RN Long Term Care

***$5,000 retention bonus for NEW full-time hire***

About Lakewood

Lakewood Health System is a comprehensive rural healthcare system in central Minnesota. Leading the way in providing quality, personalized healthcare for a lifetime, Lakewood prides itself on remaining fiercely independent to prioritize its patients, staff, and communities in all decisions. Voted as one of Star Tribune's Top Workplaces for the sixth year in a row, we do rural healthcare differently at LHS by providing a solid foundation of family practice providers with access to best-in-class specialty services, all right here at Lakewood. Across the spectrum of life, Lakewood Health System provides compassionate, quality care for the Brainerd Lakes region and beyond.

Nursing at Lakewood's Care Center

There's something meaningful about caring for people you get to know-their routines, their stories, and the small changes that tell you they need extra attention.

At Lakewood's 87-bed, Medicare-certified skilled long-term care facility, you'll build relationships with residents and families while putting your nursing knowledge into practice. Our Care Center provides care across long-term care, a specialized dementia unit, and a transitional care unit, offering team members the opportunity to work with residents at various stages of their healthcare journey. Your work will help residents maintain their abilities, receive personalized care, and feel respected in the place they call home.

Build Your Nursing Career - and Make Room for Life

Early in your nursing career, every assessment, care decision, and conversation helps shape the nurse you become. At Lakewood Care Center, you'll strengthen your clinical judgment, build relationships with residents and families, and develop leadership skills while working alongside nurses, medication aides, resident assistants, and interdisciplinary partners.

We're hiring for day, evening, and overnight shifts, giving you options to explore a schedule that fits your life. Whether you prefer getting an early start, keeping your mornings open, or working overnight, we'd love to talk about where you fit on our Care Center team.

Grow your nursing career-with help paying for your education! Lakewood's Care Center participates in Nurses for Nursing Homes. Eligible RNs and LPNs may qualify for up to $40,000 in student loan repayment and/or a $10,000 stipend with a three-year service commitment working at least 30 hours per week. Additional eligibility requirements apply. Learn more:

Your Role in Resident Care

As a Long Term Care RN, you'll provide hands-on nursing care and clinical leadership that help each shift run safely and smoothly. Your responsibilities include:

• Assess resident needs, recognize changes in condition, and respond to situations requiring RN intervention.
• Guide care decisions and update individualized care plans to reflect residents' needs and preferences.
• Administer medications and complete treatments with careful attention to safety and accuracy.
• Support restorative nursing programs that help residents maintain function and independence.
• Communicate changes in condition with families and collaborate with providers and interdisciplinary partners, including during hospice and palliative care discussions.
• Guide LPNs, medication aides, and resident assistants through clear expectations, education, feedback, and accountability.
• Complete timely documentation and thorough shift handoffs so the next team has the information needed to continue care.
• Participate in quality, physician, and pharmacy rounds and complete follow-up actions.
• Follow infection prevention practices, safety standards, and care requirements.

Position Type

Flexible scheduling that balances life's personal commitments with resident care needs: such as 4, 8, or 12-hour shift lengths offered on all shifts, weekend-only positions, before/after school shifts, or fixed workdays each week. Rotating weekends and holidays may be required.

Available shifts may include:

• 6:00AM-10:00AM
• 6:00AM-2:30PM
• 6:00AM-6:30PM
• 2:00PM-10:30PM
• 4:00PM-9:00PM
• 5:45PM-6:15AM
• and other flexible options to fit your needs!

Additional compensation is available through:

• Competitive shift differential (PM/NOC), shift pick-up, overtime
• Full scholarship opportunities are available!

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing school.
• Current Minnesota RN licensure.
• BLS Healthcare Provider certification.
• Completion of continuing education required to maintain RN licensure

A Good Fit for Our Care Center

You enjoy getting to know residents, notice changes in their needs, and take pride in following through. You bring strong organization, thoughtful communication, and the ability to prioritize care while working independently and as part of a team.

You're open to feedback, comfortable asking questions, and ready to grow your clinical judgment and leadership skills. Experience in long-term care or supervising a care team is valuable, along with a commitment to helping teammates succeed and treating residents with dignity and respect.

Benefits

Lakewood Health System is growing and looking for great people to join our mission of providing personalized, quality healthcare for a lifetime. At Lakewood, our people are our most valued asset!

• Generous Planned Time Off & Wellness Time Off
• 401K Match
• Best-in-region employer HSA contributions
• Employer paid premiums for individual-only healthcare coverage
• Full scholarship opportunities are available for this position!

With ample opportunities for growth within the system and support as you pursue your personal goals, it's safe to say that Lakewood Health System is a great place to launch or continue your career in healthcare!

A new team member's starting wage reflects our compensation philosophy, taking into account experience, education, certifications and internal equity. Hourly pay is just one part of the comprehensive and rewarding compensation package we're proud to provide! Please be sure to include all applicable experience in your application.

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Interested, but will the schedule work for you? Have questions on organizational culture, team fit or day-to-day experience?

>>> Contact Ashley Wallgren to discuss the possibilities further :

Ashley Wallgren, RN, Director of Nursing-Care Center

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