LPN - Care Nurse Supervisor PT
Fairfield, Connecticut
As a Licensed Practical Nurse, your main role will be to deliver nursing care to our residents within a warm, comfortable, and home-like environment.
Posted Sep 23
- Pay
- Not posted
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Assisted Living
- License
- LPN license • Current state license as an LPN and CPR certification
- Term
- Permanent LPN - Care Nurse Supervisor PTPart time
Do you qualify?
- License
- LPN license • Current state license as an LPN and CPR certification
- Certification
- CPR certification
- Education
- graduate of an approved LPN program • Graduate of an approved LPN program (per state requirements)
Preferred
- Experience
- 1 to 2 years of nursing experience • Minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience working as a nurse preferred
- Experience
- working with the elderly in a paid or volunteer position • Previous experience working with the elderly in a paid or volunteer position is highly desirable
What it pays
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Bonus
- Associate Referral Bonus Program
- Eligibility
- may vary by employment status *Eligibility may vary by employment status
Benefits
- Benefits8 holidays & 3 floating holidays• 8 holidays & 3 floating holidays
- BenefitsDiscounted Meal Program• Discounted Meal Program
- BenefitsPaid Training & Company-provided Uniforms• Paid Training & Company-provided Uniforms
- BenefitsAssociate Referral Bonus Program• Associate Referral Bonus Program
- BenefitsPhysical & Mental Health Wellness Programs• Physical & Mental Health Wellness Programs
- Benefits401k Retirement Plan with Company Match• 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match*
More benefits (11)
- BenefitsMedical, Vision & Dental Benefits• Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits*
- BenefitsTuition Reimbursement Program• Tuition Reimbursement Program*
- BenefitsVacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off• Vacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off*
- Paid training
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Referral program
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Precepting
- You would precept other nurses • Closely mentors, guides, and directs the Lead Resident Care Assistants in all aspects of their job.
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Floating
- Floats to other units
- Day to day
- assess, communicate, and document resident status • Accurately assesses, communicates, and documents residents’ status.
- Day to day
- report significant resident behavior and health changes to care team and leadership • Observes and reports any significant changes in resident behavior and health to the Resident Care Director, physician, family, RCAs, and Executive Director per state regulations.
- Day to day
- direct and supervise daily work assignments of Resident Care Assistants • Directs and supervises the daily work assignments of the Resident Care Assistants.
- Day to day
- coordinate care needs with community providers through case management • Coordinates care needs with community providers via an effective case management process.
- Day to day
- balance service demands with supporting resident independence • Effectively balances service demands with supporting resident independence.
- Day to day
- recognize, assist in prevention of, and report elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation • Recognizes and assists in the prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (financial and other) and reports to appropriate sources per state regulations.
- Day to day
- respond to emergencies and personal emergency response system • Responds to emergencies and personal emergency response system and knows when to call for backup.
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Original listing
Posted on Benchmark Senior Living’s careers page.
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Join, stay, and grow with Benchmark. Connect with your calling.
We are looking for a compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join our team! As a Licensed Practical Nurse, your main role will be to deliver nursing care to our residents within a warm, comfortable, and home-like environment. You will be part of a team of dedicated, like-minded individuals whose support and camaraderie build community, and where long-lasting relationships with both associates and residents await.
If you possess a dedication to assisting others, take immense pride in your work, and are looking for a remarkable company that aligns with those values, then this opportunity is made for you!
Responsibilities
- Accurately assesses, communicates, and documents residents’ status.
- Observes and reports any significant changes in resident behavior and health to the Resident Care Director, physician, family, RCAs, and Executive Director per state regulations.
- Directs and supervises the daily work assignments of the Resident Care Assistants.
- Closely mentors, guides, and directs the Lead Resident Care Assistants in all aspects of their job.
- Coordinates care needs with community providers via an effective case management process.
- Effectively balances service demands with supporting resident independence.
- Recognizes and assists in the prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (financial and other) and reports to appropriate sources per state regulations.
- Responds to emergencies and personal emergency response system and knows when to call for backup.
Requirements
- Current state license as an LPN and CPR certification
- Graduate of an approved LPN program (per state requirements)
- Minimum of 1 to 2 years of experience working as a nurse preferred
- Previous experience working with the elderly in a paid or volunteer position is highly desirable
As a community associate at Benchmark, you will have access to a variety of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:
- 8 holidays & 3 floating holidays
- Discounted Meal Program
- Paid Training & Company-provided Uniforms
- Associate Referral Bonus Program
- Physical & Mental Health Wellness Programs
- 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match*
- Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits*
- Tuition Reimbursement Program*
- Vacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off*
*Eligibility may vary by employment status
Benchmark Senior Living is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We embrace and encourage our associates’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our associates unique.
What's around it?
Fairfield, CT
Living costs about 4% above the US average