Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Assisted Living - Full-Time 1st Shift
BrookHaven Retirement Community
- Brookville, OH
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Regular and punctual attendance
- Manage nursing units which includes ensuring daily work assignments are completed, supervise the delivery of quality resident care
- Communicate to Director changes in resident conditions, staffing issues or changes, concerns regarding personnel issues, transportation conflicts, etc.
- Assist nurses in completion of tasks including medication administration, treatments, occurrences, managing staff, communication to families, etc. in order to effectively time manage and prevent overtime.
- Round with physicians, share information necessary for care of residents, transcribe and implemented, ensure orders are signed.
- Monitor faxes and communications to physicians; assure that orders are signed promptly according to policy.
- Monitor completion of physician orders such as obtaining urine or stool samples
- Keeps units clean, hazard free and deals appropriately with emergencies.
- Identifies and anticipates the needs of residents and staff and provide intervention as appropriate.
- Maintains weekly charting on residents receiving skilled nursing care as required by ODH.
- Orient new admissions to unit and ensure that all systems are operation for the care and comfort of the resident.
- Attends supervisory/managerial meetings, conferences and staff meetings.
- Maintains confidentiality with regard to resident and employee records and other management information received.
- Maintains and responsible for the proper use, care and treatment of unit equipment.
- Graduate from an accredited school of practical nursing and currently licensed/registered with the Ohio State Board of Nursing to practice.
- Must be or become familiar with organization, functions, policies and procedures and state regulations as they relate to nursing services and Assisted Living rules.
- Must be committed to the standards of gerontological nursing and be licensed to administer medications according to state laws and have current CPR certification.