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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Department: WELLNESS - STAFF
Location: Waukee, IA

Registered Nurse -$10,000 Hiring Bonus

Independence Village of Waukee – Skilled Nursing / Long Term Care

Licensed Practical Nurse Benefits:

  • $10,000 Hiring Bonus
  • Compensation Package better than agency!
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package
  • Free meals provided to staff
  • Scrub tops provided
  • Growth opportunities available starting day one!
    • Tuition Reimbursement

Licensed Practical Nurse Overview:

  • Location: Waukee, IA
  • Position: Licensed Practical Nurse
  • Shift: Second Shift (2p-10p) and Third Shift (10p-6a)
  • Job Type: Full Time

Licensed Practical Nurse Supplemental Schedule:

  • Holiday Pay
  • Overtime

Licensed Practical Nurse Overview:

  • Location: Waukee, IA
  • Position: Registered Nurse
  • Shift: Third Shift (10p-6a)
    • $1.50 shift differential
  • Job Type: Full Time

Position Summary:

The LPN is responsible for the care of long term/SNF residents on an assigned shift by delivering a 1440 experience, optimizing performance, and leading employee connections within our community.

Required Experience:

  • Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the state.
  • Minimum of five years nursing experience.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Ability to problem solve.

Other Key Responsibilities:

  • Respond to resident requests in a timely and friendly manner.
  • Maintain confidentiality with all resident information.
  • Perform appropriate diagnostic tests in clinic as ordered by the physician, such as urinalysis, finger stick blood sugar tests, and stool guaiacs.
  • Regulate and adjust medication and treatments per consultations with physician, monitoring closely for adverse side effects.
  • Assist and administer medications as ordered.
  • Participate in formal and informal resident teaching activities aimed at promoting positive health practices and an understanding of the individual’s medical issue(s).
  • Assist with the ongoing therapeutic management of stable long-term health problems in the chronically ill elderly.
  • Maintain adequate first aid supplies.
  • Follow safe lifting practices, per policy.
  • Treat all residents with respect.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills for Success:

  • Building strong resident relationships, 1440 Care Standards.
  • Making good and timely decisions.
  • Working well with others to meet shared goals.
  • Relating openly and honestly with diverse group of people.
  • Gaining the confidence and trust of others.

Connecting Seniors, Families and Communities

For over 37 years, our senior living communities have served seniors and their families across Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, and Tennessee, with each location offering unique services including independent, enhanced, and assisted living, as well as memory care and rehabilitation and skilled nursing. Through forming authentic connections and committing to creating the absolute best experiences each day for our residents and their families, we’ve created a special culture within our communities that allows our employees to do their best work and our residents to shine every day.

Not Just Making Every Day Great. Making Every Minute Great. There are 1,440 minutes in every single day. We aspire to make each one of them an exceptional moment. This philosophy is supported by our 6 powerful, yet simple pillars: Dream Big, Have Courage, Take Initiative, Be Accountable, Give Back & Enjoy it. We strive to fulfill the aspirational yet unattainable goal of creating the absolute best experience with every person, in every interaction, every minute of every day.

It begins with empowering our employees. Every employee, at every level of the company, is expected to perform like a leader. Everyone is encouraged and expected to put the needs of each other above everything else. No one here just “does their job” The mission is to create the absolute best experiences. This emphasis on putting people first has helped us successfully grow for the right reasons.

We have developed an environment that attracts dreamers, adventurers, creators, givers and believers to seek career opportunities with us. We find people who believe that true happiness is only found in the service of others. We want high-performers with diverse skill-sets and big hearts. We treat each other as family and find that close collaboration creates the biggest ideas.

If you love serving others, and are looking for an opportunity to thrive, CommonSail Investment Group and our businesses is your destination.

This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.

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