AM Nurse Leader

Discover the Miravida Difference


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 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 Nurse Lead 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.

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.

Requirements

Assigns tasks commensurate with the level of training to nursing personnel responsible to him/her. Supervises the performance of the assignments, assuming total responsibility for their completion.

• Assists in the development of a plan of care for each resident, coordinating the ideas of allied health professionals. This plan must be current and all inclusive, reflecting the total resident.
• Accepts responsibility for administration of prescribed medications to the resident during his/her tour of duty.
• Responsible for all treatments and nursing care designated for residents, documenting pertinent information in the resident's chart.
• Assumes responsibilities for promptly informing the physician, the family, and appropriate staff of the resident's condition and/or needs.
• Assists the LPNs and CNAs in acquiring further knowledge through direct instruction and/ or discussion.
• Accurately document relevant information in the resident's information in the resident's medical record following professional standards and department policies and procedures.
• Carries out restorative nursing activities for residents, instructing staff, residents, and family as deemed necessary.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care to meet immediate and long-range needs of one or more residents.
• Assigns duties and gives instructions to personnel. Checks on quality of resident care throughout tour of duty and sees that all orders for individual residents are carried out, unless otherwise notified.
• Alerts supervisor if present staff cannot meet the needs of current residents
• Pursues further knowledge and professional growth in long-term care and geriatric nursing.
• Observes areas of potential or existing danger to persons and reports hazardous situations to his/her supervisor.
• Is thoroughly familiar with and complies with departmental policies and procedures, State and Federal regulations, personnel policies, and the Fire and Disaster Plan of the facility.
• Cooperates fully, within the scope of his/her responsibilities with other departments, realizing that the whole person of the resident must be served and this can be achieved only through a total team effort.
• Demonstrates concern for, and strives to preserve the dignity of all persons, residents, staff, and visitors.
• Maintains dignity and respect in all interactions with resident, staff, and others.
• Reports for duty promptly and obtains a full report on those residents for whom he/she will be responsible from the nurse from the preceding shift.
• Assists with on-call duties. Expectations of on-call hours will consist of filling shifts, if no other available staff. This will be honored as the last resort.
• If there are staffing needs during on call hours, Charge nurse will be responsible for reaching out to staff to fill needs, in coordination with scheduler.
• Maintains clear line of communication with DON and Administrator, as necessary.
• Embody the leadership role with expectation to foster teamwork, respect and trust within the team at all levels.
• Comply with all safety policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor and/or Human Resources.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Provide leadership to others through example and sharing of knowledge/skill.

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. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.


This position requires intermittent physical activity, including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching as well as lifting and supporting patients.


Required Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Valid registration as a Registered Nurse in the state of Wisconsin.
• Knowledge regarding the nursing process and its application, including the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.