LPN - Memory Support

Bayley-Senior-Care-Corp-1; Mount Saint Joseph (OH); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Bayley-Senior-Care-Corp-1 in Ohio is seeking a dedicated LPN to lead a new Assisted Living Memory Care Unit, available full-time and part-time (day and evening shifts). The Nurse – Clinical & Unit Oversight role coordinates nursing services and oversees daily unit operations to ensure safe, compassionate, person-centered care.

You will provide clinical leadership, oversee Meaningful Moments activities, and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to maintain high-quality resident care and

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse graduate with Ohio LPN license in good standing.
• Experience in dementia or memory care preferred.
• Ability to coordinate multi-department activities and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate nursing services per state requirements and resident plans.
• Lead day-to-day unit operations and supervise staff.
• Oversee Meaningful Moments, dining, housekeeping, and environmental services.
• Collaborate with families and facility leadership to ensure person-centered care.
• Monitor residents for changes and report to physicians as needed.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Compassionate care

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse curriculum

Ohio LPN license

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