Description

Position Title:              Assisted Living Memory Care Nurse

FLSA Status:              Hourly Non-Exempt  

Reports To:                 Assisted Living Director of Nursing

General Description

Provide and assist with coordination of care at Snyder Village Assisted Living.

Hours of Work:

• Full-time, 3^rd shift schedule, includes every other weekend, rotating holidays

Personal Characteristics

1. Demonstrates orientation toward excellent customer service in all interactions by conducting oneself in a cooperative, courteous, positive and professional manner.  Displays sensitivity and awareness of others.  Follows through with established expectations and keeps customers informed of progress.
2. Must be able to communicate effectively with residents, family, staff and the general public.
3. Must have compassion for and a desire to work with older adults who have difficulty thinking.
4. Must possess organizational and leadership skills.

Job Responsibilities, Duties and Authority

1. Pass medication and provide nursing care for memory care residents.
2. Provide ADL and other personal assistance to memory care residents.
3. Provide nursing care to traditional assisted living residents per care plan or in emergency situations.
4. Document according to community policy.
5. Consults with caregivers or resident’s responsible party regarding nursing questions or concerns.
6. May delegate tasks to memory care caregivers as appropriate.
7. Works closely with Memory Care Coordinator to ensure optimal resident care is provided.
8. Performs other duties, projects, or tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Training, Experience and Certification Requirements

• RN or LPN  preferably with 2 years’ experience
• Experience with dementia population preferred
• Long-term care experience beneficial but not required.
• CPR certified

Benefits:

It is Snyder Village's policy to provide its staff members with additional benefits. These benefits include paid time off, and affordable insurance, as well as many others.

Insurance Programs:

Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance are available to all full-time employees. Insurances will begin on the 1^st of the month following 30 days of employment.

Health:

There are 2 options for medical insurance, a PPO, and a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). The PPO offers a $1500 deductible with a max out-of-pocket of $4500. All preventative care services are covered at 100% by insurance. All generic prescriptions are a $10 copay. Most Carle providers would be in-network.

The HDHP plan offers $3,800 deductible with a max out-of-pocket of $6,100. All preventative care services are covered at 100% by insurance. Most Carle providers would be in-network. This plan also works with our Health Savings account.

Health Savings Account:

Snyder Village offers a health savings account through EPIC! If a staff member is contributing to the H.S.A. Snyder Village (SV) will also contribute to their balance. SV offers $0.50 for every $1 a staff member contributes up to $1300 per year.

Dental:

Dental coverage is through the Guardian network. Offering a deductible of $50 for in-network services and 100% covered preventative care services.

Vision:

VSP coverage is through Guardian but with the VSP network. Exams are a $10 copay with any in-network provider. Exams are covered once every 12 months, lenses once every 12 months, and frames are covered once every 24 months.

Basic Life and AD&D:

Any staff member who enrolls in medical coverage will receive $10000 in company-paid life insurance and AD&D through Guardian.

Voluntary Life Insurance:

Through Guardian staff members may select additional life insurance for themselves, their spouse, or their children. A staff member can select a policy for themselves in $25000, $50000, $75000, or $100000. Spousal coverage can be selected for up to 50% of employee coverage. Coverage for children can be selected for each child up to $10000.

Short-Term Disability:

Short Term Disability insurance is provided through AFLAC. The plan is designed to replace part of a staff members’ paycheck in the case of an illness, injury or surgery that prevents you from working according to the doctor’s orders. Staff members receive approximately 60% of their gross pay.

401k:

All staff members are automatically enrolled to the 401k retirement program through Empower on their 91^st day of employment at 3% of their salary. However, Snyder Village will contribute and match an employee’s contribution by up to 5% on their salary. An employee is considered fully vested after 3 years of employment.

Paid holidays

Snyder Village recognizes seven holidays as listed below:

• New Year’s Day
• Easter Sunday
• Memorial Day
• Fourth of July
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving
• Christmas Day

Any non-exempt staff member working on the holiday will receive time and one-half of their hourly straight pay.

Paid Time Off

Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time workers who work more than 20 hours per week. All newly hired staff members accrue up to 2 weeks or 80 hours of PTO.

Paid Personal Days

All staff members regardless of classification accrue paid personal days (PPD). Each staff member accrues up to 40 hours of PPD.

Sick Pay

Once a full-time staff member has completed 1 year of employment, they are given 80 hours of sick time to use for a serious illness requiring more than 5 days off from work.

Tuition Reimbursement

Snyder Village values the professional and personal development of our staff members. Tuition reimbursement is available for education expenses such as course fees, technical training, certification programs, or other needed resources. Reimbursement will also be provided for successful certificate completion, up to six-course hours per semester.

Scholarship

Snyder Village provides up to 2 nursing scholarships per year to staff members pursuing an RN or LPN degree. Snyder Village also provides up to 4 C.N.A. scholarships per year to staff members who are pursuing a certified nursing assistant degree.

Salary : $1,300