Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Night Shift - Full-Time 3rd Shift

Responsibilities

• Participates in pre-admissions assessments for potential residents.
• Understands and implements the Fire Safety and Disaster Preparedness Plan and evacuation procedures of the community during drills and emergencies.
• Performs admission and periodic reviews on residents for functional and mental abilities.
• Reviews/revises assessments and care plans at admission, periodically per regulation, and at change in resident physical or psychosocial condition.
• Assists residents in scheduling medical, dental and laboratory appointments.
• Assists physician with resident examination as needed.
• Reviews and transcribes physician's orders.
• Administers and documents medications in accordance to the five rights: right medication, right route, right resident, right time, and right dose.
• Provides medical treatments as ordered by physician.
• Makes rounds to monitor resident restorative nursing programs.
• Supervises and monitors medications for residents who self-administer.
• Observes residents and reports condition changes to physicians, health care proxies, and supervisors.
• Supports and maintains harmonious relations and communicates with family, visitors and all members of the Health Team.
• Understands the resident’s Advance Directives and follows his/her wishes.
• Assists resident with meeting their nutritional/hydration needs and documents on the Nursing record appropriately.
• Maintains a safe, clean, orderly, homelike environment for residents.
• Answers residents call light promptly.
• Responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of Nursing care provided on the shift.
• Maintains confidentiality of residents’ private health information.
• Responds to emergency calls from Independent Living per community policy.
• Participates in risk management and quality assurance programs for entire community.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing required.
• Current license in the state of Michigan required.
• Current CPR certification required.

Benefits

• Referral Program
• Paid Time Off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life/AD&D
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible/Dependent Care Spending Accounts