Nurse (LPN)
As a Nurse on our Assisted Living team, you will provide high quality nursing care, overseeing the physical, mental and emotional well-being of our residents. This position will work 10 hours during the day on Saturday and Sunday and other hours during the work week (or can be PT if only weekend hours are preferred).
Compensation & Benefits:

• Pay: based on experience
• Schedule: This position will work 10 hours during the day on both Saturday and Sunday and other hours during the work week (or can be PT if only weekend hours are preferred).
• WORK TODAY, GET PAID TOMORROW
• Affordable insurance options, including NO PREMIUMS and free clinic services
• Referral program (bonus hourly increases)
• 24/7 counseling, legal, and financial assistance (EAP)
• Vision, dental, disability, 401k match, & more!

We know that working in senior living can be challenging, but it can also be highly rewarding. At McCrite Plaza, we work hard to create an environment where employees feel valued and discover a sense of purpose. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we look after our team by maintaining manageable workloads, offering flexibility and respecting lives away from work.

Some reasons to love McCrite Plaza:

• Family-owned since 1975
• Easy commute – just 5 minutes north of downtown KC
• Supportive leaders
• Remarkable residents
• Manageable staffing ratios
• Located close to Riverside just north of NKC

McCrite Plaza takes pride in creating a supportive atmosphere for all employees. It is not only important that our staff be highly skilled, but they must be compassionate, caring individuals. Ideal team members are also flexible, poised, and resourceful. This position requires an RN (Registered Nurse) or an LPN (licensed practical nurse) in the state of Missouri. Must be CPR certified. Prior experience in a skilled nursing setting is not required but is a plus.

Essential Functions / Duties:

• Provide treatments, dressings changes, injections (including flu, B-12, insulin) and blood glucose monitoring.
• Conduct daily clinic/nurse visits – this includes blood pressure checks, giving and reading results of TB skin tests as well as checking on those with headaches, stomach aches, sore throats, etc.; contact physician as needed and initiate all orders.
• Conduct full assessments on current residents due to falls and other changes in resident’s health
• Manage medication for those residents needing medication administration or medication set-up for weekly meds; includes reordering medications.
• Follow facility admission, discharge or transfer procedures and communi­cate resident admission, discharge or transfer to other departments, physicians, and ancillary service providers.
• Attend staff meetings, in‑service classes, and committee meetings as assigned; complete report for facility committees.
• Listen to resident, family, or physician concerns and initiate corrective action and/or report concerns to RCC.
• Identify special nursing problems and emergency situations quickly; initiate immediate “life-saving” measures in the absence of a physician.
• Operate hydration cart and provide to residents as scheduled or requested.
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Operate computers programmed with software needed to record, store, and analyze resident information; operate copy/fax/printer machines to send documents and produce documents.