Home Care LPN Visit Nurse - West Metro - Presbyterian Homes & Services

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With Optage Homecare, find purpose and passion in your work with a team of like-minded people focused on enriching the lives and touching the hearts of older adults. Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS) is looking for someone like you, who is focused on living out your calling for care. YOU become part of the most important resource in our ministry--focused on helping to understand people's needs and working together to be supportive and empowering in order to build a vibrant and thriving community. You benefit from a close-knit community-based team and a supportive organization with opportunities for movement and growth.

Presbyterian Homes & Services – Optage Home and Community Services is looking for LPN Visit Nurses who feel called to Home Care and wish to serve older adults in the West Metro within a caring Christian environment. This is a full-time day position Monday through Friday, as well as participation in an equitable Weekend and Holiday rotation. This position serves in the west metro including but not limited to the PHS communities of Lake Minnetonka Shores, Folkestone, Beacon Hill, Shorewood Landing, SummerWood of Chanhassen, SummerWood of Plymouth, and surrounding areas. Our clinicians enjoy a rich workplace culture where team members are valued and supported by leadership in an environment that embraces and encourages whole person high quality care.

Key Responsibilities in this role include:

• Wound care, possibly including wound vac dressing changes, however we can teach you if you don't know how. This would also include prevention strategies (ex: offloading to prevent pressure injuries)
• Catheter changes and irrigations as ordered/PRN for indwelling and suprapubic catheters 
• Medication teaching, setup, and reconciliation
• Disease management education and teaching (ex: diabetic education, fingerstick INRs, CHF education with weight and lung sound monitoring, etc.)
• Being a key member of our interdisciplinary team and keeping everyone involved in each client's care updated on any changes in status

In this position you will play a critical role in caring for older adults - not only physically, but emotionally, socially, mentally, and spiritually. If this sounds like YOU, please apply today.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for the provision and monitoring of high quality clinical care and services to residents consistent with regulations and established clinical best practices.

• Licensed Practical Nurse with current licensure with the State Board of Nursing in state(s) in which he/she practices.
• Current CPR certification.
• Interest in gerontological nursing, rehabilitative and restorative clinical practices.
• Demonstrated compatibility with PHS's mission and operating philosophies.
• Demonstrated ability to read, write, speak and understand the English language to communicate with all customers.

Based in St. Paul, Minnesota–Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS) is a nonprofit, faith-based organization providing a broad array of high-quality housing choices, care options and services for older adults. There are over 7,500 team members like you at PHS, serving more than 26,000 older adults through 60+ PHS-affiliated senior living communities in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin, and through Optage® and other community services. PHS is also co-owner of Genevive®, the largest geriatric primary care practice in MN, providing comprehensive care for over 15,000 older adults.

An Innovative Leader: Established in 1955, PHS has earned the reputation as an Innovative Leader dedicated to promoting independence, purposeful living, and overall well-being. PHS is now one of the largest nonprofit senior housing and services providers in the US.

Our strong focus on our employees, means we are committed to an environment where you are valued and empowered to make a difference. With a strong commitment to team growth from within, roughly 80% of leadership roles are filled through the development of people like you. To learn more about PHS culture, benefits and team development, we invite you to visit the "Careers" section of our website.

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PHS is an EEO/AA employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, or status with regard to public assistance.