**$5,000 Sign-On Bonus** To be paid out in 3-installments after 90 days of successful employment

CHARGE NURSE – LPN JOB DESCRIPTION

SUMMARY

To assist an RN with supervising routine functions of an assigned area to include functioning as a Charge Nurse in providing nursing care to residents under the direction of an RN and as prescribed by the physician and in accordance with standards of nursing practices and regulations; and as may be directed by the (RN) Director of Nursing. Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB, and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) in good standing and currently licensed by the State.
• Completion of secondary education or otherwise show ability to read and write in a legible and understandable manner.
• Must be able to relate positively and favorably to residents and families and to work cooperatively with other employees.
• Must be capable of maintaining regular attendance.
• Must meet all local health regulations, and pass post-employment physical exam if required.
• Must be capable of performing the Essential Job Functions of this job, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Related work experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Cigna Health, including HSA option
• Cigna Vision
• Cigna Dental
• Mutual of Omaha Voluntary Life Insurance for employee, spouse, & children
• Mutual of Omaha EMPLOYER PAID Life Insurance for Full-Time employees
• Mutual of Omaha Hospital Indemnity
• Mutual of Omaha Critical Illness
• MedCom FSA

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ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Unit Coordinator
• Supervise under the direction of an RN, other professional and nonprofessional staff in the day-to-day delivery of resident care.
• Assist in scheduling assignments and developing nursing unit priorities under the direction of an RN.
• May assist in orienting new staff and participating in recruitment and selection of nursing staff.
• Communicate non-nursing practice policies and assist and coach as needed.
• Monitor work assignments’, provide assignments’, provide feedback, and assist an RN in evaluating performance, and redirect and discipline as needed.
• Participate under the direction of an RN who establishes and directed nursing care in the interviewing and hiring of nursing assistants' applicants.
• Supervise, evaluate and discipline under the direction of an RN certain non-nursing practice performance of nursing assistant employees, to include the effective recommendation of suspension and termination.