Licensed Practical Charge Nurse-Full Time/Days Shift

National Church Residences • Cuyahoga Falls, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Portage Trail, located in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, is an independent living, assisted living, and memory care community. It is owned and operated by National Church Residences, the nation’s largest provider of affordable senior housing and health care services. The organization is seeking an LPN to join their team and contribute to their vision of advancing better living and care for seniors. The LPN Charge Nurse is expected to make advanced observations, report and record them appropriately, form nursing judgments, and execute nursing actions based on scientific principles. National Church Residences serves over 46,000 seniors across more than 360 communities in the U.S., aiming to advance better living for 100,000 seniors by 2030. They are the largest nonprofit provider of affordable senior housing and manager of service coordinators, also offering residential senior communities, home and community-based services, and permanent supportive housing for the formerly homeless and disabled. The company emphasizes finding, recruiting, developing, and rewarding talent, providing resources for employees to excel and grow in a supportive environment.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or a vocational school of practical nursing
• Must have good communication, comprehension and interpersonal skills
• Must have working knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Office Suite and the Internet
• Must have good written and verbal communication skills
• Current Nurse License

Nice To Haves

• One to two years experience

Responsibilities

• Supervise, provide and direct nursing care in compliance with facility policies and procedures.
• Makes observations on an advanced level; reports and records observations appropriately; forms nursing judgments and carries out nursing actions.
• Follows established standards of nursing practices.
• Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
• Interpret existing policies to staff, families and physicians.
• Performs daily rounds, develops and implements accurate comprehensive care plans based on each resident’s needs.
• Follows established policies and procedures for passing medications and treatments.
• Orders and credit medications as needed, keeps accurate accounting of all medications (Stock medications, unit dose and narcotics).
• Follows staffing guidelines and makes nursing assignments.
• Receives and gives an accurate report on resident’s condition to provide continuity of care.
• Monitor diets and supervises meal trays and snacks served to residents and the resident’s intake.
• Assists in passing meal trays, feeding and passing of snacks.
• Follows facility admissions procedures and communicates admission to other departments, staff, physicians and other service providers.
• Ensures employees follow the chain of command in a manner consistent with the personnel policies.
• Assigns nursing assistants and ensures the efficient completion of their assignments.
• Supervises, documents and corrects poor performance of nursing assistants.
• Keeps Unit Managers/Director of Nursing informed on a timely basis of poor performance problems.
• Participates in the performance evaluation process of nursing assistants and provides counseling, coaching and training.
• Presents performance evaluations to staff.
• Follows written and verbal directions.
• Provides exemplary customer service to residents, peers, families, managers, and visitors.
• Reports any changes in physical or mental conditions on a timely basis.
• Follows all company, facility and state policies and procedures.
• Attends staff meetings, in-services, inter-disciplinary team and committee meetings as assigned.
• Exercises keen observations of noise, odors, cleanliness, etc.
• Cooperate with other staff members in all departments to ensure quality environmental conditions for the residents and staff.
• Documents resident information timely, accurately and confidentially according to the procedures.
• Documents changes and notification to POA and doctor; performs comprehensive assessments as assigned.
• Verifies change-over MARS/TARS are correctly updated and necessary changes are made to new MAR/TAR by the 1st of each month.
• Knows resident rights and helps the residents exercise and/or protect their rights.
• Reports resident complaints to supervisor in charge, maintains confidentiality.
• Responsible for ensuring that residents are safe (for example: Wanderguard tab is securely attached to bed/chair as ordered, Wanderguard bracelets are working properly).
• Demonstrates proper use of equipment.
• Reports equipment needs or repairs.
• Uses protective equipment, follows infection control protocol standards, policies and procedures.

Benefits

• Medical (both PPO & HDHP w/HSA) – National Church Residences pays, on average, 75-80% of all costs
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance and Flexible Spending accounts
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
• Retirement Plan including pre-tax contribution with 100% match up to 5% of your pay
• Reimbursement for Tuition expenses
• Employee Discounts including Tickets, Retail, etc.
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability coverage
• Accident, Hospital Indemnity & Critical Illness Insurance
• Wellbeing Programs including EAP, Tobacco Cessation, Weight-loss, and more

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees