Licensed Practical Nurse, Residential

About the role

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Residential will provide health services, training, and oversight to the Residential Program.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial assessments of all new Residential Services participants.
• Make visits to individual homes as needed; correspond with Doctors regarding special concerns and medication changes.
• Conduct home visits for medically fragile clients to ensure compliance.
• Function in an “on-call” capacity for Residential Services.
• Provide training and consultation to all host home providers.
• Provide delegation and oversights for medication administration as well as care of gastrostomy tubes once the training has been received.
• Work with the Residential Services staff to maintain accurate medical files for all Goodwill of Colorado Residential Services clients.
• Review medication charts monthly, obtain Doctor’s orders and communicate with the pharmacy and after-hours access if needed.
• Schedule and interpret medical assessments and create appropriate protocols from assessments.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license issued by the Colorado State Board.
• One (1) to three (3) years’ experience as an LPN, preferably in rehabilitation or occupational health settings is preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with the demonstrated ability to address small and large groups.
• Ability to work effectively with varied groups of people including persons with developmental and other disabilities and disadvantages.
• A good working knowledge of medical conditions, terms, and procedures.
• Able to communicate and conduct self with a high level of professionalism, work independently, and demonstrate flexibility, good judgment, and decision-making and organization skills.
• Able to perform a variety of tasks, be detailed oriented, and maintain a professional appearance that enhances the firm’s reputation and be committed to keeping confidentiality.
• Must have the ability to drive for company business.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Flexible Spending Accounts, Long Term Disability, and several voluntary supplemental benefit offerings.
• Paid time off in the form of vacation, sick, holiday, floating holiday, jury duty, and bereavement leave.
• Pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions to the retirement plan – must be 18 years of age to participate.