Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Full Time and Part Time
Day- 6:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Evenings: 2:00 PM- 10:00 PM
Noc: 10:00 PM- 06:00 AM
Avamere takes pride in creating a working environment that is welcoming, supportive, and fosters a collaborative culture for our employees. To help support the health and wellness of our team members, Avamere offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; supplemental and whole life insurance; short- and long-term disability; paid time off; 401(k) retirement plans; employee assistance programs for virtual counseling, financial coaching, and wellness support; tuition reimbursement; payday advances; and corporate discount programs.
The primary responsibility of a Licensed Practical Nurse is to implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards, provide direct nursing care to the residents and supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by the CNA's.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement and maintain established nursing practice objectives and standards.
- Complete required recordkeeping while admitting, transferring, and discharging residents.
- Coordinate with nursing staff and support personnel daily to plan shift services, programs, and activities to ensure the resident's total regimen of patient care is maintained.
- Provide direct patient care to residents.
- Prepare and administer medications and review medication cards for completeness and accuracy.
- Review patient care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches, and revisions based on nursing needs.
- Plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures necessary for providing quality patient care.
- Supervise the day-to-day nursing and caregiving activities performed by CNAs.
- Provide guidance and leadership to nursing personnel and make daily rounds of your unit to ensure staff are providing direct care in accordance with each resident's care plan and wishes.
- Develop and maintain rapport and employee culture with nursing staff, other department personnel, residents, family members, and all other individuals involved in patient care.
- Participate in facility surveys by authorized government agencies.
Requirements & Qualifications:
- Must possess a nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
- Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN in this state.
- Working knowledge of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care communities.
- Experience with electronic medical records and computer documentation systems.
AvamereLiving is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify.