Job Overview The RN/LPN in a senior living/SNF/LTC setting provides comprehensive, compassionate, and individualized care to residents, ensuring their physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs are met. This role requires clinical expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary healthcare team
Work Setting: Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) or Long-Term Care (LTC) senior living community providing extended care for residents with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or post-acute recovery needs.
Key Responsibilities
Assessment & Planning: Evaluate resident health status, develop, coordinate, and implement individualized care plans in collaboration with physicians, therapists, and case managers
Clinical Care: Administer medications, perform vital sign checks, monitor medical conditions, and provide therapeutic interventions such as range-of-motion exercises, wound care, and mobility assistance
Daily Living Support: Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs) including bathing, dressing, eating, and toileting
Patient Monitoring: Continuously assess and document resident health status, report changes promptly, and respond to emergencies
Education & Support: Provide health education to residents and families, offer emotional support, and promote independence and dignity
Team Collaboration: Work closely with physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, and other staff to ensure safe, coordinated care
Documentation: Maintain accurate, timely, and complete medical records in compliance with facility and regulatory standards
Environment & Safety: Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work environment, adhering to infection control and safety protocols
Required Qualifications
License: Active LPN/RN license
Experience: Minimum experience in long-term care, skilled nursing, or senior living settings; experience with geriatric care preferred
Skills: Strong clinical judgment, patience, empathy, communication, and ability to work in a team-oriented environment