LPN Charge Nurse

Job Details

• Level: Experienced
• Job Location:
  
  Legal Address - Walla Walla, WA 99362
• Position Type:
  Full Time
• Education Level: Graduate Degree
• Salary Range: $30.00 - $36.00 Hourly
• Travel Percentage:
  None
• Job Shift: Panama schedule
• Job Category:
  Health Care Fulltime

Assistant Living

Resident Care Manger, Administrator

Lead Caregivers, Caregiver, Certified Nursing Assistants

Department Staff

May provide direct nursing care to the residents and supervises the day-to-day nursing activities performed by the certified nursing assistants and caregivers in accordance with current federal, state, and local regulations and guidelines and established facility policies and procedures.

• Renders professional nursing care for the care, comfort, and well-being of the residents of the Assist Living Facility (ALF).
• Manage, supervise, leads, and assist the admission teams, Directly responsible assure admissions and census goals.
• Builds and fosters relationships with hospitals, Hospice, Home Health, community (churches, senior centers, long-term care facilities, Veterans Affairs, and all industries and areas of the senior community).
• Provides “Limited Nursing Services” as described in WAC 388-78A-265.
• Follows the nursing model to promote holistic care for the residents.
• Maintains appropriate nursing documentation (alert charting, MD visits, new orders, incident reports, etc.).
• Accounts for narcotics in accordance with established procedures.
• Checks in and accounts for medication deliveries.
• Participates in the admission, discharge and transfers of residents as required.
• Assesses for changes in residents’ status, notifying the physician and resident’s family or representative and documenting accordingly.
• Transcribes physician orders to medical records and carries out orders as written.
• Prepares and administers medications as per physicians’ orders and observes for adverse effects as indicated.
• Provides nursing leadership to caregiving staff and handles staffing issues during the shift, including call‑ins.
• Assists caregivers with answering pendants as able.
• Assists with pharmacy follow‑ups as needed.
• Destroy non‑narcotic medications as needed.
• Assists with medication return process to pharmacies.
• Checks all medication carts on a weekly basis for narcotics that need to be reordered, which includes faxing the doctors for narcotic renewals as needed.
• Checks insulin and eye drop dates on a weekly basis and reorders as needed.
• Assists with processing daily physician orders.
• Performs rounds to ensure resident needs are being met and personnel are performing their assigned duties.
• Collaborates with other members of the interdisciplinary team as needed to ensure residents’ needs are holistically met.
• Participates in management team meetings as indicated to discuss census changes, resident changes in status or care need, or complaints or concerns.
• Reports any incidents or unusual occurrences to the resident care manager and assisted living administrator and participates in the investigative process as needed.
• Participates in end of life care as required.
• Ensures that there is adequate stock of supplies and equipment and notifies appropriate personnel of needs.
• Promotes teamwork, mutual respect, and effective communication.
• Participates in the survey process when inspection surveys arise.
• Ensures that infection control principles are followed and helps correct deficiencies in practice as noted.
• Completes projects assigned by the administrator.
• Flexible schedule and work weekends as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Available to work a Panama schedule.
• Treats all residents with dignity and respect. Promotes and protects all residents’ rights.
• Establishes a culture of compliance by adhering to all facility policies and procedures. Completes with standards of business conduct, and state/federal regulations and guidelines.
• Follows appropriate safety and hygiene measures at all times to protect residents and themselves.
• Maintains confidentiality of protected health information, including verbal, written, and electronic communications.
• Reports…