LPN, Healthcare Nursing, Nursing Home

• Provide direct nursing care to residents
• Supervise day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants
• Direct nursing assistants and coordinate shift services, programs, and activities
• Ensure compliance with facility policies, procedures, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents
• Complete medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, and incident documentation
• Receive and transcribe physician orders and maintain resident medical records
• Prepare and administer physician-ordered medications and treatments
• Monitor medication supplies, narcotic records, and medication discrepancies
• Participate in staffing, performance evaluations, work assignments, and personnel supervision
• Conduct daily rounds and provide leadership to nursing personnel
• Coordinate resident care with physicians, families, social services, dietary, and other departments
• Review and maintain resident care plans and assessments
• Perform nursing procedures including catheterization, tube feedings, suction, wound dressing changes, colostomy and drainage bag care, specimen collection, vital signs, and range-of-motion exercises
• Monitor residents' physical and emotional status and notify physicians and next of kin of condition changes
• Participate in restorative, rehabilitative, infection-control, safety, sanitation, and quality-assurance programs
• Develop and participate in staff orientation, in-service training, and continuing education
• Maintain adequate supplies and equipment and ensure safe operation
• Provide data to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee as requested

• Nursing degree from an accredited college or university, or graduation from an approved LPN/LVN program
• Current, unencumbered, active South Carolina LPN/LVN license required
• Current CPR certification
• Must maintain required continuing education and licensing
• Must remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English
• Ability to read technical procedures and policy and procedure manuals
• Knowledge and skills to provide age-appropriate resident care
• Knowledge of nursing and medical practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and nursing facility guidelines
• Leadership and supervisory ability
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant
• Ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret nursing programs, policies, and procedures
• Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred
• Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday
• Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and carry it at least 50 feet
• Must complete required medical and physical examination
• Must be able to work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people
• May need to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies

Demonstrates expertise in providing direct nursing care, supervising nursing staff, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. Proficient in medication administration, resident care planning, and maintaining accurate medical records.

• LPN/LVN License
• CPR Certification
• Nursing Degree
• Leadership and Supervisory Ability
• Knowledge of Nursing Practices

• Medication Administration
• Nursing Procedures
• Charting and Documentation
• Resident Care Planning
• Vital Signs Monitoring
• Catheterization
• Wound Dressing Changes
• Specimen Collection
• Infection Control
• Quality Assurance

• Independent Decision-Making
• Organizational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Ability to Work with Diverse Populations

• Current CPR Certification

• Compliance with Regulations
• Resident Care
• Nursing Facility Guidelines
• Continuing Education
• Emergency Evacuation

• PCC (Preferred)