The McMahon Tomlinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is looking for licensed practical nurses ready for a career in long-term care.
“It can be a rewarding experience,” Amanda Oliver, the center’s MDS coordinator and an LPN, said.
Oliver initially wanted to work in pediatrics but fell in love with long-term care.
“It’s fascinating and it’s inspiring to watch them come in fully dependent on someone and will themselves out,” she said. “We have a role in that.”
Oliver said the residents’ experiences are part of what makes the job meaningful.
“You can learn so much,” she said. “They can tell you. We’ve had fighter pilots, we’ve had Sergeant majors, we’ve had teachers, we’ve had politicians, car salesmen; I mean, everything you can think of.”
Caring for residents is a shared goal among the nursing staff, including long-term care supervisor Rachel Richmond, an LPN who has worked at the center for 18 years. She said progress can be rewarding to witness.
“To watch them sometimes not able to walk whenever they get here and then next thing you know,” she said. “They’re up walking to the dining room, they’re socializing. They, you know, love their bingo. They love bingo. So I mean, it’s just very good to see.
Richmond added that providing this essential care makes her happy.
“I mean, it makes you smile,” she said. “It makes you when you go home at the end of the day knowing that you tried everything in the world you could.”
Richmond said she values the relationships built with residents and their families.
“It’s more like a family oriented community because we get to know them,” she said. “You get a long term relationship with them and their family members. The family members are able to go home and know that their loved one is taken care of and they can get a good night’s rest.”
Long-term care can offer nurses a slower pace while still allowing them to use clinical skills.
These are skills that residents appreciate, including Jim Henry.
“I just have the greatest admiration for the LPNs,” he said. “Some are like, ‘LPN… why isn’t she an RN?’ Well, LPNs are just as talented. I think they know what they’re doing and that’s what’s really, really important.”
The McMahon Tomlinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is holding an “LPN Blitz.”
LPNs who apply between now and June 12 will receive a $3,000 sign-on bonus and a base rate of $30 an hour.
The facility also is offering benefits including paid time off and education incentives.
For more information, viewers can contact a staffing coordinator at (580) 351-8567 or apply online through the McMahon Tomlinson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center’s Facebook page.
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