LPN Orchards of Alliance PRN

PRN Position at The Orchards Alliance

We are looking for PRN positions for our Alliance location. For over the last seventy years, The Orchards have continued the traditional values inspired by the Fox Family: respect for one another, concern for each resident's well-being, and encouragement of individual interests and enjoyment of life's pleasures. These values are a gift The Orchards staff members share every day with residents and each other.

The Licensed Practical Nurse provides care to residents. Responsible for maintaining a safe abuse free environment for all residents in the Orchards of Alliance facilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the administration of medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Responsible for the oversight and direction of care provided by nursing assistants. Immediately reports substandard care or other performance issues to the Charge Nurse.
• Receives and provides verbal report regarding new admissions, discharges, transfers, current resident status and new orders at shift change.
• Administers controlled substances according to The Stone Pear Pavilion policy. Complete narcotic count with oncoming licensed staff and verifies inventory by signatures of both licensed staff. Discrepancies are immediately reported to the Charge Nurse.
• Maintains accurate documentation regarding resident conditions, medications, treatments and other mandated records.
• Maintains knowledge of approved documentation guidelines.
• Reports any change in resident condition to Charge Nurse immediately.

Other Responsibilities

• Initiates immediate intervention in abusive situations to protect the resident and report allegations according to facility policy and regulatory guidelines.
• Attends monthly mandatory nursing in-services.
• Functions as a resident advocate to assure that Resident Rights are not violated. Communicates with staff, ancillary departments and family members/responsible part to discuss issues related to the resident's condition of care.
• Maintains safe and comfortable environment by maintaining education of usage of all facility safety devices and pressure relief techniques.
• Attends other meetings and training sessions as required or appropriate for position.
• Completes documentations of reporting and investigates abnormal occurrences via internal report in a timely manner per facility policy and reports findings to Charge Nurse immediately.

Requirements

Supervisory Responsibilities

Certified Nursing Assistants

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

Certificate in Nursing from a college or technical school and successfully passing the practical nursing licensure exams. Requires at least six months of experience in geriatric health care; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Complete annual state mandated training requirements (Regular In-services as well as any external training).

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret nursing periodicals, scientific journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to interpret reports, business correspondence, and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from individuals or groups of managers, residents, family members, physicians, therapists, employees, outside business contacts, 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 apply these concepts in situations such as, but not limited to: measuring medications, taking temperatures and blood pressure, measuring wounds, using medical equipment, assessing changes in a resident's blood sugar level, ordering supplies, and measuring dietary intake and urine output.

Ability to compute volume, rate, ratio, and percentage in the same situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions when assessing resident needs and conditions, prioritizing own work and that of subordinates, communicating with family members, and investigating situations that arise from residents, family members, supervisors, and employees. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of written or verbal technical instructions from supervisors.

Ability to interpret non-verbal gestures, body movements, and facial expressions as cues to determine residents' needs.

Computer Skills

Uses the computer to chart daily resident attendance at programs, update care plans, insert new assessment information, record use of PRN medications, and note physical or behavior changes. Uses e-mail to…