Life Care at Home

EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Description
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About Life Care At Home: We bring trusted, personalized home care to older adults living at Montgomery Place and throughout the greater Chicago community. Montgomery Place is the premiere senior living community overlooking Lake Michigan and the Museum of Science and Industry, and serves as the cultural center of East Hyde Park. Offering Independent Living, Assisted Living, as well as a 40-bed Skilled Nursing Unit providing Long-term Care and Short-term, sub-acute rehab services.
Schedule Information:

• Fulltime (36 hours per week)
• Day shift 7:00am to 7:00pm
• Schedule includes every other weekend

Pay range: $35 - $40 per hour based on experience
Benefits may include depending on full or part-time status:

• Access to health, dental and vision benefits
• 401k retirement plan with company match
• Education Assistance Program
• Company paid life insurance
• Access to other benefits like Short Term Disability and Accident coverage
• Generous paid time off
• Paid Holidays

About the Position: Wellness Nurse provides compassionate care to clients, residents, and patients; Assesses, plans, coordinates, and implements effective care with Life Care At Home clients and Independent Living residents at Montgomery Place: Administers medications, treatments, updates documentation and responds to emergency calls in an accurate and timely manner; Provides guidance to non-licensed care staff to help ensure continuity of care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Overall responsibilities

• Administer medications and treatments, including, but not limited to: dressings, catheterization, suctioning, oxygen, etc.
• Maintain accurate documentation of medication administered and care rendered
• Assist in admission and discharge procedures
• Respond to resident emergency call system as indicated
• Make rounds with physicians and transcribes orders
• Keep physician and family aware of change in resident's condition
• Maintain the self-respect, personal dignity, and physical safety of each resident
• Assure continuity of services and care
• Understand, participate and assist in implementing the Quality Improvement Program
• Utilize the Quality Improvement Program for identification, placement, and monitoring of residents in the appropriate programs
• Notify other departments of resident changes (room changes, LOA, new admits, discharges, etc.)
• Conduct resident and family education
• Document according to established procedures for charting, i.e., medication, treatments, progress notes, etc.
• Report any discrepancies noted concerning physician' s orders, diet changes, charting errors, etc. to supervisor
• Transcribe physician's orders to resident charts, cardex, medication/treatment cards and care plans
• Chart progress notes in an informative, factual manner that reflects the care administered as well as the resident' s response to care
• Accurately identify skin changes and implement/follow facility skin management protocols

Care Plan Responsibilities

• Assist in completion of the care plans and is involved in the care conference as deemed necessary
• Assist in the completion of the MDS and demonstrate knowledge of the MOS process
• Chart appropriate progress notes to reflect that the resident's care plan is being followed
• Engage with CNAs and Home Serivice Workers and ensure that resident care plans are udpated

General Responsibilities

• Adhere to the policies and procedures of the business with the highest practical standards
• Participate in and maintain current status on all training and education required by the company
• Communicate effectively with all members of the staff and business partners
• Provide feedback to others for continuous quality improvement of the entire organization
• Openly accept feedback from others for the continuous quality improvement of the entire organization
• Escalate issues when there is appearance that business standards of quality are not present
• Comply with all rules and regulations of the organization, including HIPAA and safety
• Perform other duties as assigned

Position Requirements
Job Requirements/Specifications
Education and Experience:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Required:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Currently licensed as an LPN in the state of Illinois
• Ability to communicate with residents and staff
• Basic computer knowledge and key boarding skills; ability to learn company systems
• Ability to work holiday and weekend hours as well as to be on call

Preferred:

• One year of nursing experience

Essential Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Approachable, customer service orientation
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Think and act calmly and logically to meet unusual occurrences of the job without being thrown off stride
• Detail orientation
• Must have ability to perform duties accurately and rapidly under tight deadlines with minimal supervision
• Must be able to take direction and fulfill task requirements
• Demonstrate competencies in operating emergency equipment
• Demonstrated ability to administer medications and treatments in a timely manner in accordance with facility policy
• Demonstrated ability to receive, transcribe, and carry out physician orders

Language Skills

• Ability to read, write and speak English proficiently

Physical Demands: The physical demands describe here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Specific vision requirements include the ability to see at close range, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear
• Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl and climb
• Use hands to feel, and reach with hand and arms
• Regular lifting and moving of residents, supplies and/or equipment up to 50 pounds
• Fine hand manipulation (keyboarding)

Work Environment:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Entire building, resident rooms and common areas
• May escort residents to outside appointments
• Exposure to disagreeable conditions including odors, infection, illness and physical contact from disruptive residents
• The noise level in the work environment is usually low

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
About the Organization
Montgomery Place is grounded in an act of kindness. In 1888, an Episcopalian pastor purchased a house to provide a safe, secure life for three older women in his Hyde Park parish. In 1915, this generous impulse spurred the construction of a building to accommodate 80 residents.
Today, more than 200 people enjoy the benefits of living at Montgomery Place, which offers a vibrant, stimulating urban lifestyle that's as engaging as it is enriching.
Our apartments overlook Lake Michigan and the Museum of Science and Industry. And our resident-directed programs make us the cultural center of East Hyde Park, located near the University of Chicago campus and just down the Drive from downtown Chicago's attractions and resources.
This position is currently accepting applications.