Full-Time and Part-Time Care Partner Nurse

Oaknoll is excited to announce the opening of a brand new position within our community! We are currently looking for Care Partner Nurses to join us in our Memory Care Unit as well as our new, 12 private room, nursing care environment at 1201 Benton Street, spending approximately of half their hours within each environment. This new environment will have a personal, home-like take on how we care for our residents; focusing on a more communal and interpersonal caregiving setting. With wages starting at $28.50 per hour for LPNs and $34.50 per hour for RNs, and increasing from there with verified experience, the Care Partner Nurse role combines traditional nursing tasks with homemaking, companionship, and advocacy. Working closely with residents, Care Partner Nurses work with our team to ensure a nurturing and vibrant environment, and in doing so they CREATE home for our residents, building lasting relationships with them and fellow staff members. Oaknoll is a not-for-profit community that provides resident-centered care and services through our CREATE culture.

Not sure you have what it takes to be part of a CREATE culture? Let’s find out. CREATE stands for our guiding principles of caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We believe that people should experience joyful, active, and connected lives as they age. We believe people should have the opportunity to receive competent, caring, and compassionate health care when they need it. We believe our community is both special and unique because of the people who live here, the people who work here, and the relationships that they build together. We strive to make the lives of our residents and our staff meaningful and fulfilling. If you want to share in these values and the relationships that they allow us to build, we are looking for YOU!

Oaknoll is seeking both full-time and part-time nurses to join our Care Partner team! Hours are available on all three shifts; 7:00am to 3:30pm, 3:00pm to 11:30pm, and 11:00pm to 7:30am, with availability on every day of the week. Some holidays will be required.

Care Partner Nurses will be fulfilling traditional RN/LPN duties in our Memory Care Unit and the new nursing care environment, including; Providing direct care to residents, such as assessments, administering medications, wound care, and performing treatment plans. Monitoring and documenting residents’ progress and keeping the healthcare teams up to date. Providing education to residents and their families on health conditions and medications. Collaborating with the healthcare teams to ensure comprehensive care. Maintaining compliance with all healthcare regulations, policies, and safety protocols. Assisting residents with daily activities, such as mobility and hygiene. Responding to emergencies, and providing appropriate interventions.

Care Partner Nurses will also be performing non-traditional duties within the new nursing care environment, working closely with a group of residents, providing companionship, engaging residents in activities to promote physical, emotional, and social well-being, preparing and serving nutritionally conscious meals according to residents' dietary needs and preferences, maintaining a clean and safe, home-like environment, including performing light housekeeping and laundry tasks, and supporting other non-clinical tasks to help maintain a smooth workflow within the care environment.

Why Oaknoll you might ask? Because we offer many benefits. Some of these include competitive pay, paid time off, retirement plan, 40% off employee meals, free use of our gyms and pool, weekly access to a Nurse Practitioner free of charge, onsite parking, tuition reimbursement, scholarship program, student load repayment program, along with medical, dental, vision, life and voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurances for qualifying employees.

Come check us out and learn why Oaknoll is right for you!

About Oaknoll

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an independent, not-for-profit, continuing care retirement community in Iowa City, IA. We provide resident-centered service, driven by our values of caring, respect, enthusiasm, awareness, teamwork, and encouragement. We’re proud of our excellent reputation as a premier place to live and work. There’s a strong sense of family at Oaknoll, so coming to work is like coming home.

Oaknoll Retirement Residence is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or other reason prohibited by law.

• Candidate must hold an active RN or LPN license valid in the state of Iowa.
• Candidate must be CPR/BLS certified, or be willing to get certified within 60 days of hire.
• Candidates must be able to work collaboratively in a self-managed team environment.
• Candidates should have strong verbal communication skills for interacting with residents, their families, and coworkers.
• Prior experience working in assisted living or long-term care is preferred.