vision, HSA and Life Insurance

  • Paid Time Off

  • 401(k) Savings Plan

  • Maxcares Awards Program

  • $1,000 Sign On Bonus

  • $2,000 Referral Bonus

Responsibilities:

  • Utilizes the nursing process to plan, implement, and evaluate patient/client care and/or contracted services

  • Administers medications and treatments as prescribed, as well as monitors and documents effectiveness of intervention and progress toward established goals

  • Intervenes as applicable to changes in condition and reports such changes to appropriate supervisor and/or physician

  • Documents all physician collaboration/coordination of care in the medical record and communicates this information as needed

  • Monitors the safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment including universal precautions

Minimum Requirements:

  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

  • Active LPN License

  • Current CPR

  • PPD or chest X-Ray if applicable

Maxim Benefits:

Health and Wellness Medical/Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Advocacy (company paid if enrolled Medical) and Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program

Retirement and Financial Security: Health Savings Account, 401(k), Short Term Disability, Voluntary Group Life Insurance and Supplemental Accidental Insurance, Hospital Expense Protection Plan, Critical Illness Insurance, Home and Auto Insurance discounts, Pet Insurance and Legal Benefits

Lifestyle Benefits: Paid Time Off, Employee Discount Program, Transportation Benefits and College Partnership Program

*Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.

About Maxim Healthcare

Maxim Healthcare has been making a difference in the lives of our patients, caregivers, employees and communities for more than 30 years. We offer private duty nursing, skilled nursing, physical rehabilitation, companion care, respite care and behavioral care for individuals with chronic and acute illnesses and disabilities. Our commitment to quality customer service, compassionate patient care, and filling critical healthcare needs makes us a trusted partner wherever care is needed.

Maxim Healthcare, Inc. (“Maxim”) is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 29,594 open Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$30–35/hr
  • Missouri median$32–48/hr210 hourly ranges
  • US median$34–45/hr13,010 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $32.50/hr, is 19% below the Missouri median midpoint ($40/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Nurse hourly ranges in Missouri.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 779 open Nurse jobs in Missouri and 29,594 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Missouri
Experience
Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (12,253 postings).
Education
3,273 of the 29,594 open Nurse jobs (11%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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