Licensed Practical Nurse LPN

Job Description

Job Description

About Us

Our employees are our greatest asset—and the heart of everything we do.

Exceptional care begins with exceptional people. We are proud of the dedicated professionals who bring compassion, skill, integrity, and a genuine commitment to serving others to work each day. Their talent and passion create the meaningful connections that make our communities feel like home.

We believe that when we invest in our employees, we strengthen the care we provide. By creating opportunities for professional growth, supporting career development, recognizing individual contributions, and fostering a culture of teamwork and respect, we empower our employees to build rewarding careers while making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Our team members do more than provide high-quality clinical care—they build relationships, create moments of joy, support families, and help residents feel valued, respected, and connected.

If you are looking for more than just a job, we invite you to build your career with a team where your work matters, your contributions are valued, and you have the opportunity to make a difference every day.

Our employees are our greatest asset. Our residents are our purpose. Caring for others is who we are.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is an essential member of the interdisciplinary care team and is responsible for providing direct nursing care to residents in a skilled nursing and long-term care setting. 

The LPN administers medications and treatments, monitors residents for changes in condition, communicates clinical concerns, assists with implementation of individualized plans of care, and provides direction to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) and other nursing personnel as permitted within the LPN’s scope of practice.

The LPN promotes each resident’s dignity, independence, safety, comfort, and quality of life while ensuring nursing care is delivered in accordance with professional standards, physician/provider orders, facility policies and procedures, and applicable state and federal requirements.

The LPN is expected to demonstrate compassion, sound clinical judgment, effective communication, teamwork, accountability, and a resident-centered approach to care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Resident Care and Clinical Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to residents in accordance with individualized plans of care, physician/provider orders, facility policies, and the RN's/LPN’s permitted scope of practice.
• Collect and document resident information and participate in ongoing observation and assessment of residents as permitted within the RN's/LPN’s scope of practice.
• Monitor residents for changes in physical, mental, behavioral, and psychosocial condition and promptly report significant changes to physician/provider as appropriate.
• Administer medications, injections, treatments, enteral feedings, and other nursing interventions as ordered and within the RN's/LPN’s scope of practice.
• Perform wound care and monitor residents for changes in wounds or skin integrity.
• Monitor resident pain and response to medications, treatments, and nursing interventions.
• Obtain and monitor vital signs, blood glucose results, weights, intake and output, and other clinical information.
• Recognize signs and symptoms requiring additional nursing assessment or medical intervention and promptly communicate concerns to the appropriate individual.
• Notify physicians/providers, responsible parties, supervisors, and other members of the care team regarding changes in resident condition as required.
• Implement new and revised physician/provider orders accurately and timely.
• Monitor residents following falls, incidents, medication changes, new treatments, hospital returns, or other significant clinical events.
• Assist with resident admissions, transfers, discharges, and transitions of care.
• Assist with implementation and evaluation of individualized plans of care in collaboration with the RN and interdisciplinary team.
• Participate in fall prevention, skin integrity, infection prevention, pain management, restorative nursing, and other clinical programs designed to promote positive resident outcomes.
• Respond appropriately during resident emergencies and initiate emergency procedures within training and scope of practice.

Medication and Treatment Administration

• Administer medications and treatments accurately and in accordance with physician/provider orders and facility policies.
• Follow established medication administration procedures and medication safety practices.
• Accurately complete medication administration records (MARs) and treatment administration records (TARs).
• Monitor residents for effectiveness, side effects, adverse reactions, and other responses to medications and treatments.
• Promptly report medication errors, adverse reactions, changes in condition, and other medication-related concerns according to facility policy.
• Communicate with pharmacy, physicians/providers, and nursing leadership regarding medication or treatment concerns as appropriate.
• Ensure medications and treatment supplies are properly stored and secured in accordance with facility procedures.

Supervision and Leadership

• Provide direction and supervision to CNAs and other nursing personnel as permitted by applicable requirements and facility policy.
• Delegate appropriate tasks based on resident needs, staff competency, scope of practice, and applicable requirements.
• Monitor resident care to ensure assigned tasks are completed safely, timely, and appropriately.
• Serve as a resource to CNAs and assist staff in responding to resident care needs.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, and respectful communication among nursing staff.
• Assist with orientation, education, and support of newly hired nursing personnel as assigned.
• Communicate staffing, resident care, and operational concerns to nursing leadership.
• Serve as a charge nurse when assigned and when consistent with scope of practice and facility policy.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited program

Experience

• Previous experience in a skilled nursing facility, long-term care, rehabilitation, assisted living facility is preferred, experience is not required

Licensure and Certification

• Must have a valid North Carolina State Board for Nursing license
• Completion of Category II intravenous protocol
• CPR/BLS certification

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to access, plan carry out, and evaluate patient care plans
• Proficiency in medication administration, vital sign monitoring, and assisting doctors during treatment
• Ability to accurately document resident care using electronic and/or paper documentation systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with residents, families, coworkers, supervisors, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to maintain resident confidentiality, privacy, dignity, and rights.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and assist coworkers when resident care needs require it.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities while maintaining attention to resident safety and quality of care.
• Ability to remain calm and respond appropriately in emergencies or stressful situations.

Physical Requirements

This is an active, hands-on resident care position. The employee must be able to perform the physical functions necessary to safely provide resident care, with or without reasonable accommodation.

The position may require frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping, pushing, pulling, and assisting with resident mobility throughout the workday. The employee must be able to assist with lifting, transferring, repositioning, and transporting residents using appropriate assistance, equipment, and safe resident-handling techniques.

Pre-employment physical capability testing may be required when consistent with facility policy and applicable law.

Essential Physical Demands

• Ability to lift fifty (50) pounds. Moving, lifting or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to 100 pounds 
• Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull or carry patients 
• Ability to use abdominal and lower back muscles over time without fatigue 
• Ability to stand for extended periods 
• Ability to bend, stoop, stretch, twist, sit, and reach 
• Fine Motor Skills 
• Visual acuity 

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. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

We started as a family-owned company

Our management company, Century Care Management, was founded by Noah Duncan beginning with a nursing home in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Mr. Duncan had a passion to provide care for those whose needs were beyond what their families could provide.

Over the years, Century Care's reputation grew and so did our desire to include other North Carolina towns that did not have enough care providers in those communities. We now serve seven North Carolina towns through nine nursing homes.

... and we still are.

Sadly, Noah died in 2011. However, his passion to provide quality care to other North Carolinians did not end. Century Care remains in the hands of the Duncan family and their dedication to providing quality health care is just as strong as Noah's was. The Duncan family tradition of service to others continues.

We're not a mega-company nor part of a national chain. We are proud to be locally owned, managed and operated.

Everyone who works in a Century Care facility or in our headquarters lives in or near a North Carolina community. Some of us live in the very same neighborhoods of the families we serve. Local folks caring for their neighbors. It shouldn't be any other way, should it?

Company Description

We started as a family-owned company\r\rOur management company, Century Care Management, was founded by Noah Duncan beginning with a nursing home in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Mr. Duncan had a passion to provide care for those whose needs were beyond what their families could provide.\r\rOver the years, Century Care's reputation grew and so did our desire to include other North Carolina towns that did not have enough care providers in those communities. We now serve seven North Carolina towns through nine nursing homes.\r\r... and we still are.\r\rSadly, Noah died in 2011. However, his passion to provide quality care to other North Carolinians did not end. Century Care remains in the hands of the Duncan family and their dedication to providing quality health care is just as strong as Noah's was. The Duncan family tradition of service to others continues.\r\rWe're not a mega-company nor part of a national chain. We are proud to be locally owned, managed and operated.\r\rEveryone who works in a Century Care facility or in our headquarters lives in or near a North Carolina community. Some of us live in the very same neighborhoods of the families we serve. Local folks caring for their neighbors. It shouldn't be any other way, should it?