Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) | Long Term Care Job at Avera Health, Marshall, MN

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  • Avera Health
  • Marshall, MN

Job Description

Location:

Avera Morningside Heights Care Center

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Night Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

  • Vacation (for RN's)/Paid Time Off (PTO-for LPN's) available on Day 1!  
  • Options for Free Health Insurance!
  • Student Loan Repayment:   Please inquire about Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.
  • Consistent Schedule:   With our block scheduling you will never have to wonder when you will be working!
  • Career Growth:   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
  • Job Satisfaction:   Each day you will positively impact each patient you serve with providing direct resident care.

Work Schedule

  • 7:00pm-7:30am, 52 hours every 2 weeks (0.65 FTE)
  • Every third weekend
  • Holiday rotation

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

  • RN Pay: $38.06-$58.49 per hour
  • LPN Pay: $23.91-$34.46 per hour

LPN Job Summary:

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.

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


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 Registered Nurse in Long Term Care is accountable for providing each resident with professional nursing care, assessment and evaluations and for the management of nursing activities performed by neighborhood staff, ensuring that the highest degree of quality of care is maintained at all times.

What you will do

  • Complies with all pharmaceutical policies and procedures, ensures that all medications/treatments are given safely and accurately in accordance with the physician’s orders.
  • Completes assessments on residents, makes appropriate interventions, applies knowledge, prioritizes resident care, uses nursing process (assess, plan, implement, evaluate).
  • 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.
  • Identifies staff performance issues and provides feedback through coaching, counseling, and conflict resolution and reports concerns to supervisor in a timely manner.
  • 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 or program or
  • Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing An active license in the state of practice Upon Hire
Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

  • Bachelor's Graduate from an accredited school or program
  • 1-3 years Long Term Care
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.


Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

  • PTO front-loaded for eligible hires

  • Free health insurance options, for full-time single coverage on Avera High Deductible Health Plan

  • Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

  • Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

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 .

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Full time, Work experience placement, Immediate start, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work,

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