Long Term Care LPN/LVN
Girard, Pennsylvania
Pleasant Ridge Manor

LPN/LVN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Location: Fairview, Pennsylvania Setting: Long-term care (LTC/SNF) facility Contract length: 15 weeks Shift: Days, 4 days/week, 8.25-hour shifts (8 hours per day, 38 hours per week, including a 30-minute unpaid lunch) Unit/Department: Floor Nurse (RN/LPN)

Required Qualifications

• BLS certification
• PA MSL/Compact exception approved
• Must include DL in submittal
• 1 year of experience in LTC within the last 3 years
• Experience measuring wounds (measuring only; NP stages wounds weekly)

Preferred Qualifications

• None stated

Facility Overview

• 300 total beds across 6 units: A (47), C (50, currently closed COVID unit), G (59), H (40-bed secure dementia unit), J (59), K (45)
• Accepts LTC, skilled, rehab, and dementia residents aged 18+
• Hospice accepted in-house, with 2 dedicated hospice rooms
• Pharmacy on site Monday through Friday during business hours; RN Supervisor has access to an emergency drug closet otherwise
• Medications are administered from pill bottles; no current med dispensing system
• EMR: PCC
• No RT staff on site; accepts CPAP, BiPap, O2, nebulizers, INH, and trach with or without humidifier; does not accept vents
• No telemetry monitors on the unit
• Physician coverage: House MD and NP available by phone after hours

Staffing and Ratios

• Majority of floor nurses are LPNs
• Days: 3 Nurse Managers cover 2 units each Monday through Friday; 1 Nurse Manager oversees all units on weekends. Each unit has a Charge Nurse and a Med/Treatment Nurse, with a possible third nurse if staffing allows. Nurses include both RNs and LPNs.
• Evenings: RN Supervisor plus floor nurses (LPN or RN). Each unit has a Charge Nurse and a Med/Treatment Nurse.
• Nights: RN Supervisor as staffing allows and 1 floor nurse (RN or LPN) per unit. Currently using 5 of 6 units; when 6 nurses are assigned, one floor nurse splits between the two largest units (J and K).
• DON, Charge Nurse, and House Supervisor roles: DON and RN Supervisors

Job Duties

• Medication and treatment administration, blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration
• IV medications (mostly IV antibiotics, Lasix, and Bumex)
• TPN, tube feedings, wound care (including measurement), lab draws and specimen collection
• Foley/catheter care, trach care, ADL assistance, assessment charting, incident reports, vital signs monitoring, oxygen administration and management
• RN only: central line care, chest tube care and management, IV starts, admission orders, fall assessments
• IV or titratable drips: Lasix, Bumex, and antibiotics only

Schedule and Policies

• Weekends: every other weekend, with the option to work more
• Holidays: required on a rotating basis, following the scheduled days (schedule made 2 weeks in advance)
• Call or standby: not required; will work scheduled shifts only and will not be sent home early
• Floating: nurses are kept in consistent areas but may be assigned to any area as needed
• Self-scheduling and block scheduling: not specified in the source
• Does not allow shift switching until the contract extension
• No duos
• Dress code: any clean, professional scrubs except camo
• Badge: must be used along with facility timeclock; lost badges and forgotten badges carry escalating warnings, with termination on the fourth occurrence

Orientation and Onboarding

• Unit/department orientation: 3 days
• Orientation held on Tuesdays only
• Health items must be collected within 48 hours
• Offers must be accepted within 24 hours
• Clearances due the Friday before start (prints due by 4 pm EST)