Nurse, RN, Residential and Assisted Living Wellness

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This unique RN position offers the opportunity to build meaningful, long term relationships with residents—beginning in Independent/Residential Living and continuing as they transition into Assisted Living. Approximately 60% of this role supports Residential Living wellness services, with the remaining 40% dedicated to Assisted Living clinical care. In Residential Living, the RN promotes whole person wellness by monitoring residents' physical and emotional health, providing education and consultation, coordinating preventative screenings, connecting residents with community resources, and serving as a trusted clinical presence during health office hours. The RN must remain attentive to changes in functional status and collaborate closely with the Transitions team. In Assisted Living, the RN is an essential member of the nursing team, ensuring high quality care through ongoing assessment, staff support, care planning, physician communication, and daily resident evaluation. At times, the RN provides direct resident care in accordance with nursing standards, organizational procedures, and State and Federal assisted living regulations. This is an hourly role, with a typical expected schedule Monday -Friday from 8:00am -4:30pm.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Residential Living (Independent/Residential Living) ~60%
• As the sole Residential Living Wellness Nurse, responsibilities include:
• Participate in resident review as part of the Health & Safety conversation for prospective residents. Support new resident orientation, including emergency system education.
• Coordinate the Residential Health Office during designated hours, providing medication guidance, answering health questions, and communicating with families as appropriate. Communicate with providers to obtain orders, support transitions in level of care, and facilitate therapy referrals.
• Serve as first response for Independent Living Call for Aide alerts during office hours; evaluate, document, and follow up on accidents and injuries.
• Coordinate and implement wellness programming including educational sessions, vaccination clinics, podiatry clinics, and other health-promotion events.
• Facilitate weekly Wellness Clinic services such as blood pressure checks and additional offerings based on resident needs.
• Assisted Living – ~40%
• As a member of the Assisted Living Nursing Team, responsibilities include:
• Ensure quality care delivery through assessment, staff monitoring, physician communication, care planning, and daily resident evaluation.
• Observe and evaluate resident conditions—physical, mental, and emotional—and report significant changes promptly.
• Provide direct resident care in accordance with nursing standards, procedures, and State/Federal regulations.
• Provide routine direction and support to staff by explaining nursing procedures, reinforcing training, and ensuring understanding as well as high standards of care and task completion.

Education and Work Experience:

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing and current Minnesota RN license.
• 2–3 years of nursing experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:

• Ability to communicate effectively with residents and healthcare professionals.
• Strong organizational and problem solving skills.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and understand HIPAA laws.
• Knowledge of privacy regulations and maintaining patient confidentiality.
• Preferred experience in Case Management, Assisted Living, or Home Health Care.
• Experience supporting transitions between levels of care is highly desirable.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand, sit, talk, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight up to 100 lbs. Ability to operate various equipment based on department.
• The ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medical codes or alarms. Four hearing requirements listed: In person speech, Telephone, Other remote speech and other sounds.
• Clarity of Vision:
• For near visual acuity Clarity of vision at approximately 20 inches or less (i.e., working with small objects or reading small print), including use of computers.
• For far visual acuity, Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more. This is not just the ability to see a person or object, but the ability to recognize features as well.
• For peripheral vision, observing an area that can be seen up and down or to right or left while eyes are fixed on a given point.

Compensation Pay Range:

$36.90 - $51.94 per hour

Reasonable Pay Estimate

A reasonable estimate of the pay range for this position is $36.90 - $51.94 per hour. There are numerous factors taken into consideration in determining the actual offered rate of pay, including but not limited to: job-related qualifications, experience, skills, education, geographic location, and consideration of internal and external equity.

For full time employees, we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employer paid group term life and disability
• Paid Time Off (PTO) & six paid holidays
• 403(b) with a 3% employer match
• Fitness center use at most facilities.
• Various voluntary benefits:
• Life, AD&D
• Tuition assistance and scholarships
• Employee assistance program
• Legal services, home/auto insurance, discount purchasing program
• Pet Insurance