Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), or Medication Aide (MA) | Long Term Care

Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), or Medication Aide (MA) | Long Term Care at Avera Health summary :

The role involves providing professional nursing care as an RN, LPN, or MA within a long-term care facility, ensuring proper medication administration and patient support. Responsibilities include developing care plans, evaluating patient outcomes, and maintaining a safe and sanitary environment. The position emphasizes collaboration with healthcare teams to deliver high-quality care tailored to the residents' needs.

Location :

Avera Mother Joseph Manor Retirement Community

Worker Type : Regular

Work Shift :

Afternoon Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range :

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

$19.75 - $48.00

Position Highlights

Job Summary Medication Aide

Accountable for preparing, administering and documenting medication administration in accordance with established policy and procedure under the supervision of a licensed nurse.     Provides age appropriate personal care to residents and maintains a sanitary, orderly and attractive environment.

License / Certification / Registration Medication Aide

South Dakota CNA License required within 4 months of hire.

Medication Aide license required within 4 months of hire.

Job Summary Licensed Practical Nurse

Provides each resident with professional nursing care, assessment and evaluations in their scope of practice.

License / Certification / Registration Licensed Practical Nurse

An active license in the state of practice

Work Schedule

6 : 00pm-9 : 00pm : e / o wknd / hol; 32hrs / 2wks

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 capabilities outlined by leadership.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License / Certification, or Work Experience :

Preferred Education, License / Certification, or Work Experience :

Expectations and Standards

Avera is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disabled / Veteran / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to talent@avera.org .

Keywords :

Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, Medication Aide, Long Term Care, Patient Care, Healthcare, Nursing Care, Medication Administration, Geriatric Care, CNA License