LPN - Memory Support

Bayleylife; Kentucky; Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayleylife is opening a new Assisted Living Memory Care Unit and seeks a dedicated LPN to provide clinical leadership and oversee daily resident care on day and evening shifts. The role blends nursing services with supervision of activity, housekeeping, nutrition, and resident programs to ensure safe, person-centered care.

The ideal candidate has an LPN license and strong dementia-care knowledge, with excellent communication and leadership skills to coordinate across departments.

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse program completed.
• Current Ohio LPN license in good standing.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and staff supervision.
• Knowledge of person-centered dementia care principles.
• Ability to coordinate multiple departments within memory care.
• Strong communication, organizational, clinical judgement, and problem-solving skills.
• Compassion, patience, flexibility, accountability and leadership.
• Experience in assisted living or memory care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services per facility policies and resident care plans.
• Complete assessments and monitor changes in residents' status.
• Notify physicians and families of significant changes.
• Oversee medication administration and orders.
• Lead on-unit operations and supervise staff.
• Coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Oversee Meaningful Moments program, dining, and environmental services.
• Coach staff in dementia-care techniques and non-pharmacological approaches.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Staff supervision

Dementia care

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program

Job description

Description

We have a wonderful opportunity for full time and part time LPN's (day and evening shift) for the opening of our new Assisted Living Memory Care Unit.

The Nurse – Clinical & Unit Oversight is responsible for providing and coordinating nursing services while overseeing the day-to-day operation of the unit.

In addition to clinical responsibilities, the nurse provides daily leadership and oversight of resident care, the Meaningful Moments activity program, housekeeping/environmental services, and nutrition/dining services within the unit.

The nurse serves as the primary on-unit leader and works collaboratively with nursing staff, activity staff, housekeeping, nutrition services, families, and facility leadership to ensure residents receive safe, compassionate, person-centered care.

Essential Nursing Responsibilities

• Provide nursing services in accordance with Ohio Assisted Living/Residential Care Facility requirements, professional standards of practice, facility policies, and resident service plans.
• Complete nursing assessments and reassessments as required and monitor residents for changes in physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and functional status.
• Notify physicians, advanced practice providers, families, and other appropriate individuals of significant changes as required.
• Ensure physician orders are implemented and followed; monitor medication administration and medication management practices.
• Provide treatments and nursing services within the nurse’s scope of practice.
• Monitor residents following falls, incidents, changes in condition, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits.
• Coordinate resident admissions, transfers, discharges, and returns from hospital or other healthcare settings.
• Ensure resident service plans accurately reflect current needs and interventions.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is completed timely and accurately and participate in incident investigations and follow-up as assigned.
• Immediately report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, misappropriation, or other reportable events according to facility policy.

Daily Unit Oversight

• Complete routine rounds throughout the unit and ensure residents are appropriately supervised and their needs are being met.
• Monitor staff assignments and ensure adequate coverage; provide direction and support to caregivers and other staff assigned.
• Ensure staff follow resident service plans and individualized dementia-care approaches.
• Address resident, family, and staff concerns promptly and communicate operational concerns to the appropriate department leader.
• Promote teamwork among nursing, activities, housekeeping, and nutrition services.
• Ensure the unit maintains a calm, welcoming, organized, and resident-centered atmosphere.
• Identify and address immediate safety or environmental concerns and participate in shift-to-shift communication.
• Meaningful Moments activity program oversight
• Housekeeping and environmental oversight
• Nutrition and dining services oversight

Dementia Care Leadership

• Model calm, respectful, and supportive approaches when interacting with residents.
• Coach staff regarding validation, redirection, cueing, reassurance, and other dementia-care techniques.
• Identify potential causes of expressions of distress or changes in behavior and evaluate for possible unmet needs.
• Promote non-pharmacological interventions whenever appropriate.
• Encourage staff to use Meaningful Moments activities as an intervention for anxiety, restlessness, loneliness, or other behavioral expressions.
• Monitor for changes requiring clinical evaluation and communicate effective resident approaches to the team.

Requirements

• Success completion of Licensed Practical Nurse curriculum from an accredited LPN Program
• Current Ohio LPN license in good standing
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership and staff supervision
• Knowledge of person-centered dementia care principles
• Ability to coordinate multiple departments and priorities within a memory care environment
• Strong communication, organizational, clinical judgement, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates compassion, patience, flexibility, accountability, and leadership
• Experience in assisted living, long-term care, geriatrics, or memory care preferred; dementia care experience strongly preferred