Tuesday, March 29, 2016

LPN (NCC)



Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries is one of the region’s larger providers of Continuing Care Retirement Communities as well as personal care/assisted living and skilled nursing and rehabilitative care. Based on Diakon’s core values of respect, stewardship, service, and quality, our staff members focus on providing superior health care and living options for the nearly 8,000 residents and family members we serve each year.


Our goal is to enable residents to live lives in the most independent setting possible while providing excellent clinical and rehabilitative services for those needing additional support on a short- or longer-term basis. In fact, our focus is on having residents proclaim: “This is the Way to Live!” Our senior living services in Pennsylvania and Maryland consist of Independent Living, Personal Care/Assisted Living, Memory Care, and Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitative Care within a Continuing Care Retirement Communities setting.


We are looking for team members who embrace the changing health-care environment and are dedicated to providing excellent care to patients and residents with above-average clinical outcomes and customer satisfaction.  If you fit this description, we will be excited to hear from you.

Community/Program: Twining Village


Category: On-Call Per Diem


Hours (per 2 week pay period): 0 Scheduled Hours Per Pay Period


Shift: Varied


General Responsibilities: Responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the daily clinical operations of the assigned care unti, as well as utilizing nursing principles and basic assessment skills to develop care plans that ensure patients’ needs are met.  Collaborates with the care unit’s nursing supervisor/unit manager to assume and provide leadership to the clinical team.


Education/Training: Graduate of an approved school of nursing; current State license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse; maintenance of license by performing necessary continuing education requirements.





Experience: A minimum of one (1) year experience in working as a charge nurse in an acute care, rehabilitation or post-acute skilled care setting preferred.

Skill(s): Thorough knowledge of current long-term care licensure regulations and federal health care financing administration;  proficient interpersonal relations and communicative skills; knowledge of drug interactions, side effects, and incompatibilities; decision-making skills; proficient assessment skills; knowledge of hazardous materials, bloodborne pathogens and infection control procedures; proficient reading, writing, grammar, and mathematics skills; current CPR certification (or eligibility and pursuit of certification) or proficient in adult CPR.





ADA Requirements: Ability to sit, stand, lift, bend, reach, push, and pull items weighing up to 50 lbs; visual and auditory skills.


Join the many hands behind Diakon’s one heart!



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