LPN Baylor shift Weekends 7p-7a or 7a-7p

Responsibilities

• Direct the day-to-day functions of nursing activities.
• Develop, maintain and update written nursing policies, procedures, manuals, objectives and philosophies.
• Complete and maintain medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charts, etc.
• Admit, transfer and discharge residents as required.
• Ensure that nursing services personnel are giving proper resident care and performing their duties in accordance with written policies, procedures and manuals.
• Implement and maintain a quality assurance program.
• Periodically review and participate in updating resident discharge plans.
• Participate in surveys and inspections by government agencies.
• Interpret the department’s policies and procedures to personnel, residents, families, visitors and government agencies as necessary.
• Make reports and recommendations to the Director of Nursing Services concerning operations of the department.
• Implement recommendations received from administration, other departments and/or committees as directed.
• Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
• Review medication cards for completeness, accuracy and adherence.
• Verify resident identities to ensure prescribed medications are administered to the proper residents.
• Ensure that narcotic records are accurate and notify the Director of Nursing of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted on the shift.
• Ensure proper disposal of drugs and narcotics.
• Order prescribed medications, supplies and equipment and necessary.
• Ensure that adequate levels of medications, supplies and equipment are available at all times, reporting needs to the Director of Nursing.
• Monitor and check foods brought into the facility by families and visitors to ensure that it is within the resident’s dietary allowances.
• Make periodic reviews of nurses’ notes and charts and visit daily with residents to observe and evaluate their physical and emotional status.
• Monitor treatment to ensure residents are receiving proper care.
• Ensure proper use of restraints when necessary, in accordance with facility policies and procedures.
• Ensure cleanliness and safety of all nursing service treatment areas.
• Make rounds with physicians as necessary and ensure proper recordkeeping.
• Consult with physicians in providing care, treatment, diagnostic and therapeutic services, and notify physicians of resident accidents, incidents and changes in condition.
• Meet with residents and families and report problem areas.
• Administer professional services and provide direct nursing care as necessary.
• Arrange transportation for discharged residents.
• Inform family members of the death of a resident and call funeral homes when requested.
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, counseling, evaluating, disciplining and terminating nursing services personnel.
• Schedule department work hours, including vacation and holiday schedules, shift and work assignments, etc. to ensure adequate staffing and to expedite work.
• Delegate administrative authority, responsibility and accountability to nursing services supervisory personnel as deemed necessary to perform assigned duties.
• Ensure that all nursing services personnel have valid and current licenses and are performing duties in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
• Review personnel complaints and grievances and ensure that all personnel are treated consistent with policies and applicable laws.
• Develop work assignments.
• Review and evaluate the department’s staffing requirements, employee performance evaluations and employee absenteeism.
• Make recommendations (including recommendations concerning discipline, transfer and discharge) to administration as necessary to ensure adequate staffing and to expedite work.
• Make daily rounds and report findings to the Director of Nursing to ensure that nursing services personnel are performing duties in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
• Ensure that personnel, residents and visitors follow established policies and procedures at all times.
• Meet with nursing personnel in a regular basis to identify and correct problem areas and to improve nursing services.
• Review and report to the Director personnel complaints and grievances and ensure that all personnel are treated consistent with policies and applicable laws.
• Maintain resident confidentiality and privacy.
• Treat residents with kindness, dignity and respect.
• Know and comply with and ensure that all nursing services personnel know and comply with Residents’ Rights rules.
• Monitor nursing services to ensure that residents’ rights and needs are met.
• Review, promptly report to the Administrator and maintain written records of all resident complaints and grievances.
• Recommend the equipment and supply needs of the Nursing Services Department.
• Ensure that adequate and cost effective inventory control procedures are followed.
• Make periodic inspections of medications, supplies and equipment to ensure that adequate levels are maintained.
• Develop and implement procedures to ensure that trained and authorized personnel operate nursing service equipment in a safe manner.
• Participate in in-service training classes.
• Implement and maintain orientation programs for new employees.
• Provide leadership and direction concerning essential principles for nursing personnel.
• Maintain professional competence, as well as current licenses, through participation in continuing education programs, seminars and training programs.
• Monitor nursing personnel to ensure established safety, fire and disaster, infection control and all other departmental policies and procedures are followed.
• Participate in developing, implementing and maintaining procedures for reporting hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Ensure cleanliness of nursing service work areas, stations, preparation rooms, treatment areas and resident care rooms.
• Must be able to assist in lifting and/or transferring Residents weighing between 100 to 250 pounds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or related field.
• Current RN license in good standing.
• Minimum of 3 years of progressive nursing experience.
• Experience in a healthcare setting preferred.
• Knowledge of federal, state and local regulations governing nursing facilities.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to lift and transfer residents weighing up to 250 pounds.