Assisted Living Nurse
Peaks Healthcare Consulting
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Job summary
The Terraces at Heritage Grove Estates in Topeka, KS is seeking an LPN/RN to provide nursing support and oversee resident care in an assisted living setting. You will monitor health, manage medications, coordinate with providers and families, and guide direct-care staff to ensure safety, dignity, and quality of life.
Join a team that values relationships with residents and families, offers clinical leadership opportunities, and supports professional development in a compassionate, team-based
Qualifications
- Active Kansas LPN or RN license in good standing.
- Excellent communication with residents, families, providers, and team members.
- Experience in assisted living, long-term care, or related healthcare settings preferred.
- Experience caring for older adults preferred.
- Commitment to resident dignity, independence, safety, and quality of life.
Responsibilities
- Monitor health, safety, and overall wellness of residents.
- Complete nursing assessments and evaluations as assigned.
- Administer medications and treatments within applicable scope of practice.
- Coordinate with providers and families; document care and changes.
- Provide clinical guidance to direct-care staff and support teamwork.
Skills
Education
Job description
- Support safe medication-management practices
At The Terraces at Heritage Grove Estates, nursing is about more than providing clinical support. It is about building relationships with residents, promoting independence, identifying changes in condition, and helping residents continue to enjoy a safe and fulfilling lifestyle.
- Supportive, team-oriented environment
- Build meaningful relationships with residents and families
- Opportunity to develop senior living and clinical leadership experience
- Leadership that values and supports staff
- Meaningful work where you can make a difference every shift
The LPN/RN Nurse provides nursing support and oversight for residents of The Terraces while promoting independence, dignity, choice, safety, and quality of life.
The Nurse is responsible for monitoring resident health and wellness, identifying and communicating changes in condition, supporting medication management, coordinating with providers and families, completing required documentation, and providing clinical guidance to direct-care team members.
This position works closely with facility leadership, Medication Aides, CNAs, providers, residents, families, and other members of the care team to ensure resident needs are appropriately addressed.
- Monitor the health, safety, and overall wellness of residents
- Complete nursing assessments and evaluations as assigned
- Observe residents for changes in physical, cognitive, behavioral, or emotional condition
- Obtain and monitor vital signs and other clinical information as appropriate
- Provide nursing care and treatments within applicable scope of practice
- Support residents in maintaining the highest practical level of independence
- Respond appropriately to resident emergencies and urgent clinical concerns
- Administer medications and treatments within applicable nursing scope of practice
- Monitor medication administration and resident response to medications
- Support safe medication-management practices
- Provide guidance to Medication Aides within applicable scope and facility procedures
- Ensure medication-related documentation is accurate and completed timely
- Communicate medication concerns to providers and leadership as appropriate
- Recognize and respond to changes in resident condition
- Communicate significant changes promptly to the appropriate provider
- Coordinate with families or responsible parties as appropriate
- Review new orders and ensure appropriate communication and implementation
- Help ensure continuity of care between residents, providers, families, and facility staff
- Participate in resident assessments and individualized service planning
- Help ensure services reflect resident needs, preferences, abilities, and identified risks
- Complete nursing documentation accurately and within established timeframes
- Document assessments, changes in condition, provider communication, treatments, and other nursing interventions
- Support appropriate documentation by direct-care team members
- Serve as a clinical resource for CNAs, Medication Aides, and other care team members
- Provide direction and delegation within applicable scope of practice and facility procedures
- Assist staff with resident-care questions and clinical concerns
- Promote accountability and timely communication of resident changes
- Support new employee orientation and ongoing staff education as assigned
- Build positive and professional relationships with residents and families
- Communicate with residents in a compassionate and respectful manner
- Respond professionally to resident and family questions or concerns
- Escalate unresolved concerns to appropriate leadership
- Maintain resident privacy, confidentiality, dignity, and choice
- Follow established infection-prevention and control practices
- Perform appropriate hand hygiene and use personal protective equipment when required
- Monitor for potential infection or illness and communicate concerns appropriately
- Support fall-prevention and resident-safety interventions
- Identify and report environmental or safety hazards
- Respond appropriately to accidents, incidents, injuries, and emergencies
- Participate in emergency preparedness and facility emergency procedures
- Promote safe care practices throughout the community
- Active Kansas Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing
- Ability to communicate effectively with residents, families, providers, and team members
- Assisted living, senior living, long-term care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or related healthcare experience preferred
- Experience working with older adults preferred
- Commitment to resident dignity, independence, safety, and quality of life
- Competitive compensation
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Care Cash Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Opportunities for career advancement
The Nurse position at The Terraces provides an opportunity to develop experience in assisted living, resident assessment, medication management, care coordination, clinical leadership, and senior living operations.
We are looking for nurses who want to build relationships with residents while continuing to develop their clinical and leadership skills.
The Terraces at Heritage Grove Estates proudly serves seniors in the Topeka, Kansas community through assisted living services focused on independence, dignity, choice, safety, and quality of life.
Our mission is simple: To Make Every Resident Feel Cared For.
Our nurses play an important role in fulfilling that mission by helping residents remain safe, supported, and as independent as possible while ensuring changes in their health and wellness are recognized and addressed.
Heritage Grove Estates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
- Ability to regularly stand, walk, bend, reach, push, and pull throughout the workday
- Ability to perform nursing assessments and resident-care responsibilities
- Ability to assist with resident mobility and care needs when appropriate
- Ability to respond promptly to resident needs and emergency situations
- Ability to safely operate applicable resident-care and clinical equipment
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation
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