Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Rushford, MN
Contracted
Mid Level

Inabia is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join its Skilled Nursing team. This role provides direct nursing care to residents in a skilled nursing facility, ensuring high-quality, patient-centered care during night and mid/night shifts.
The ideal candidate is dependable, clinically competent, and comfortable working extended and overnight shifts in a long-term care environment.


Key Responsibilities
  • Performs initial data collection on all residents and follows up on date collection per GSLS policies and procedures. Administers, tracks progress, and checks activities related to residents.
  • Medication Administration: . Observes, documents, and reports resident responses to medications. Is knowledgeable and follows medication policies and procedures.
  • Competently performs skin treatments, catheterizations, tube feedings, and other treatments and cares as needed.
  • Documentation: Documents professionally, accurately, and completely according to current standards, and GSLS policies and procedures.
  • Coordination/Direction: Coordinates and directs resident care appropriately and professionally-assumes responsibilities for all nursing care and nursing actions to resident on the shift assigned. Communicates pertinent resident information to the appropriate staff, family, and physician.
  • Emergency and Disaster Measures: Carries out first aide, emergency, and disaster measures according to policies, procedures, and standards of care.
  • Awareness of resident, employee, and public safety always. Recognize, report and/or remove safety hazards (environmental, equipment, conditions, and practices).
  • Other duties within their scope of practice as directed by the registered nurse or Team Leader.

Physical Demands of an LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse):
  • Regularly required to stand, bend, and walk. May also be required to sit, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, push and pull.
  • Regularly assigned to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds.
  • Frequently required to support up to 10-50 pounds.
  • Emergency situations could require carrying/supporting 25 pounds or greater.
  • Requires employee use hands for repetitive actions such as simple grasping, firm grasping and fine manipulating.
  • May be required to work in unprotected heights, being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and/or humidity, driving automotive equipment and exposure to dust, fumes, or gases.
  • Requires functional hearing ability to read medical records, make observatory assessments, and document in writing and computer records.
  • Requires functional ability to perform job duties as listed in the job description

Schedule & Workload
  • Guaranteed Hours: 40 hours per week
  • Shifts:
    • (3) 8-hour night shifts
    • (1) 16-hour mid/night shift

Qualifications
  • Graduate of a licensed practical nurse accredited program required.
  • Current active LPN nursing license in the State of Minnesota in good standing.
  • CPR certified.
  • Must be able to read, write and communicate in English.
  • Clinical experience with geriatrics, long-term care and/or rehabilitation preferred.
  • Demonstrates a broad and current knowledge of nursing including gerontological nursing and related aspects such as rehabilitation and metal health.
  • Knowledge of and skilled in physical assessment techniques to gather data.
  • Skilled in oral and written English communication-communicates clear expectations

Why Join?
  • Guaranteed 40-hour workweek
  • Consistent night-focused schedule
  • Opportunity to work in a mission-driven, resident-centered organization
  • Supportive interdisciplinary care team

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