Licensed Practical Nurse

Emerald Court | Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Join a team where nursing care is about more than medication and charting—it’s about making a difference every day.

Emerald Court is a dedicated memory care community providing compassionate, person-centered care to individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Our goal is to create a safe, supportive, and meaningful home where every resident is known, valued, respected, and treated with dignity.

We are looking for a compassionate and dependable Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join our team and help provide high-quality nursing care to our residents.

Pay: DOE

What You'll Do

As an LPN at Emerald Court, you will play an important role in the health, safety, and quality of life of our residents. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assessing and monitoring residents' physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs.
• Recognizing and promptly communicating changes in resident condition.
• Providing nursing care according to individualized service and care plans.
• Participating in care planning and quarterly assessments.
• Providing direct resident care and working scheduled floor shifts.
• Assisting with and overseeing medication administration within your scope of practice.
• Maintaining accurate medication administration records and resident documentation.
• Communicating medication changes, orders, and resident concerns with healthcare providers, families, and the care team.
• Providing first aid and appropriate nursing response to illness or injury.
• Supporting infection prevention and control practices.
• Responding appropriately to emergencies and resident concerns.
• Protecting resident rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.
• Providing guidance, education, and direction to nursing assistants and other unlicensed staff.
• Working collaboratively with residents, families, healthcare providers, and coworkers.
• Participating in staff meetings, training, in-services, and continuing education.
• Participating in an on-call rotation as scheduled.

What We're Looking For

The ideal candidate is a compassionate, patient, and dependable nurse who enjoys building relationships and working with individuals living with dementia.

Required qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted Nebraska LPN license.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Ability to successfully pass a criminal background check, including abuse and neglect screening.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently enough to perform all essential job functions. This includes communicating with English-speaking residents and families, communicating with coworkers and healthcare providers, accurately completing documentation and charting, understanding medication orders and healthcare instructions, and responding appropriately to resident needs and emergencies.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to make sound decisions and exercise professional judgment.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic memory care environment.
• Patience, compassion, tact, and a positive attitude when working with residents experiencing cognitive impairment or behavioral changes.
• Ability to work effectively with both licensed and unlicensed staff.
• Commitment to ongoing professional education and quality nursing practices.

Why Emerald Court?

At Emerald Court, we believe memory care is about more than completing tasks. It's about knowing the person behind the diagnosis and creating an environment where residents feel safe, respected, supported, and valued.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Build meaningful relationships with residents and their families.
• Make a direct impact on residents' quality of life.
• Be part of a collaborative and supportive team.
• Use your nursing skills in a specialized memory care environment.
• Help mentor and support other members of the care team.
• Make a difference every day.

Work Environment

This position works throughout the Emerald Court community, including resident rooms, common areas, medication areas, offices, and other resident care spaces.

The role requires the ability to frequently stand and walk and perform physical activities necessary for resident care, including bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping, lifting, pushing, and pulling.

The position may include evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, on-call shifts, and occasional extended hours based on the needs of the community.

Join Our Team

If you are a compassionate LPN who takes pride in providing excellent care and wants to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people living with dementia, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today to join Emerald Court!

Emerald Court is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

Pay: $28.00 - $31.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Salary : $28 - $31