Licensed Practical Nurse

• Prepare and update, as required, all resident service plans.
• Perform assessments on prospective residents to determine the level of care for assisted living services or memory care.
• Oversee the medication delivery plan for each resident, including self-administration and medication monitoring, medication ordering, physician orders, and recapping MARs to the physician’s orders.
• Perform a weekly narcotic count and maintain documentation of all narcotics provided to residents.
• Schedule weekly showers and review caregiver documentation of ADLs.
• Maintain resident injections such as tuberculosis skin testing; pneumonia vaccinations, Flu vaccinations, and B-12.
• Assist the assisted living manager with implementing and coordinating policies and procedures, and ADHS rules and regulations for our assisted living and Memory Support floor.
• Assist the Assisted Living Manager with reviewing and revising policies and procedures that govern the operation of nursing and caregiving services provided in the assisted living facility.
• Assist the Assisted Living Manager in the development and use of departmental policies and procedures, and establish a rapport in and between departments so each can see the importance of teamwork.
• Interpret the facility's policies and procedures to employees, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies, etc., as necessary.
• Assist the AL manager in the planning, conducting, and scheduling of in-service training classes for caregivers, including on-the-job training and orientation programs to ensure that current material and programs are continuously provided.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility.
• Attend and participate in workshops, seminars, etc., to keep abreast of current changes in the long-term care field, as well as to maintain a professional licensure status. Assist the AL Manager in assuring the facility is maintained in a clean and safe manner for residents’ comfort and convenience by assuring that necessary equipment and supplies are maintained to perform such duties/services.
• Assure that all facility personnel, residents, visitors, etc., follow established safety regulations, to include fire protection/prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, etc.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident information.
• Assure that the residents’ rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints, are well established and always maintained.
• Make routine inspections of the facility to ensure that established policies and procedures are implemented and followed.
• Maintain an excellent working relationship with the medical profession and other health-related facilities.
• Review accident/incident reports and participate in the campus risk management committee.
• Assist the Assisted Living Manager and Assisted Living Department with maintaining compliance with AZ state rules and regulations.
• Assist with the implementation and maintenance of the Comfort Matters programs
• Assist AL manager with Risk and Quality Management ProgramsFollow up with residents’ conditions and caregivers’ concerns.
• Assist the AL team with the health and wellness of all AL residents in Oasis and M2.
• Answer calls from residents’ team members and families for emergencies after hours and on weekends.

• Must, as a minimum, hold a Licensed Practical Nurse Certification acknowledged by the State of Arizona.

• Must have, as a minimum, three (3) year of experience in an assisted living or long-term care environment. Additional consideration will be given for experience in memory care.

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