Licensed Practical Nurse

Miravida Living Opportunities

Miravida Living is looking for AM, PM & NOC CNA's throughout our organization. We do have part and full-time available.

Join the team and help shape our senior living community. Your work will contribute to a legacy of love and connection. Your journey with us will not only transform your life but also profoundly touch the lives of those around you.

Who We Are

Our History: In 1963, in the heart of Oshkosh, a special community took shape: Miravida Living, originally Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh. The journey began with a vision to create a senior living community overflowing with joy and avenues for fulfillment.

Our Campus: Miravida Living is home to a diverse array of living options, including 55+ Retirement Living at Carmel Residence and Simeanna Apartments; Assisted Living, Respite, and Memory Care at Gabriel's Villa and Elijah's Place; as well as Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation at Bethel Home, Eden Meadows, and our Green House Homes.

Our Beliefs: Our daily contributions shape an environment where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are present every day for our teams and elders. When you join our team, you are united in this effort to create a community that embodies these virtues.

Our Commitments: We believe every stage of life should be lived to the fullest and have made a commitment to our elders, thoughtfully designing opportunities and initiatives that enrich the mind, body, and spirit of our community members through six key areas:

• Awaken: Faith and Reflection
• Connect: Social Engagement
• Contribute: Sharing and Mentoring
• Discover: Intellectual Engagement
• Explore: Environmental Experience
• Strengthen: Moving and Nourishing

Who We Are Looking For

Everyone on our team plays a crucial role in upholding our beliefs and commitments, and your contributions can significantly enhance our community's well-being. For this role, we are seeking a caring, dynamic Licensed Practical Nurse ready to bring their expertise and heart to our community. Within the Miravida Living community, you will:

• Engage and Connect: Your interactions will make a profound difference in the lives of our residents, providing care that's both healing and empowering.
• Lead and Inspire: As part of the team, you will be an example to peers, guiding them in providing top-notch care.
• Grow and Thrive: You will participate in a supportive environment that values your contributions and helps you to develop professionally.
• Embrace Inclusivity: As a team member, you will join a dedicated team that celebrates diversity and prioritizes inclusion in all aspects of our work.
• Well-being Priority: You will contribute to an environment that prioritizes not only the well-being of our residents but also yours.

Meaningful Contributions: Your journey at Miravida Living is not just a job, but an opportunity to create meaningful connections in an environment of care and respect.

Requirements

Essential Functions

Your daily contributions are key to shaping an environment where love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are discovered anew by both our team and the elders we serve.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct bedside care, and restorative care such as ambulation and range of motion.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician, assessing responses, documenting in medical records, and reporting adverse reactions or change of condition to Nurse Leader, Physician, and family/guardian.
• Counts all controlled substances on unit with on-coming Staff Nurse at shift change, and destroys outdated and discontinued medications in a timely manner.
• Verbally communicates residents' acute conditions and instructions for follow through at shift change.
• Completes 24 Hour Report of residents' acute conditions.
• Reports all infections to Infection Control Coordinator/Nurse Leader and sets up precautions as needed.
• Assists physician, as delegated by the RN, during acute rounds, chart reviews and medical record reviews.
• Transcribes physicians' orders.
• Completes Minimum Data Set (MDS), updating residents' Care Plan as necessary.
• Responds to code situations, assessing residents' critical needs and taking proper steps to resolve the situation.
• Acts as lead person, assigning and reviewing work of Nursing Assistant, and resolving work problems.
• Monitors residents during meals in dining room.
• Assembles and uses equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, oxygen suppliers, etc.
• Records food and fluid intake and output, and collects samples from residents for testing.
• Updates nursing care plans as delegated by RN.
• Assists with and participates in social activities of resident's choice which provide meaningful ways to spend time such as recreation, exercise, relationship building and fun.
• Supports maintaining a clean safe environment.
• Respects the resident's room as home.
• Participates in team decisions and completes tasks as a team.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance, works overtime/extra hours as required.
• Checks e-mail daily.
• Complies with policies and procedures.

Supervisory Responsibility

Supervise the Certified Nursing Assistants that will be directly working with your patients during your shift.

Physical Expectations

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, and stooping during shift. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 20 pounds.

Required Education and/or Experience

• Valid registration as an LPN in the State of Wisconsin.
• Completion of relevant state Board of Nursing approved.

AAP/EEO Statement

It is the policy of Miravida Living to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Miravida Living will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.