Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Shift Type: PRN
Shifts: any day, DAY Shift (6:00 PM to 6:00 PM) or NOC Shift (6:00 PM to 6:00 AM)
Location: Laurelhurst Village - 3060 SE Stark St. Portland, OR 97214
As an LPN with Avamere, you join a team with a culture and mission to enhance the life of every person we serve. This is more than a job – it’s a place where our team members build lasting relationships with patients and residents, their families, and fellow team members.
Laurelhurst Village provides a variety of care area opportunities; Skilled Nursing, Rehabilitation, Respite and Short- and Long-term care. We're located at the edge of the beautiful Laurelhurst Park, a 31-acre public park in Foster-Powell neighborhood, allowing for refreshing, reenergizing walking breaks. At Avamere, you join a team with a culture and mission to enhance the life of every person we serve. This is more than a job – it’s a place where our team members build lasting relationships with patients and residents, their families, and fellow team members.
Our campus style facility is seeking Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team! Whether you are fresh out of school, or wanting to grow in your career, we are here to help! Being RN is a challenging, fast-paced, exciting, and incredibly rewarding career. You get the chance to make a difference every day in the lives of those you serve.
Join Avamere today and experience a strong and exciting team environment with a group decision-making culture! Whether you're a recent graduate, a skill-seeking individual, or an ambitious career grower, we're here to help. f you're passionate about helping others and crave a caring, compassionate, and fulfilling work family, look no further – we'd love to have you become a part of the Avamere Family.
Employee Perks:

• Tuition assistance
• Mentorship opportunities
• Career development
• Employee assistance program featuring counseling services, financial coaching, free legal services and more
• Generous employee referral program
• Paid time off/sick leave (rolls over annually)
• 401K retirement plan with employer match
• Comprehensive benefits package with medical coverage, voluntary dental, vision, and life insurance, short-term disability, and AD&D coverage
• Access up to 50% of your net earned income before payday

Avamere understands the importance of affordable and accessible healthcare for our team members and is very excited to partner with SEIU 503 and the Essential Worker Healthcare Trust to offer an excellent health insurance benefit plan at a significantly reduced cost to the employee.
Starting in 2023, our Full-Time Oregon team members will be able to participate in a PPO or HMO plan with deductibles as low as $800.00 with significantly reduced premium costs. Employees will be eligible to start using their benefits within their first month of hire – no 60+ day waiting period! Vision, Dental, STD, LTD, AD&D, and other benefits are available for enrollment as well
Responsibilities

• Complete required record keeping in regards to your role in admitting, transferring and discharging residents.
• Coordinate with nursing staff and support personnel daily to plan the shifts’ services, programs and activities to ensure the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
• Prepare and administer medications and review medication cards for completeness and accuracy.
• Review resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches and revisions based on nursing needs.
• Plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures that are necessary for providing quality care.
• Provide leadership to nursing personnel and make daily rounds of your unit to ensure staff is providing direct care in accordance with resident’s care plan and wishes.
• Develop and maintain rapport with nursing staff, other department personnel, residents, family members, and all other individuals involved in resident’s care.
• Participate in facility surveys by authorized government agencies.

Qualifications

• Must possess a nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN in this state.
• Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities.
• Must chart nurses’ notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and resident’s response to care.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records and computer documentation systems.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information in accordance with HIPAA guidelines.

Employee Benefits:

• Tuition assistance
• Mentorship opportunities
• Career development
• Employee assistance program featuring counseling services, financial coaching, free legal services and more
• Generous employee referral program
• Paid time off/sick leave (rolls over annually)
• 401K retirement plan with employer match
• Comprehensive benefits package with medical coverage, voluntary dental, vision, and life insurance, short-term disability, and AD&D coverage
• Access up to 50% of your net earned income before payday.
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement

Avamere Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify.