LPN/RN 12 Hour Shifts

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain established policies and procedures, standards of practice and Residents Rights, quality assurance, safety, environmental and infection control and other regulatory requirements.
• Assess and evaluate Residents abilities and needs as necessary.
• Coach and teach Residents and family members as needed.
• Assign, direct and supervise Resident Assistants in quality Resident Services.
• Administer medications and treatments to Residents as directed by their physician.
• Take physicians orders, episodic charting and maintain accurate Resident medical records.
• Assist in making level of service determinations.
• Arrange for adequate supplies and properly functioning equipment.
• Respond to emergency situations.
• Meet the psychological needs of Residents by maintaining the Residents dignity, providing privacy and confidentiality and giving gentle and sincere attention to the Residents desires and service needs.
• Assist with other duties as necessary for the smooth operation of the Community.
• Maintain a qualified, efficient staff.
• Participate in planning and projects/teams as necessary.
• Enhance professional and personal growth and development.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Directly supervises employees while on duty. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: One year certificate from college or technical school. Completion of advanced teaching in insertion of gastric tubes, completion of a certified course in IV and blood drawing, knowledge of skills necessary in the assisted living setting, and knowledge of Residential Care Facility regulations desired. Good interpersonal relationship skills and previous experience working with elders desired. Computer skills are a must.
• Languages Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, document notes/medical records, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw or interpret bar graphs.
• REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only a limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
• CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Licensed by the State of Ohio Board of Nursing. Completion of required hours of pharmacy and additional pharmacy training qualifying to pass medications.
• PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; required to sit and smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally help lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. May be exposed to human body fluids and infections.
• PRIVACY UNDERSTANDING: It is the position of Brethren Retirement Community that all of its employees have the potential to encounter both written and oral information of a private nature. It is understood that as an employee the highest standards of discretion must be observed. Under no circumstances will resident information be shared with any other person except for authorized personnel providing for the care of the individual(s).