Lpn, Assisted Living - PRN

When you work at Carillon Senior Living you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company - one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life!

Carillon Senior Living is recruiting a hospitality-focused LPN to join our team! This position provides direct nursing care to residents and delegates and supervises the care provided by our Quality of Life Specialists/Resident Assistants.

Principal Duties:

• Accurately and precisely administers medications/treatment and documents all medications in accordance with department procedures and expected practices.

• Informs physician, nurse manager, or responsible party/family of changes in resident's condition or incidents when appropriate.

• Ensures each resident's Care Plan is followed to meet the residents' needs and state requirements.

• Supervises and assists assigned Certified Nurse Aides and other nursing staff, delegating assignments and ensuring completion.

• Makes walking rounds with departing nurse and frequently throughout shift including visual and physical assessments, controlled drug counts, and thorough and complete report.

• Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

• Ensures all transfer, discharge, and admission information is complete according to policy and practice.

• Completes all duties on shift task sheet, monthly summaries, and quarterly assessments.

Knowledge and Ability:

• Must have effective communication skills, both oral and written.

• Utilizes the nursing process to deliver nursing care to an individual or group of residents and accepts assigned responsibilities as an accountable member of the Carillon team.

• Work as team and assist all other department members when needed.

• Be able to work cooperatively with other healthcare professionals and other departments within the system.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists and to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in writing, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

• Must communicate with internal and external contacts in a professional manner.

• Show the ability to demonstrate initiative by actively seeking additional duties, as well as accepting and performing all other duties as assigned.

• Have the ability to maintain a professional relationship with physicians, patients, visitors, and staff by demonstrating appropriate interpersonal skills and demeanor.

• Possesses knowledge of and implements infection control and universal precaution practices.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Graduate of an accredited school of vocational nursing.

• Maintains a current license with the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners for Vocational Nursing.

• Have a current card for the successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support (CPR - Healthcare Provider).

• Have at least one-year experience as charge nurse in a geriatric setting preferred.

HOSPITALITY FOCUS:

Carillon Senior Living fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers, and guests:

• We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile.

• We treat everyone with courteous respect.

• We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly.

• We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.

• We hold ourselves and one another accountable.

• We embrace and value our differences.

• We make residents, employees and guests feel important.

• We ask "Is there anything else I can do for you?"

• We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.

• We pay attention to details.

WELLNESS FOCUS:

Carillon Senior Living employees are expected to promote a healthy community culture for all residents and employees. This is a whole-person approach to health and wellness which includes eight dimensions of wellness: Emotional, Environmental, Health Services, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Vocational. Through these efforts we can ensure and exceed residents' wellness needs relating to their mind, body and soul, which may also have a positive effect on the employees, as a result.

Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include Hepatitis B, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status. Please note that all employees are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination, or apply for and receive an approved exemption, as a condition of employment.

If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate senior care professional passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply; we'd love to get to know you!

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