On-Call RN/LPN

Peaceful Pines Senior Living - Madison • Madison, SD

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Peaceful Pines Senior Living is committed to providing exceptional care and service with compassion. Our community offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care. The RN/LPN is responsible for assessments, documentation, and oversight of care for the residents. They will partner with the Director of Nursing to provide excellent care.

Requirements

• Holds an active LPN or RN license.
• Minimum of two years' experience in a healthcare facility.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to research and analyze several types of data, especially compliance and regulatory standards.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to plan and carry out job tasks independently.
• Must be able to exercise discretion and solid judgment.
• Ability to set priorities, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt efficiently to change.
• Effectively communicate with all levels of employees and management.
• Must be able to pass background check.

Responsibilities

• Provides on-call backup to the community.
• Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health information concerning residents and staff.
• Ensures that all the needs are met for the residents as well as advising staff that are on the shift.
• Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and promptly.
• Prepares necessary medical paperwork for all scheduled resident appointments.
• Assists with compliance in meeting regulations and is available for state licensure surveys.
• Maintains resident files and appropriate documents as required.
• Assists Medication Aides and Caregivers in service delivery and training as requested.
• Notifies DON of any new doctors' orders that are received and informs the DON of any med changes.
• Performs inventory management for medication administration by Medication Aides and checks new medications from the pharmacy.
• Communicates in staff communication book any information that staff needs to be aware of.
• Assist with picking up shifts on an evenly distributed schedule among nursing staff as needed.
• Reviews, edits, and creates nursing policy drafts to be reviewed and finalized by the Executive Director and/or DON.
• Obtains, administers, and documents prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and facility standards of practice.
• Observes residents, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor, family (responsible party), and physician of residents change in condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess the condition of resident.
• Keeps resident family and physician informed of any changes in resident behavior, medications, or conditions of health.

Benefits

• On‑call duty will receive a flat on‑call rate per weekend, plus their regular hourly rate for any hours worked if an on‑site in-person response is truly needed.

What This Job Offers

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