Part Time for night shift 7p - 7a on Tuesdays and Wednesday nights Job Requirements: • High school graduate or GED preferred. • Minimum of two (2) years work experience as a nurse in a long-term care environment preferred. • Meets all state requirements for licensure as a practical nurse and Food Handling. • Commitment to person-centered and resident-directed care is essential. • Must have knowledge of federal and state regulations governing clinical care and nursing practice in long-term care. • Must have demonstrated leadership qualities, supervisory skills, and interpersonal relationship skills. • Completion of cross training for household activities, household housekeeping, household laundry and household homemaking, including food service and food handling required. Responsibilities: Meets all resident and household needs by actively assisting (to the extent of cross training and certification) in all tasks to meet identified needs. • Clinical • Ensures the clinical operations in the household are in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while honoring person-centered and resident-directed care. • Provides leadership to household staff to maintain policies and procedures for clinical practices and household management that support the values of person-centered care and resident-directed care. • Implements clinical policies and procedures which ensure safe, sanitary and efficient practices supporting professional standards of nursing care. • Ensures that documentation, medication administration, resident nursing care, safety and sanitation, staff development and resident rights are in compliance with facility standards. • Fosters collaboration, consensus and negotiation to address problem solving in the household; assures all clinical policies and procedures of the household are maintained; interprets and communicates same to all in the household as needed with emphasis on resident, family or designated representative relationships. • Maintains working relationship with physicians and other medical personnel in support of quality clinical care in the household. • Consistently works with all household team members, led by resident and family preference to meet the needs and desires of all household residents. • Dining Services • Helps to prepare and serve appropriate snacks and meals. Requires certification in food handling. • Assists elders who are unable to eat without support as appropriate. • Facilitates mealtime conversations and maintains a warm, pleasant atmosphere while elders are eating. • Assists with kitchen-related activities for the residents. • Life Enhancement • Assists with the planning and organizing of social activities for individual residents, small groups and for the household. • Continually seeks opportunities to support the social needs of all members of the household through support, friendship and kindness. • Seeks opportunities throughout the day to facilitate spontaneous activities of resident choice and household preference; accompanies residents in all activities of choice. • Continually seeks opportunities to share person interests and talents with members of the household through both planned and spontaneous activities. • Housekeeping • Maintains clean spaces in the household, including resident rooms and household common spaces, as well as support spaces and equipment. • Maintains supply of all materials to meet resident needs in the household. • Coordinates work with the household homemaker to ensure the housekeeping needs of the household are met within the staffing resources of the household. • Laundry • Provides assistance to ensure residents’ personal laundry is maintained in quality condition. • Coordinates work with the household homemaker to ensure the personal laundry needs of the residents are met within the staffing resources of the household.