LPN FT 645 pm- 7 am

United Church Homes • Milford, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Charge Nurse works cooperatively and respectfully with elders, coworkers, families, visitors and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home. He or she delivers nursing care to elders according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations. The Charge Nurse actively promotes the elder’s opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels. The Charge Nurse is a participant in elder-centered care and team based management and is involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s). The focus of SEM Haven is to be a elder-centered organization based on elder choice. SEM Haven is a family, which includes elders and staff, as well as elder families and staff families. The final goal is to provide support for each of its members. Your role as a staff member is to provide the elders of SEM Haven with the support, friendship, and most importantly, kindness, so they may live as independently as they wish to in their homes. The most important function of your position is that you treat everyone you come into contact with as a person deserving respect. No person is any more or less important than any other and all should be treated in this manner. As a member of a family team you have the additional responsibility to perform tasks as necessary to maintain life on the household. These tasks will be within your knowledge and training i.e. assist with food preparation/serving; picking up clutter, removing trash, cleaning spills; transporting elders; attending household meetings/learning circles and fulfilling simple requests for elders.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Must be able to speak, read & write the English language in an understandable manner.
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of position can be fully met.
• Freedom from illegal use of drugs and freedom from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential.

Nice To Haves

• Previous long-term care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to elders according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations.
• Actively promote the elder’s opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels.
• Participate in elder-centered care and team based management.
• Be involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s).
• Provide elders with support, friendship, and kindness.
• Assist with food preparation/serving.
• Pick up clutter, remove trash, clean spills.
• Transport elders.
• Attend household meetings/learning circles.
• Fulfill simple requests for elders.
• Keep living and work areas clean, orderly and presentable at all times.
• Modify job duties for the overall good of the home and our elders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree