LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Spring Village at Summerhill
Job Description:
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) [Non-Exempt]
Reports to: Director of Nursing
Position Summary: The LPN is responsible for monitoring the health and well-being of our residents and provides leadership support and assistance with resident care and services.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, maintaining the overall well-being of our residents; assisting in training and monitoring medication administration; communicating with resident support services and families; and maintaining clinical quality assurance in accordance with federal, state, and local standards policies to promote the highest degree of quality care and services to our residents.
Core Competencies:
• Building customer loyalty
• Building trust
• Communication
• Contributing to team success
• Planning and organizing
• Providing quality orientation to others
• Remaining calm in stressful situations
• Technical / professional knowledge
• Ability to supervise staff and assign work
Experience and Qualifications:
• Graduate of approved college / school of nursing
• Maintain a current state license as a Licensed Practical Nurse
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in home health, assisted living, hospital, or long term care environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of nursing practices, techniques, and methods
• Good assessment skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Possess written and verbal skills for effective communication and level of understanding.
• Competent in organizational/time management skills.
• Demonstrates good judgment, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work weekends, evenings and flexible hours, available to our customers at peak service delivery days and times.
Essential Duties (include but are not limited to):
• Identifies on-going needs and services of residents in promotion of the highest quality resident services.
• Ensures proper follow through, assessment and documentation for residents with a change in health care service or status.
• Assists the Director of Nursing (DON) in conducting resident assessments at time of move in, 30 days post move in, every six months, and with any change in status.
• Conducts quarterly care plan updates and completes a nursing progress note to summarize any changes.
• Assesses and monitors residents who have experienced a fall or other incident; documents and reports as required and directed.
• Maintains frequent and timely communications with residents’ families and/or responsible party to ensure medical needs for the resident are being met.
• Contacts residents’ primary care provider (PCP) when necessary and/or upon family request.
• Ensures weights and vital signs are obtained monthly for each resident.
• Assists in maintaining health records according to policies, federal and state regulations.
• Assists the Director of Nursing (DON) in readiness for state surveys.
• Orders medications and equipment as needed.
• Ensures resident changes, concerns, and/or solutions are reported to the DON as appropriate.
• Regularly monitors each resident’s medication and treatment profile to ensure each medication and treatment is administered as ordered and documented accurately.
• Promptly faxes new orders to the pharmacy and processes them into the MAR.
• Monitors the medication room for neatness, cleanliness, availability of medications, and expired medications.
• Maintains confidentiality of all resident information.
• Understands and follows infection control practices.
• Reports occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, sharp sticks, and hazardous chemicals immediately.
• Ensures oxygen tanks are stored safely, exchanges residents’ tanks when empty, and monitors to make sure liters of oxygen are at prescribed levels.
• Attends regular meetings: Town Hall, department team meetings, care plan meetings, and others as directed by the DON.
Physical Demands:
• Bend: Frequently
• Squat: Frequently
• Kneel: Frequently
• Climb: Frequently
• Reach: Frequently, 3 feet
• Lift/push/pull: 30 pounds
• Walking: approximately 4 miles per day, indoors
• Must possess sight and hearing senses, or use prosthetics, that will enable those senses to meet the needs of the position.