Licensed Practical Nurse - Night Shift - Health Care

Avera Morningside Heights Care Center Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care. Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care. Shift Details Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States) 7:00am-3:30pm, 16 hours every 2 weeks (0.2 FTE) Holiday rotation Pay Range RN Pay: $41.29-$564.16 per hour LPN Pay: $24.86-$35.84 per hour Job Description Summary 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; re-evaluating care objectives. 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 safe and accurate medication/treatment administration per physician orders. Participates in care planning and ensures resident care is consistently implemented and appropriate to age. Initiates and updates plan of care as appropriate. Communicates and manages delivery of resident care, ensures quality care is provided. Facilitates conflict management while respecting diversity of people, their strengths and ideas. Guides neighborhood staff in meeting the needs of residents, practicing routines based on residents’ needs. Participates in physician rounds, communicates changes in resident condition to physician utilizing SBAR communication tool. Processes and transcribes physician’s orders and implements according to facility policy. Functions within scope of Nurse Practice Act, using recognized standards of clinical practice, as defined by State of MN. Complies and enforces facility staffing policies. Assists with data collection for quality functions, assists with performance improvement activities. Maintains competency with operational equipment. Investigates incidents, patient/family complaints and makes immediate report to VP of Resident Care or Administrator on-call. Administers medications according to facility policy, competent in Pyxis medication administration system. Assists in discharge planning and education. 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. Qualifications RN Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing. An active license in the state of practice upon hire. RN Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: 1-3 years’ experience working in a clinical or long-term care environment. LPN Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Board of Nursing. An active license in the state of practice upon hire. LPN Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience: 1-3 years long-term care nursing services. Commitment & Values Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community. Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity. Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable. Equal Opportunity Employment Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call or send an email to View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr