LPN/LVN - Long-Term Care Nurse Leader

Assurance Healthcare Staffing; Bellaire (MI); On-site; USD 30,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Optical

Short term disability

Union membership

Employee incentives

Job summary

A reputable healthcare staffing agency is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse for Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility in Bellaire, Michigan. The role involves administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring quality care for residents. Candidates should hold a BLS certification and be ready to fulfill various nursing tasks. Benefits include health and optical coverage, as well as additional employee incentives after the probationary period.

Qualifications

• Administers prescribed medications according to nursing techniques.
• Records significant conditions and reactions of residents.
• Participates in orientation and training of nursing personnel.

Responsibilities

• Administer treatments and medications in alignment with facility policies.
• Prepare equipment for physician treatments and examinations.
• Coordinate nursing services to meet resident needs.

Skills

Medications administration

Vital signs monitoring

Patient observation

Coordination of nursing services

BLS certification

Job description

"Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility provides skilled long term and short term care to residents in a beautiful household environment."

Licensed Practical Nurse

Requirements:

• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and facility policies and procedures.
• Prepares equipment and aids physician during treatments and examinations of residents.
• Observes residents, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor, physician and family of residents condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of resident.
• Assigns duties and coordinates nursing services on the resident unit to ensure resident needs are met in accordance with instructions of Physician, federal and state regulations and facility procedures.
• Consults with Shift Supervisor on nursing problems and interpretation of facility policies to insure resident needs are met.
• Report all complaints or unusual problems to supervisor. Assist with completion of facility complaint report.
• Participates in orientation and training and evaluating of nursing personnel.

Benefits included:

• Health
• Optical
• Short term disability, optional AFLAC, and union membership, along with other GREAT employee incentives.
• Eligible for benefits after 90 calendar day probationary period is completed.

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• BLS

STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

ABOUT THE FACILITY

Welcome to Meadow Brook. We believe this is a friendly, warm place in which to work, and we trust you will quickly find it so. While each of us have different individual responsibilities, each job at Meadow Brook has the same basic aim; to give good conscientious and superior quality care to the aged and infirm of our area. Our residents unfortunately are not always responsible for their thoughts and actions. This may sometimes make your job difficult. For the most part, however, we trust that you will find your job very rewarding. No matter what your job, you play a vital role in helping us maintain that goal of superior quality resident care.