Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Long Term Care

Avera•Granite Falls, MN

7d•$24 - $51

About The Position

Position Highlights Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care. We consider our team like a family, not just co-workers. Purpose: Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) play a vital role in the delivery of long-term care services and create a caring and joyful environment for his/her residents. A Brief Overview Provides each resident with professional nursing care, assessment and evaluations in their scope of practice.

Requirements

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.

Nice To Haves

Less than 1 year experience in Long Term Care
1-3 years’ Experience working in a clinical or long term care environment

Responsibilities

Performs all licensed practical nursing functions and services as directed by the Registered Nurse to all residents.
Completes assessments on residents, makes appropriate interventions, applies knowledge, prioritizes resident care, uses nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate).
Complies with all pharmaceutical policies and procedures, ensures that all medications/treatments are given safely and accurately in accordance with the physician’s orders.
Administers medications according to facility policy, competent in Pyxis medication administration system.
Participates in the care planning process and assures that resident care is implemented consistently and appropriate to the age of those served.
Initiates and updates plan of care as appropriate.
Complies with standards of professional documentation.
Communicates and manages the delivery of resident care, ensures quality care is provided.
Guides staff in meeting the needs of the residents, practicing routines based on residents’ needs.
Participates in physician rounds, communicates changes in resident condition to physician utilizes SBAR communication tool.
Processes and transcribes physician’s orders and implements according to facility policy.
Seeks educational opportunities, shares knowledge with others, assists with orientation of new staff.
Investigates incidents, patient/family complaints and makes immediate report to VP of Resident Care or Administrator on-call.
Facilitates conflict management while respecting diversity of people, their strengths and ideas.
Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends to understand residents conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.