Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) / PRN Days – Cedarhurst Senior Living

Join our team as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Cedarhurst Senior Living.

Cedarhurst Senior Living is a leading provider of senior living communities, dedicated to enriching the lives of residents through exceptional care and personalized services. With a commitment to excellence and innovation, Cedarhurst creates vibrant environments where seniors can thrive and enjoy a fulfilling lifestyle.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN), reporting directly to the Director of Nursing, is responsible for delivering, coordinating, and evaluating resident care in alignment with physician orders, individualized service plans, and regulatory standards. This role combines hands‑on clinical responsibilities—including medication administration, assessments, documentation, and direct resident support—with leadership functions such as guiding care staff, promoting safety initiatives, and ensuring effective communication with residents, families, physicians, and community leadership.

• Provide services in accordance with nurse practice act and state/federal nursing center regulations.
• Work with the Director of Nursing to provide direction and oversight to the care staff regarding the resident’s needs.
• Review and revise assessments and care plans at admission, periodically per regulation, and at change in resident physical or psychosocial condition.
• Review and transcribe physician's orders and provide medical treatments as ordered by physician; assist physician with resident examination as needed.
• Initiate a resident education plan according to individualized needs of the resident, as prescribed by Physician and/or community policy, including resident and family instruction.
• Observe residents and communicate condition changes to physicians, health‑care proxies, and supervisors; provide timely interventions as instructed.
• Administer and document medications in accordance with the five rights: right medication, right route, right resident, right time, and right dose.
• Supervise and monitor medications for residents who self‑administer if applicable.
• Document all pertinent observations, red flags, incidents, interventions, communication, clinical procedures, and daily medication assistance/care throughout the shift as indicated.
• Assist and monitor residents with meeting their nutritional/hydration needs and document on the nursing record appropriately.
• Assist residents with activities of daily living as needed, including bathing/showering, oral care, toileting, dressing, etc.
• Assist residents in scheduling medical, dental and laboratory appointments.
• Utilize proactive intervention, monitoring, and safety in the rooms and rounds.
• Answer residents' call light promptly.
• Assist residents with transfers and ambulation as directed, using proper body mechanics.
• Take temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess the condition of resident as requested.
• Maintain restraint‑free environment at all times.
• Support fall‑prevention programs for all residents in need.
• Respond to life‑saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocol.
• Respond as appropriate to personal calls from other health‑center units in the community.
• Duties may include but are not limited to providing first aid, calling emergency personnel (dial 911), and/or calling family members at residents' request.
• Review resident service plans for assisted living and memory care.
• Encourage residents to participate in scheduled facility activities, providing assistance in getting to activities as needed.
• Assist in post‑mortem care as instructed.
• Participate in oversight and management of medication delivery system, including timely order entry, receipt and tracking, daily MAR documentation, narcotic count, and checking in medications to ensure resident compliance to medication regime.
• Notify pharmacy and supervisor of issues and seek to resolve them in a timely manner.
• Promote the physical, personal, and emotional well‑being of each resident and strive to maintain the…