Residential LPN

Overview

Provides and coordinates nursing services and daily unit operations to ensure safe, effective, and high-quality resident care.

Essential/Core Job-specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive nursing assessments, administers prescribed medications, and assists physicians in treatment and follow-up care.
• Makes comprehensive nursing care, upon admission and ongoing, in accordance with established medical and psychiatric protocols to ensure quality patient outcomes and unit safety and completes documentation in accordance with agency policy/program procedures and treatment plans.
• Receives, documents, and implements Admission, Standing/Routine and ad hoc physician orders in accordance with Residential Procedures.
• Completes resident MARs in accordance with unit procedures.
• Administers medications and documents according to unit procedures.
• Ensures compliance with all medication storage, disposal, and narcotic control policies.
• Provides patient education and crisis intervention, promoting health and wellness through instruction on medications, medical conditions, and prevention topics outlined in treatment plans.
• Provides direct supervision for assigned MHAs on the shift, ensuring effective coordination of staff, activities, and documentation.
• Oversees MHA-led duties such as group facilitation, resident engagement, resident care and orientation, vital signs, drug screenings, meals/pharmacy rotation, and facility cleanliness, safety, and security.
• Organizes shift operations to maximize efficiency and maintain adequate resident supervision at all times.
• Ensures accurate and timely completion of timesheets.

Shift

7:30am-8:00pm, 12 hour Day