Job Description​

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a highly qualified and career-minded Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to work as a LPN Charge Nurse in our 57 bed skilled nursing center.  Our LPN's provide direct nursing care to residents and supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by CNA's.  In this role, you will lead a team of CNAs assigned to your area and assist them with daily tasks as needed. You will also be responsible for assisting with Admissions, Discharges, IV Antibiotics, Peg Tubes, Disease Process Management, assessments, patient transfers, and more.

The Shift:

This is a part-time LPN position for a weekend wound-care nurse in our Skilled Nursing Unit.

The Work:

Our LPN's provide direct nursing care to residents and supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by CNA's.  Specific duties include:

• Meeting with assigned nursing personnel to plan the shifts' services, programs, and activities. Overseeing the activity of assigned nursing assistants
• Administration of professional nursing services and medication to residents. Ensuring residents receive services in accordance with their care plan
• Assisting with new admissions and discharges
• Consulting with residents, family members, and physicians in planning the resident’s care, treatment, and rehabilitation
• Medication administration
• Visiting residents to observe and evaluate their physical and emotional status.
• Notifying the resident’s attending physician and next-of-kin when there is a change in the resident’s condition
• Reporting problem areas to the RN Supervisor or Clinical Director
• Demonstrating excellent customer service skills and professional demeanor at all times

Why Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place?

• You would be working for Kansas City's premier retirement community.
• Excellent working environment and supportive leadership.
• Commitment to a safe and kind work environment with abundant resources.
• Opportunities for personal and career development.
• Saint Luke’s offers competitive salaries and benefits packages to all of their employees, click here to find out more.

Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place provides exceptional retirement living in the heart of Kansas City, with convenient access to culture, cuisine, and activities. The community offers independent living and a full spectrum of on-site health care, including private duty caregiving services, assisted living, long-term skilled nursing, and short-term rehabilitation. Residents enjoy first-class services and convenient amenities in a hospitality-focused, close-knit environment. Bishop Spencer Place is the only life plan community in Kansas City that is part of a major health system, with means residents have access to excellent health care from the area’s best providers.

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