Licensed Practical Nurse​/Licensed Vocational Nurse; LPN​/LVN - PT - All Shifts - GWVH

Job Summary

STGi is seeking a LPN/LVN to provide services at our Georgia War Veterans Home. If you have compassion and a passion to care for Veterans, this could be the job for you!

• Ensure the facility meets the minimum staffing levels for nurses and nurse aides; complete required posting of nursing staff data as required.
• Ensure that each resident who experiences a significant change in status is assessed using the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) process.
• Assist to develop a dementia care program involving an interdisciplinary approach with a holistic focus on the needs of the resident living with dementia.
• Verify resident census accuracy and report new admissions, discharges, leaves of absence and bed-holds per facility policies; document census as established for billing and clinical purposes.
• Assist with safe and orderly resident transfers and discharges in accordance with facility policies.
• Coordinate pre‑certification and recertification in accordance with facility policies for Medicare Advantage and commercial insurance payers.
• Interpret the department's policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors and government agencies as required.
• Participate in developing, maintaining, and updating written facility policies and procedures that govern the day‑to‑day functions of the nursing services department.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as requested.
• Audit nursing documentation in the clinical record for appropriate and relevant entries.
• Attend and contribute in facility "triple check" process for reviewing coding for accuracy.
• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Periodically review the department's policies and procedures manuals, job descriptions, etc., and make recommendations for revisions to the Director of Nursing.
• Coordinate the completion of resident billable charge sheets in accordance with billing policies.
• Provide licensed nursing care to residents that is consistent with the written plans of care.
• Communicate with primary care physicians and members of the comprehensive care planning team regarding the status of residents; follow up on critical labs, order requests and physician notifications.
• Arrange for an interpreter or translation services in accordance with facility policies for those with limited English proficiency (LEP).
• Obtain orders to provide essential care to the resident consistent with the resident's mental and physical status upon admission to the facility.
• Ensure that all residents are treated with dignity, respect and consideration and have the right to exercise their choice and self‑determination.
• Ensure that residents receive culturally competent trauma‑informed care in accordance with professional standards of practice.
• Evaluate residents' response to care.
• Coordinate nursing care to accommodate resident's person‑centered plan of care including sleep schedule, social activity, and participation in other resident‑directed activity; minimize interruption of activities as much as possible.
• Ensure that residents are free from physical or chemical restraints imposed for the purposes of discipline or convenience that are not required to treat the residents' medical symptoms.
• Assist in coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure the continuity of the residents' plan of care.
• Identify the learning needs of residents and families and provide individualized and comprehensive resident/family education.
• Educate residents and families on the risk and benefits of a treatment or choice when consent is needed.
• Monitor residents for patterns of decreased social interaction or signs of distress.
• Implement individualized approaches to dementia care including meaningful activities addressing the resident's customary routines, interest preferences and choices.
• Carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs including restorative nursing, activities of daily living (ADLs) teaching, bowel and bladder retraining and education for self‑help as appropriate.
• Provide pain management for residents in accordance with…