License Practical Nurse

Astoria-Lake Wales; Winter Haven (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

DailyPay

Life insurance

401k

Tuition reimbursement

Referral program

Job summary

Astoria-Lake Wales is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide daily care, health support, and comfort to residents in a Florida facility. You will participate in care planning, document progress, and collaborate with doctors and families to maintain residents' well-being.

We offer a $10,000 sign-on bonus, competitive wages with experience, and benefits including life insurance, 401k, and Tuition Reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and possess a valid LPN in good standing according to State and Federal requirements.
• Have a thorough understanding of the principles of safe effective nursing practices within the State of Florida.
• Basic Computer knowledge and skills.
• A passion for caring for people.
• Personal integrity and the ability to deal tactfully with residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and other personnel.
• The ability to be discrete and protect the integrity of confidential information and stay within Corporate Compliance and HIPAA.
• Knowledge on the use of personal computers, Word and Excel, and working with office machines such as fax and copying machines.

Responsibilities

• Providing daily care, health needs, safety and comfort of residents with professional assessments and documentation.
• Developing and updating resident care plans and documenting progress.
• Conducting daily and periodic resident visits to monitor physical and mental condition.
• Performing routine nursing procedures with physicians and families.
• Providing emotional support and handling complaints or incidents.
• Maintaining up-to-date resident medical records.

Skills

Nursing knowledge

Patient care

HIPAA compliance

Computer skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Tools

Word

Excel

Office equipment

Job description

Overview

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) join us at Astoria Senior Living to make a difference!

**$10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS AVAILABLE –**

If you are looking for a career that can make a difference, then Astoria Senior Living is the place for you. Our work family is made up of a variety of talented and committed team members who are dedicated to making a difference in the lives they serve. Each employee contributes their unique skills and abilities with the key goal of enabling our residents to reach and maintain their highest functional abilities. Every job matters at Astoria Senior Living. We believe in what we do and know our hands make a difference.

As a nurse in our facility, look at what benefits you can enjoy:

• Competitive starting wage with additional pay for experience
• $1,000 new employee referral program
• Paid life insurance
• 401k opportunities after your first year
• DailyPay! Work today, get paid today!
• Monthly Celebrations and recognitions
• Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• $5,000 Tuition ReimbursementPer Year

Responsibilities

The Liscensed Practical Nurse is responsible for providing for the daily care, health needs, safety and comfort of the resident. This includes providing professional assessments and documentation of the resident’s heath and assisting with management of the assigned nursing units and staff.

• Participating in the development and implementation of resident care plans, Maintaining up to date nursing care plans, documenting progress and making recommendations for revisions to care plans (MDS) according to facility policy and procedure;
• Making daily and periodic resident visits for monitoring and observing the residents’ physical/mental condition;
• Performing routine nursing procedures while working closely with physicians and families to maintain the health/mental state of the resident;
• Providing emotional support to the resident and their families and be able to handle resident and/or visitor complaints, allegations, accidents or incidents that may occur;
• Providing medical record documentation, completing 24 hour reports, end of shift reports, shift narcotic counts and documenting the destruction of outdated/discontinued medications; &
• Maintaining up-to-date resident medical records.

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Qualifications

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and possess a valid LPN in good standing according to State and Federal requirements.
• Have a thorough understanding of the principles of safe effective nursing practices within the State of Florida.
• Basic Computer knowledge and skills.
• A passion for caring for people.
• Personal integrity and the ability to deal tactfully withresidents, family members, visitors, government agencies and other personnel.
• The ability to be discrete and protect the integrity of confidential information and stay within Corporate Compliance and HIPAA.
• Knowledge on the use of personal computers, Word and Excel, and working with office machines such as fax and copying machines.