PRN On-Call RN/LPN

Peaceful Pines Senior Living; Rapid City (SD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible on-call rotation

On-site staffing support

Job summary

Peaceful Pines Senior Living is a compassionate community offering independent living, assisted living, and memory care. We seek an RN/LPN to assess, document, and oversee resident care in partnership with the Director of Nursing.

You will support a positive team environment, handle on‑call backup duties, and ensure regulatory compliance while maintaining resident records and coordinating with families and physicians.

Qualifications

• Active, valid LPN or RN license.
• Minimum of two years' experience in a healthcare facility.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Promotes a positive work environment focused on teamwork.
• Provides on‑call backup to the community.
• Maintains confidentiality of all resident and staff information.
• Ensures all resident needs are met and informs on‑shift staff of expectations.
• Completes incident reports promptly and accurately.
• Prepares medical paperwork for scheduled resident appointments.
• Assists with regulatory compliance and state licensure surveys.
• Maintains resident files and necessary documents.
• Assists Medication Aides and Caregivers as needed.
• Notifies DON of new doctor orders and medication changes.
• Performs medication inventory checks and pharmacy medication reviews.
• Communicates important information in staff notes for awareness.
• Assists with shift coverage on a distributed rotation.
• Reviews and drafts nursing policies for leadership review.
• Administers prescribed medications per standards and practices.
• Observes residents and reports changes to supervisor, family, and physician.
• Takes vital signs to detect deviations and assess health.
• Informs family and physician about changes in resident status.

Skills

LPN/RN license

Healthcare experience

Interpersonal skills

Regulatory compliance

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Discretion & judgment

Communication across levels

Education

Active LPN/RN license

Job description

Peaceful Pines Senior Living is committed to providing exceptional care and service with compassion. Our community offers independent living, assisted living, and memory care.

The RN/LPN is responsible for assessments, documentation, and oversight of care for the residents. They will partner with the Director of Nursing to provide excellent care.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE:

• Promotes and supports a positive work environment focused on team building and collaboration.
• Provides on‑call backup to the community.
• Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health information concerning residents and staff.
• Ensures that all the needs are met for the residents as well as advising staff that are on the shift.
• Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and promptly.
• Prepares necessary medical paperwork for all scheduled resident appointments.
• Assists with compliance in meeting regulations and is available for state licensure surveys.
• Maintains resident files and appropriate documents as required.
• Assists Medication Aides and Caregivers in service delivery and training as requested.
• Notifies DON of any new doctors' orders that are received and informs the DON of any med changes.
• Performs inventory management for medication administration by Medication Aides and checks new medications from the pharmacy.
• Communicates in staff communication book any information that staff needs to be aware of.
• Assist with picking up shifts on an evenly distributed schedule among nursing staff as needed.
• Reviews, edits, and creates nursing policy drafts to be reviewed and finalized by the Executive Director and/or DON.
• Obtains, administers, and documents prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and facility standards of practice.
• Observes residents, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor, family (responsible party), and physician of residents change in 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 the condition of resident.
• Keeps resident family and physician informed of any changes in resident behavior, medications, or conditions of health.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Holds an active LPN or RN license.
• Minimum of two years' experience in a healthcare facility.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to research and analyze several types of data, especially compliance and regulatory standards.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to plan and carry out job tasks independently.
• Must be able to exercise discretion and solid judgment.
• Ability to set priorities, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt efficiently to change.
• Effectively communicate with all levels of employees and management.

The position will receive a flat on‑call rate per weekend, plus their regular hourly rate for any hours worked if an on‑site in-person response is truly needed.

The position participates in a flexible on‑call rotation shared among the current team to support healthy work‑life balance.

HME Care is an Equal Opportunity, Affirimate Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Applicants who would like to request reasonable accommodation to the application or interview process should call Human Resources at 1-605-736-2732 or email [e-mail]

Must be able to pass a background check.