Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Overview

Starting at $30. Overnight Shifts Available. Join our DYNAMIC team at Bickford Senior Living as a Wellness Nurse. The Wellness Nurse supports resident care within the branch, ensuring that residents’ daily medication needs are met with compassion and dignity, helping them live their life to the fullest.

This position offers a full suite of benefits options that vary based on employment status. Some of the benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Full-time employees are eligible for all benefits (medical, dental, vision, and voluntary products)
• Part-time employees (29 or fewer hours per week) are eligible for Voluntary Life, Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Benefits start the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Prescription savings plans
• All employees are eligible for 401(k) with employer match
• Pay available daily

"There is no higher calling, no greater purpose than a caregiver. Somehow, we’ve come to believe that caregiving is just for some of us and not all. Yet, at our core, we are all made to love, connect, to extend ourselves in service to others. The question is… do we have the will to love, do what it takes, and risk ourselves in caring, even when the burden is great?

In times of happiness and sadness, we are that caregiver” -

• Accurately following the resident MAR to ensure medications are given according to the physician’s orders
• Understand and follow the Six rights of medication administration and all of Bickford’s policies and procedures regarding medication management
• Understand and appropriately utilize the eMAR system for medication administration
• Communicate appropriately with clinical leadership for clarification and direction regarding resident medication administration and care
• Provide direct resident care; supervise resident care work of non-licensed team members and other areas of the branch as appropriate
• Lead by example in demonstrating the Bickford Mission “Whatever it Takes” to all other team members on shift

• Active license as an LPN or Registered Nurse in good standing
• Willing to take additional training or education as required by state for LPN/RN qualifications
• CPR and First Aid certifications are required
• Ability to handle multiple priorities
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Organizational and time management skills
• Good judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to utilize or learn Bickford’s eMAR system to administer medications; learn new applications

Bickford Senior Living is a community of caregivers dedicated to enriching residents’ happiness. Founded in 1991 in Olathe, Kansas, by the Eby Family. Our mission focuses on a family environment across locations that emphasizes caring for residents and employees alike.