RN or LPN, FT Day

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) positions require a minimum of 1 year of experience and must adhere to a specific 7a-7p rotating schedule. Both roles support the Village's mission and values.

Essential Functions

• RN:
  • Effectively and timely provides for the comfort and well-being of patients by assessing conditions, processing physicians’ orders, providing treatments and administering prescribed drugs.
  • Timely and effectively coordinates nursing care for patients and educates the patients/residents and family about the care.
  • Timely delegates appropriate aspects of nursing care to staff which includes evaluating, monitoring and assuring delivery of care.
  • Accurately and timely documents patients/residents progress toward goals and other observations.
  • Reports patients/residents changes, needs and/or requirements to the appropriate staff.
• LPN:
  • Provides direct resident/patient care based on a specific plan and departmental services.
  • This may include dispensing medication, checking vitals, changing wounds, personal care, etc.
  • Timely and accurately reports resident/patient changes, needs and/or requirements to the Registered Nurse and/or other managing staff.
  • Accurately and timely completes required documentation of nursing care to meet all state and Village requirements.
  • May delegate appropriate tasks to care givers and follows up on assignments.
  • May perform homemaking and other environmental services when necessary for services provided through the department.

Requirements

• RN:
  • Education: Associate's degree in professional nursing (ADN).
  • Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nurse license from Missouri or Kansas State Board of Nursing, current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, valid driver’s license.
  • Knowledge and Skills: Minimum of 12 training and in-service hours annually, basic level knowledge of Microsoft operating system and software, ability to manage multiple tasks, autonomy in Home Health and Village House, reading and interpreting documents, writing simple sentences, paragraphs, and correspondence, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, drawing valid conclusions.
• LPN:
  • Education: Combination of education, training, and experience that is acquired through the completion of an accredited School of Nursing.
  • Licenses/Certifications: Licensed Practical Nurse license from Missouri State Board of Nursing, current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, valid driver’s license.
  • Knowledge and Skills: Minimum of 12 training and in-service hours annually, basic level knowledge of Microsoft operating system and software, ability to read and interpret documents, write simple sentences, paragraphs, and correspondence, add, subtract, multiply, and divide, calculate figures and amounts, define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions.

Qualifications

• RN: Minimum of 1 year of experience, ability to work 7a-7p rotating schedule.
• LPN: Minimum of 1 year of experience, ability to work 7a-7p rotating schedule.