LPN NIGHT Orchards of Alliance
Company: The Orchards / Harvest Therapy
Location: Alliance
Posted on: February 15, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Description: Summary The
Licensed Practical Nurse provides care to residents. Responsible
for maintaining a safe abuse free environment for all residents in
the Orchards of Alliance facilities. Essential Duties and
Responsibilities Teamwork and all other duties and responsibilities
assigned. Responsible for the administration of medications and
treatments as prescribed by the physician. Responsible for the
oversight and direction of care provided by nursing assistants.
Immediately reports substandard care or other performance issues to
the Charge Nurse. Receives and provides verbal report regarding new
admissions, discharges, transfers, current resident status and new
orders at shift change. Administers controlled substances according
to The Stone Pear Pavilion policy. Complete narcotic count with
oncoming licensed staff and verifies inventory by signatures of
both licensed staff. Discrepancies are immediately reported to the
Charge Nurse. Maintains accurate documentation regarding resident
conditions, medications, treatments and other mandated records.
Maintains knowledge of approved documentation guidelines. Reports
any change in resident condition to Charge Nurse immediately. Other
Responsibilities Initiates immediate intervention in abusive
situations to protect the resident and report allegations according
to facility policy and regulatory guidelines. Attends monthly
mandatory nursing in-services. Functions as a resident advocate to
assure that Resident Rights are not violated. Communicates with
staff, ancillary departments and family members/responsible part to
discuss issues related to the resident’s condition of care.
Maintains safe and comfortable environment by maintaining education
of usage of all facility safety devices and pressure relief
techniques. Attends other meetings and training sessions as
required or appropriate for position. Completes documentations of
reporting and investigates abnormal occurrences via internal report
in a timely manner per facility policy and reports findings to
Charge Nurse immediately. Requirements: Supervisory
Responsibilities Certified Nursing Assistants Qualifications To
perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience Certificate in Nursing from a college
or technical school and successfully passing the practical nursing
licensure exams. Requires at least six months of experience in
geriatric health care; or an equivalent combination of education
and experience. Complete annual state mandated training
requirements (Regular In-services as well as any external
training). Certificates, Licenses, Registrations Licensed Practical
Nurse licensure, CPR certification, and First Aid certification.
Each requires periodic renewal through re-certification or
continuing education. Other Skills and Abilities Nursing skills
specific to geriatric residents are needed. May need additional
skills with special-need geriatric residents such as those with
dementia, Alzheimer's or those requiring advanced health care.
Ability to use lift equipment. Physical Demands The physical
demands described here are representative of those that must be met
by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of
this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly
required to talk or hear when communicating with residents, family
members, staff, and outside business contacts. The employee is
frequently required to stand while conversing with various
individuals, preparing medications at the medicine cart, and
administering medications to the residents; walk throughout the
unit; sit at a desk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel when
preparing medications, using syringes and the telephone or
computer, and attending to the physical needs of the resident; and
reach with hands and arms when obtaining supplies, dispensing
medications, and attending to resident needs. The employee is
occasionally required to climb stairs or balance when assisting the
aides with residents; stoop or crouch to communicate with residents
and to place items in or get items from low drawers or shelves;
pump a foot pedal to raise or lower a resident's bed; and use
his/her sense of smell to detect odors within the unit and
emanating from the residents. The employee must regularly move up
to 50 pounds when pushing the medicine cart. The employee must
occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds when moving residents by
wheelchair or assisting the Aides with the residents. The employee
must occasionally lift up to 10 pounds, which is generally supplies
such as reams of paper, files, medications, and forms. Specific
vision abilities required by this job include: close vision,
distance vision and peripheral vision in order to monitor resident
behavior at close range and at a distance and to maneuver the
medicine cart; close vision for computer and paper detail work;
distance vision to see resident call lights down the hall; color
vision to identify medications, assess changes in coloring of
residents' skin or wounds, and to review color-coded spreadsheets
or documents; and depth perception and ability to adjust focus from
far residents to near residents and from computer to desk or unit
hallways. Work Environment The work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of
this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical
parts with resident equipment and medicine carts, and to fumes from
medicated creams and cleaning products. The employee is frequently
exposed to airborne viruses and bacteria, as well as blood-borne,
fecal-borne, and other bodily pathogens carried by residents. The
noise level in the work environment can range from quiet while in a
private office or resident's room to loud while in resident common
areas or at the nurse's station where there are televisions and
equipment operating, phones ringing, light to heavy traffic, and
people talking. · The Orchards is an Equal Opportunity Employer and
we are committed to providing a workplace free of unlawful
discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran
status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, genetic information or any other category
protected by federal, state or local law.
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