LPN-Assisted Living Unit Manager - Peaceful Pines Senior Living - Rapid City

Peaceful Pines Senior Living is committed to providing exceptional care and service with compassion. Our community offers a total of 30 independent living units, 29 assisted living units, and 32 memory care units located in the beautiful Black Hills.

This position will be responsible for the safety and well-being of residents, along with the supervision of care staff. The LPN-Assisted Living Unit Manager will provide support in daily compliance with federal and state regulations, nursing department policies and procedures, and standard of care for our residents. The LPN-Assisted Living Unit Manager will report to the Director of Nursing and agrees to comply with and perform the duties and responsibilities as described below. In addition, this role may be asked to perform functions not listed below.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO INCLUDE:

• Ensures the well-being and protection of every resident through the delivery of high-quality care.
• Promotes and supports a positive work environment focused on team building and collaboration.
• Provides on-call support in a rotation.
• Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health information concerning residents and staff.
• Ensures that all the needs are met for the residents as well as supervises staff that is on the shift.
• Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and promptly.
• Prepares necessary medical paperwork for all scheduled resident appointments.
• Assists with compliance in meeting regulations and is available for state licensure surveys.
• Maintains resident files and appropriate documents as required.
• Scans and uploads all documentation to the electronic medical record.
• Assists Medication Aides and CNAs in service delivery and training as requested.
• Assists with order entry and notifies RN of any new doctors' orders and med changes.
• Performs inventory management for medication administration by Medication Aides and checks new medications from the pharmacy.
• Assist with picking up shifts on an evenly distributed schedule among nursing staff as needed.
• Schedules care conferences and updates care plans in accordance with regulations.
• Reviews, edits, and creates nursing policy drafts to be reviewed and finalized by the administrator/DON.
• Develops and updates code book for assisted living and memory care.
• Obtains, administers, and documents prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and facility standards of practice.
• Observes residents, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor, family (responsible party), and physician of residents change in condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assesses the condition of the resident.
• Keeps resident family and physician informed of any changes in resident behavior, medications, or conditions of health.
• Completes resident evaluations.
• Enters and monitors labs.
• And all other duties as assigned.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Familiarity with PointClickCare software
• Previous experience in a leadership role in an assisted living community.
• Holds an active and unencumbered LPN license.
• Minimum of two years' experience as an LPN in a healthcare facility.

COMPENSATION/HOURS/BENEFITS:

• FT, non-exempt, (potential to be exempt or salaried), hourly employee of Peaceful Pines Senior Living.
• Generally, 40 hours per week. From time-to-time additional hours may be required for special projects, covering shifts, or for increased workload, which may include weekends or holidays.
• Benefits: Paid time Off, Advanced Payroll Program, Retirement Plan Matching Contributions, Health, Dental, and Vision, Supplemental Insurance, EAP, retention bonuses and gifts, paid holidays ect.
• $27.00 - $32.00/Hour Depending on Experience