Job Description:

FT Evening Shift, FT Night Shift, PT Evening Shift:

2.50 shift differential Evening 5.00 Shift differential Nights:

What does the Licensed Practical Nurse do?:

Ever wanted to work in an environment where you get to know your patients (we call them residents!) and their families not just for a few days, but for months, sometimes years at a time? Want to work in a home-like, relaxed setting where you can truly focus on care? In our Licensed Practical Nurse role, you will be assisting in the delivery of nursing services to residents, charting in our EMR system, and ultimately collaborating with other healthcare providers to best serve our residents.

Why join the Prestige Care Family in the Licensed Practical Nurse role and what can we offer you?

* We are a 35+ year old, family owned and operated organization that has a strong promote from within culture.

* The ability to know your patients (we call them residents!) and their families not just for a few days but long term.

* A defined career path - you can start and build a long term and rewarding career with us.

* Education reimbursement

* Robust and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, EAP, 401k match, employer paid life and disability insurance, and more.

* Accessible and engaging regional operations and nursing support staff to bounce ideas off of, get additional guidance, and partnership to allow you to be a high performer.

In this job, every day you will...

1. Supervises nonprofessional staff in the daily delivery of resident care, schedules job assignments and develops nursing unit priorities and assists in identifying substitutes for staff absences.

2. Monitors work assignments, provides feedback, evaluates performance, and redirects services as directed by Resident Care Manager or Director of Nursing Services of pertinent problems.

3. Prepares or assists with new admissions, transfers, and discharges, providing direct resident care as determined by resident condition.

4. Completes treatments and procedures, as ordered by the physician, and within scope of practice and related training while observing resident condition and reporting changes to physician and Resident Care Manager.

5. Evaluates and records residents' needs and responses to medications and administers medications as ordered by the physician and directs medication aides accordingly.

6. Completes incident forms, transcribes and carries out physician orders and notifies family and physician as directed.

7. Documents all pertinent information on interdisciplinary notes and 24-Hour D.N.S. report form, and documents medications, treatments and procedures performed on appropriate records.

Education Experience you need to qualify:

* An active LPN certificate or Associate Degree in Nursing.

* Must have a current, unencumbered LPN license in the state you would be practicing in.

* Minimum of 1 year working in geriatric nursing, including experience with medication administration, delivery systems and pharmacies.

* Excellent written and oral communication and motivational skills are essential to success.

* Ability to creatively problem-solve in both resident care and employee management situations.

Ways you can advance beyond the Licensed Practical Nurse role:

Once you master this role, you could consider the Charge Nurse (LPN), Resident Care Manager (LPN), Assistant Health Services Director (assisted living), Health Services Director (in some markets) and other roles which require a higher level of education with Prestige Care.

EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED - At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.

Karcher Post-Acute and Rehabilitation Center:

Karcher is Located at 1127 Caldwell Boulevard Nampa, ID 83651 just 20 short miles West from the heart of Boise.

With a new Director of Nursing in play and the continuous superb survey scores the team just keeps getting better! In the past 4 years Karcher has become a 4-Star facility with 5-Star quality measures, staffing rations, and RN coverage.

Karcher and the 66 licensed beds that they have has become the provider of choice with the local hospitals in the Nampa area due to their excellent therapy staff. Amongst their high-quality staff, another reason it is a provider of choice is due to the easy access to several local shops and restaurants for those visiting! The area is growing tremendously with many new homes and amenities making their way to Nampa.

The staff at Karcher differentiates them from the rest of the industry. You won't find a better team in the area. Karcher has enjoyed a string of unbelievably high performance, including multiple recent deficiency-free surveys.

Our community is stunning, immaculately kept up and a truly safe and enjoyable place to spend your working days. Celebration, fun, and encouragement of one and other is daily. Everyone is a team-player and always pitching in to help. The laughter of our team members as well as our residents flood the halls to give it a family-oriented feel. This culture allows Karcher to have low turnover and the positions that do come open to be like a rare diamond!

This is a culture of high performance and teamwork.

Our managers at the community are accessible and present at all times to support our team. By working at Karcher, you would be relishing in an open-door policy, responsive leadership style, a supportive environment, a management team that engages with staff and incredible opportunities for career advancement.

If working in a home-like setting, with a robust team atmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer that has a great promote-from-within culture, then Prestige Senior Living - Karcher is the place for you.

Who Is Prestige Care?

Prestige Care is a family of over 75 skilled nursing + post-acute care centers, as well as assisted living and memory care communities in 8 Western states. We are an organization of over 5,000 team members who serve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personally touching their lives every day.

We have four core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect that guide everything that we do. With a strong commitment to career development and advancement, Prestige Care is a employer that can help you achieve your career goals and objectives. With a healthcare career at Prestige Care, you will enjoy a collaborative, team-oriented environment where your work truly matters at the end of every day.:::::

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