Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Job Description
Wind Crest is an 84-acre continuing care retirement community in Highlands Ranch, just 15 miles southwest of downtown Denver. We’re dedicated to one important mission-helping out residents live life to the fullest.
Managed by Erickson Living, a national leader in the retirement industry, Wind Crest combines the opportunities of a big organization with the warmth of a family. Our talented team brings passion and heart to all that they do, creating a dynamic workplace like no other.
No wonder so many of our employees proudly call Wind Crest their home away from home.
Wind Crest is looking for a full-time LPN (36 hours a week) to join our Continued Care team.
The LPN provides clinical leadership to the household including dispensing medications, observing residents’ condition and communicating with the Physician/NP and family /responsible party as needed. The LPN participates in planning, organizing, directing and facilitating the clinical operations of the household to ensure regulatory compliance, nurture a person-centered and resident directed culture, and strengthen the ability of the household to grow as a separate effective home, and promoting individual and team learning in the household. Nurses are teachers and role models of professional nursing practices to household staff and resident advocates for quality clinical care. The Nurse provides each resident with professional licensed nursing observations and evaluations and coordinates their care with other household staff.