RN or LPN 7a - 7p FT 3/4 EOW FLOAT EM

RN Or LPN 7a - 7p FT 3/4 EOW Float Em

Arbor Acres Winston Salem - Winston Salem, NC 27104

Arbor Acres Retirement Community | Winston-Salem, NC

Do you enjoy bringing exceptional care to older adults while building meaningful relationships with your team and the residents of our community? Arbor Acres is seeking compassionate, knowledgeable LPN to join a community that values individual choices and artistry in both living and work.

In this role, you'll ensure resident medical care is top notch, while helping to create a living experience which values the idea of community, participation and independence for. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants rewarding work that makes a difference every day.

Why Arbor Acres?

Our residents are generally low-acuity and we have an exceptional staff to resident ratio. Our ideal employee believes that the job tasks are important, but also values connecting with residents. We believe that connection enhances the residents' lives, but brings equally brings a sense of meaning and fulfillment to our staff.

At Arbor Acres, our employees are more than team members. We're a community. We believe in supporting one another, celebrating successes, and creating meaningful connections with our residents and coworkers.

Benefits of joining our team include:

• Welcoming, values-based culture
• A focus on learning and growth. We offer scholarships and tuition reimbursement, and have a department dedicated to building training for leadership growth and onboarding support. We are also building opportunities to enhance internal and external career options and growth.
• We celebrate accomplishments on an ongoing basis and annually at our Recognition Breakfast, to include celebrations for Employee of the Quarter, Service Awards and Scholarship Applicants
• Celebration Weeks (for each department & the whole company): Food Trucks, DJs, Raffles and Awards
• Part and Full-Time Benefits: 403(b); matched at 200% (up to 6% of salary), Employee Assistance Program (6 free counseling sessions annually), Generous Resident Christmas Gift, Full-Time Benefits: Excellent Medical Plan with Text Medicine, Vision, Dental, and the company fully pays for Short and Long-Term Disability.
• Free meal per shift with a great menu and options to purchase other food items on campus, Employee Auction, Wellness Center access while you are on break or just before or after your shift

What You'll Do

As an LPN or RN, you will:

1. Directs, instructs, teaches, coaches, corrects and disciplines as appropriate the RAs and Medical Unit Secretaries in order to develop an effective team and assure the quality of work performed.
2. Verifies identity of residents receiving medications, mixes or assembles drugs, administers drugs to resident, observes ingestion and records n MAR.
3. Documents effectiveness of PRN drug on MAR.
4. Maintains up-to-date medical records of care given. Documents reasons for which prescribed drugs are not administered, i.e. resident away from building, etc.
5. Assists with assessment of resident needs.
6. Assists with admissions, discharges and transfers as necessary.
7. Collects and communicates information on resident conditions.
8. Assures accountability for controlled drugs.
9. Reports supply needs to appropriate personnel.
10. Reports pharmaceutical needs to appropriate personnel.
11. Performs tasks as assigned, including but not limited to, the following:

• dresses wounds, gives enemas and douches
• applies hot and cold compresses as needed
• operates EKG, suctioning equipment and O 2 equipment
• obtains specimens for laboratory
• performs venipuncture

12.Performs duties and/or tasks that may be assigned on an as-needed basis by the Director of Nursing or another authorized supervisor.

What We're Looking For

Successful candidates will:

• Enjoy working with people and building relationships with residents
• Be dependable and committed to excellent attendance
• Have strong customer service and communication skills
• Be comfortable working in an environment with high expectations and standards, requiring attention to detail

Preferred Experience

We welcome recent LPNs with an alignment to our values of dedication and care; our pay rate is dependent on past experience. To work in this role, an LPN or RN License is required in the state of NC.

• Bilingual is a plus, but not required (some of our residents may have a native language which brings them joy to speak with others.)

Schedule

Arbor Acres operates 365 days a year, and team members are expected to be dependable and committed year round.

Physical Requirements

• This position will require passing an ergonomic assessment to ensure the ability to perform this role with or without accommodation. The position entails walking, squatting, reaching, helping residents into lifts, and pushing weight in a wheelchair/ medication cart.

Additional Information

Arbor Acres maintains high standards of attendance and reliability due to the critical role dining services play in resident care. We are looking for candidates who value consistency, accountability, and teamwork.

If you're looking for rewarding work where you can make a daily impact in the lives of seniors while being part of a supportive and caring community, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of the Arbor Acres team!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

This job description is not intended as an all-inclusive list of essential functions which the individual holding this position may be required to perform. The individual may be required to perform additional tasks at the discretion of any authorized supervisor. Arbor Acres reserves the right to change or modify this job description at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Five reasons to become an "Artist" (Employee) at Arbor Acres:

1. The Diversity & Artistr y of our staff plus a strong CNA to resident ratio means high standards and an unmatchable resident & Artist experience.
2. Our Benefits: Free (and excellent) meals, Above Average Shift Differentials, Time and a Half Pay for all worked Holidays (8), (FT) Medical, Dental & Vision, Long Term and Short Term Disability, Life Insurance, Retirement (we match double, up to 6% of your pay), PTO and PTO sellback, Scholarships and Tuition Reimbursement, Emergency Support for Artists in crisis, Employee Assistance Program for ALL employees, Onsite Wellness Center with employee hours. (Some benefits may not apply to PRN or PT.)
3. We celebrate and appreciate. This is a fun place to work. Whether it is the Christmas Gift from our residents, Artist Appreciation Week or a departmental celebration, you will know we care.
4. We're building expansive PALETTE leadership and staff development programming to support your career growth .

LPN Duties and Responsibilities

• Works closely with other staff in order to promote an effective team and assure the quality of work performed.
• Verifies identity of residents receiving medications, mixes or assembles drugs, administers drugs to resident, observes ingestion and records n MAR.
• Documents effectiveness of PRN drug on MAR.
• Maintains up-to-date medical records of care given. Documents reasons for which prescribed drugs are not administered, i.e. resident away from building, etc.
• Assists with assessment of resident needs.
• Assists with admissions, discharges and transfers as necessary.
• Collects and communicates information on resident conditions.
• Assures accountability for controlled drugs.
• Reports supply needs to appropriate personnel.
• Reports pharmaceutical needs to appropriate personnel.
• Performs LPN duties within scope of practice: Dresses wounds, gives enemas and douches, applies hot and cold compresses as needed, operates EKG, suctioning equipment and O 2 equipment, obtains specimens for laboratory, performs venipuncture.

LPN/RN Typical Physical Demands

• Must be able to lift 30 lbs. without mechanical assistance.
• Must be