Residential Lead RN (Leon)

Job Summary

Provides clinical oversight and coordination of nursing services within the Leon residential programs. Supports and guides LPN staff, ensures compliance with nursing and medication management standards, and monitors documentation and treatment planning for accuracy and quality.

Essential/Core Job-specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Sets up and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for residents, providing direct nursing care and treatment, assessment, medication administration, admissions/discharges, planning, intervention, documentation, and supervision of residents, in accordance with unit procedures and physician orders.
• Ensures program compliance with all medication management, medication storage, laboratory specimen handling, biomedical waste transfer, hand hygiene, and narcotic control policies and procedures.
• Maintains effective, efficient, and safe nursing practices by monitoring implementation of nursing practices.
• Trains and educates LPNs on clinical nursing duties at the direction of the Program Manager and ensures completion of required documentation for personnel files.
• Collaborates with other healthcare professionals to coordinate and monitor the nursing components of treatment plans, ensuring inclusion of relevant assessment findings and patient care needs.
• Delivers and documents direct nursing care as indicated by physician orders and treatment plans.
• Conducts ongoing review and audit of nursing documentation, including MARs, verbal/telephone orders, and annual assessments, using the Clinical Review Checklist to ensure compliance with Agency policy and Joint Commission standards.
• Conducts monthly medication room inspections for Level 2 residential programs, completing and submitting the required inspection form in accordance with Agency policy.
• Performs monthly MAR reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance with Agency standards.
• Administers injections and documents accordingly for residents in the Lower Level K unit.

Pay

Competitive benefits package includes health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long term disability, paid time off, and more.

Schedule

Hours: 7:30am-4:00pm, Monday through Friday