LVN or RN - TM 6am-2pm

Join Our Team at Blue Skies of Texas Senior Living Community!

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of our residents? We're actively looking for dedicated individuals to join our healthcare teams in our Assisted Living, Dementia & Alzheimer Care, Hospice, and Skilled Nursing facilities. We celebrate unique perspectives, backgrounds, and talents, providing an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Join us in providing exceptional care and creating a vibrant community where everyone feels like family.

We are committed to providing our team with the support they need. At Blue Skies of Texas, we offer medical, dental, and vision benefits! Some of our unique benefits we offer are:

• Employer Paid Short-Term Disability for full time employees
• Tuition Reimbursement & Scholarship Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• A generous PTO program
• Retirement plans

We are seeking a  Licensed Vocational Nurse OR Registered Nurse for our Skilled Nursing Facility at The Mission to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply now!

The LVN/RN serves as a Charge Nurse in the Health Care Center (HCC), providing and coordinating nursing care under the direction of the DON/ADON. This role supports daily clinical operations, participates in resident assessments, and assists with developing and implementing individualized care plans in accordance with licensure and regulatory standards. The LVN/RN delivers direct and indirect nursing interventions to promote resident safety, comfort, and wellness, and communicates condition changes to the interdisciplinary team. The position also performs assigned managerial and clinical duties with a strong customer service focus and a commitment to continuous quality improvement.

What you will do in this role:

• Supervises and provides direct nursing care according to physician orders and in conformance with recognized nursing techniques and protocols, established standards, and administrative policies.
• Delegates and supervises and leads the care provided by certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs).
• Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against resident care goals and skilled nursing or regulatory standards.
• Performs admission, discharge, and transfer procedures, and assists with resident’s activities and care.
• Executes physician's orders for all assigned residents; safely and properly administers medications and treatments according to State laws and regulations and standard nursing practices.
• Assesses residents; determines nursing diagnosis; plans, implements, and evaluates resident care upon admission and throughout stay. The assessment must include biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, education, and discharge planning factors incorporating data from the resident and or family when appropriate, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Records all pertinent treatment information on assigned residents to include observations, treatments, and medications in Electronic Medical Record (EMR); keeps DON, ADON and physician informed of any adverse changes in condition of same.
• Verifies physician orders accurately and acknowledges new orders in the EMR.  Maintains documentation that exemplifies adherence to the highest standards of practice.
• Provides accurate inventory of medication/nursing supplies by checking stock to determine inventory par levels.
• Makes periodic rounds of each assigned resident, record needs, conditions, and reports adverse situations, as applicable, to the DON, ADON and Physician.
• Provides oncoming Charge Nurse with resident reports and receives same from departing shift, as required.
• Performs routine nursing duties to include baths, oral hygiene, temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, nutrition, And diet management. Record assessments, feeding, exercise, dressing changes, specimen collection, and postmortem care.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among team members by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Promotes and maintains respect for rights, privacy, and confidentiality of others. Respects resident and staff confidentiality at all times.   
• Performs other general tasks as required to provide for the safety and physical, spiritual, and emotional comfort of residents.
• Know and follow established emergency procedures; administers appropriate medical care, notifies appropriate officials, carries out physician orders and provides leadership and proper response.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, in-services, and participating in professional societies. 
• Cooperates and is reliable with providing on-call coverage as scheduled and consistent with BST policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of Associates degree requires. Bachelors preferred.
• Required: Must be a Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse licensed by, and in good standing with, the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners.
• Required: Must have current CPR and AED certifications
• Required: At least one year of previous experience in a long term care setting.

In 1970, the first of our two campuses opened in San Antonio. Air Force Village I was followed in 1987 by Air Force Village II. For decades, our campuses created a community for officers of the armed forces - a retirement lifestyle rich with camaraderie and the shared common bond. We began by providing support to the widows of those who have served, and that legacy continues. In 2014, we expanded our eligibility to embrace a wider range of retired seniors, including those from civilian careers. With this change, a new name Blue Skies of Texas - was added, and the campuses were renamed Blue Skies East and Blue Skies West. Continuing to offer modern residences and a range of senior-focused services and amenities, the Air Force Village legacy we cherish carries forward in Blue Skies of Texas.

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are actively interviewing so apply today