AL - LPN

JOB SUMMARY

Evaluates residents’ needs, condition, and care and assists the care plan coordinator in developing nursing care plans for individual residents.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

(Other duties may be assigned.)

§ Carries out administrative and resident care duties as directed.

§ Periodically reviews ECC service plans with ECC supervisor and other health team members. Attends service plan meetings as needed.

§ Completes monthly summaries on each resident.

§ Takes and transcribes physicians’ orders to resident medication sheet, treatment sheets, diet list, etc. in consultation with DON

§ Admits new residents by observing their needs and reviewing physician orders.

§ Sends diet orders to dietary department.

§ Assembles resident’s charts, attaching required forms.

§ Requisitions supplies, equipment, linens, emergency drugs, etc. to meet unit needs. Sees that equipment is in good working order, in consultation with DON and Administrator.

§ Evaluate/reprimand C.N.A.’s as needed.

§ Perform physical assessment on ALF and independent residents per physician order and/or following incidents or activation of emergency call light.

§ Abide by department policies and procedures and interprets them to personnel, residents, medical staff and public.

§ Gives/receives the nursing report upon report as well as counting of Narcotics upon beginning and ending shift duty hours.

§ Answers telephone inquires.

§ Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, in accordance with established ALF policies.

§ Requisition and arranges for diagnostic and therapeutic services as ordered by ALF resident’s physician.

§ Completes unit or medical chart forms as required.

§ Assist in scheduling appointments and arrangements for transportation of ALF residents to other departments or facilities and clinics for diagnostic, therapeutic, dental or medical services in consultation with DON

§ Discharge or transfer residents, making necessary arrangements, and completing necessary forms per facility policy, re: giving discharge instructions to the resident or responsible party; completing discharge nurses summary; disposing the meds in an appropriate manner.

§ May assist in on-the-job orientation, instruction and supervision of nursing personnel.

§ Maintain a professional attitude at all times on the unit and a professional approach towards nursing care and personnel.

§ Notify ALF Administrator when a resident is transferred to another facility, discharged, or expires.

§ Assure that established infection control and universal precautions are maintained when performing duties.

§ Follow up with new orders, labs, x-ray, or other diagnostic exams done on a day to day basis.

§ Prefill medication box for ALF residents and/or administer medications per physician orders.

§ Assist with resident transfers from one level of care to another within the OLT complex.

§ Documentation of all activities, writing of incident reports, and subsequent follow-up as needed, and providing a detailed report at the end of each shift for the next nurse to be aware of situations that may occur and have occurred.

§ Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES

§ Must be a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Florida.

§ Must have HIV/AIDS training per state guidelines.

§ Familiar with and abides by ALF and CCRC regulations.

§ Must have ECC training or be available to attend classes.

§ Ability to read, write and speak the English language in an understandable manner and to be able to carefully follow written and oral instructions.

§ Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift and move intermittently throughout the workday.

§ Maintain good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.

§ Ability to manage and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position accordingly.

§ Work closely with ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people.

§ Assume the responsibility for maintaining professional competence through participation in programs, seminars, and/or training.

§ Willing to work beyond the normal working hours, on weekends, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary.

§ Ability to handle department equipment according to standard procedures.

§ Ability to work effectively with residents, staff, and visitors with flexibility, personal integrity, sensitivity, and discretion at all times.

§ Reports all accidents and incidents to supervisor no matter how minor they may be.

§ Attends and participates in in-service classes, on-the-job programs, etc. as scheduled and directed.

§ Honor the Residents’ Rights polices at all times.

§ Maintains and protect the privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) per the company’s HIPAA medical privacy policy.

§ Be expected (and required) to perform any task in a safe, sanitary and efficient manner in accordance with established procedures.

§ Follows facility safety program.

§ Assumes accountability for data contained in the Employee Handbook.

§ Any exposure to blood or body fluids that contain visible blood must be reported to supervisor on the shift in which the incident occurs.

§ Be familiar with universal precautions (i.e. frequent hand washing, using gloves, etc.).

§ Understand that this position contains Category I tasks that may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues.

§ Ability to understand and use universal precautions and appropriate protective measures, which are readily available to every employee, engaged in Category I tasks.

§ Ability to perform all functions of the job classification without posing a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.

This list of functions, duties, responsibilities, and skills is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employer reserves the right to assign additional duties and responsibilities as necessary