LPN part time 645 p- 7 a -ML

SEMH S.E.M. Haven, Inc.; Milford (OH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SEM Haven in Milford, Ohio seeks a Charge Nurse to provide compassionate nursing care for elders in a home-like setting. You will deliver nursing care under facility policy, quality guidelines, and state and federal regulations, promoting elder-centered activities and opportunities for engagement in daily living.

As a key member of a household team, you will support essential tasks, maintain high standards of care, and communicate with families, staff, and volunteers to ensure dignity and

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• We require freedom from illegal drug use and the ability to work in a care environment.
• SEM Haven is an equal opportunity employer and values dignity, self-determination and respect for all individuals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care to elders according to facility policies and regulations.
• Promote elder-centered care and engage elders in normal life activities.
• Work as part of a household team to support daily life and tasks for elders.

Skills

Mobility

Lifting

Climbing/Balancing

Stooping/Bending

Pushing

Standing/Sitting

Reaching

Speaking

Vision/Hearing

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

Job description

Community Name: SEM Haven The Charge Nurse works cooperatively and respectfully with elders, coworkers, families, visitors and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home. He or she delivers nursing care to elders according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations. The Charge Nurse actively promotes the elder’s opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels. The Charge Nurse is a participant in elder-centered care and team based management and is involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s). The above paragraph is a technical description of your job that outlines some of the functions that make your position necessary.

The focus of SEM Haven is to be a elder-centered organization based on elder choice. SEM Haven is a family, which includes elders and staff, as well as elder families and staff families. The final goal is to provide support for each of its members. Your role as a staff member is to provide the elders of SEM Haven with the support, friendship, and most importantly, kindness, so they may live as independently as they wish to in their homes. The most important function of your position is that you treat everyone you come into contact with as a person deserving respect. No person is any more or less important than any other and all should be treated in this manner. As a member of a family team you have the additional responsibility to perform tasks as necessary to maintain life on the household. These tasks will be within your knowledge and training i.e. assist with food preparation/serving; picking up clutter, removing trash, cleaning spills; transporting elders; attending household meetings/learning circles and fulfilling simple requests for elders.

Job Functions

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Essential Physical Demands of the Job

Success on your job requires the following skills: Ability to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of elder care programs Patience, listening skills, verbal and non-verbal communication skills; Interpersonal skills; Respect for all people - elders, co-workers, family members, doctors, volunteers, and anyone who visits our home; Respect for possessions – keeping living and work areas clean, orderly and presentable at all times as if company is on the way; and Flexibility – willingness to modify job duties for the overall good of the home and our elders. There are stresses associated with working in a long-term care environment. Examples of these stresses include, but are not limited to, shift rotation, weekend and holiday duty, unusual or impaired behavior by elders, family reactions to having a loved one in the facility, death and dying, oversight of State surveyors, Ombudsmen and Federal officials, presence of consultants and Attorneys, and variable involvement of medical staff.

• MOBILITY - Able to move freely about
• LIFTING - Regularly (up to 25 lbs.)
• CLIMBING/BALANCING - Occasionally
• STOOPING/BENDING - Regularly
• PUSHING - Occasionally (up to 25 lbs.)
• STANDING/SITTING - Regularly
• REACHING - Regularly
• SPEAKING - Must be able to speak, read & write the English language in an understandable manner.
• VISION & HEARING - Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of position can be fully met.

Minimum Qualification Standards

Education/Experience: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; previous long-term care experience preferred. Freedom from illegal use of drugs and freedom from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential. We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. SEM Haven is a non-profit ministry providing nursing and residential care for older adults of varying economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. We strive to preserve and promote human dignity, self-determination, individual freedom and accustomed lifestyle. Our vision is for SEM Haven to be a home where companionship and caring relationships thrive through empowerment and personal choice.