**Location:** Avera Marshall Hospital **Worker Type:** PRN **Work Shift:** As Needed (United States of America) **Position Highlights** + **Positive Work Environment:** At Avera Marshall Morningside Heights Care Center, our team works together as a family to promote daily health & social needs for those in our care. + **Purpose:** Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)play a vital role in the delivery of long-term care services and create a caring and joyful environment for his/her residents. + **Job Satisfaction:** Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care. **Work Schedule:** + PRN – Casual/As Needed **Pay:** The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. + $23.91 - $34.46 per hour **You Belong at Avera** **Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.** **A Brief Overview** The Licensed Practical Nurse in Long Term Care is accountable for providing each resident with professional nursing care, assessment and evaluations in their scope of practice. **What you will do** + Performs all licensed practical nursing functions and services as directed by the Registered Nurse to all residents. + Completes assessments on residents, makes appropriate interventions, applies knowledge, prioritizes resident care, uses nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate). + Complies with all pharmaceutical policies and procedures, ensures that all medications/treatments are given safely and accurately in accordance with the physician’s orders. + Participates in the care planning process and assures that resident care is implemented consistently and appropriate to the age of those served. Initiates and updates plan of care as appropriate. + Complies with standards of professional documentation. + Communicates and manages the delivery of resident care, ensures quality care is provided. + Facilitates conflict management while respecting diversity of people, their strengths and ideas. + Guides neighborhood staff in meeting the needs of the residents, practicing routines based on residents’ needs. + Participates in physician rounds, communicates changes in resident condition to physician utilizes SBAR communication tool. + Processes and transcribes physician’s orders and implements according to facility policy. + Functions within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act, utilizing recognized standards of clinical practice, as defined by the State of MN. + Complies and enforces facilities staffing policies. + Assists with data collection for quality functions, assists with performance improvement activities. + Seeks educational opportunities, shares knowledge with others, assists with orientation of new staff. + Demonstrates appropriate decision making skills. + Maintains competency with operational equipment. + Investigates incidents, patient/family complaints and makes immediate report to VP of Resident Care or Administrator on-call. + Administers medications according to facility policy, competent in Pyxis medication administration system. + Assists in discharge planning and education. + Performs all other duties as assigned. **Essential Qualifications** The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. **Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + Associate's Graduate from an accredited school/program of Practical Nursing + Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire **Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:** + 1-3 years Long term care nursing services **Expectations and Standards** + Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community. + Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship. + Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity. + Maintain confidentiality. + Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment. + Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable. _Avera is an Equal_ _Opportunity/Affirmative_ _Action Employer_ _Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual_ _Orientation/Gender Identity. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to_ _talent@avera.org_ _._ At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.