Registered Nurse; RN or Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN | Long Term Care

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Long Term Care
Location: Westport

Location:

Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Primarily days with rotating weekends and holidays (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$24.50 - $48.50

Position Highlights

Avera is currently seeking Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN) looking to deliver the best possible nursing care in Avera’s patient-focused settings.

• Ask about our Relocation Bonus!

• Positive Work Environment:
Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care. We consider our team like a family, not just co-workers.

• Career Growth:
You have the opportunity to go beyond licensure and employment requirements and become nationally certified.

• Options for Free Health Insurance!

• Job Satisfaction:
Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve.

Registered Nurse

• May be eligible for a $20,000 Sign-On

Job Summary Licensed Practical Nurse

The LPN practices under the supervision of a registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, licensed physician, or other health care provider. The LPN organizes and directs those aspects of care for which he/she is accountable; communicating and coordinating care with well-defined nursing diagnoses, including all health team members.

License/Certification/Registration Licensed Practical Nurse

• An active license in the state of practice

• May be eligible for a $7,500 Sign-On Bonus!

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends to understand residents conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

What you will do

• Provides resident care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.

• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining residents; documenting residents physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.

• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing resident care goals; instructing resident, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.

• Evaluates resident's care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against resident care standards; reviewing resident's records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.

• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy resident care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.

• Keeps resident care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.

• Keeps resident care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.

• Coordinates admissions, discharges and transfers to and from the facility.

• Directs, plans and coordinates workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personal.

• Maintains competence in nursing…