PRN RN/LPN
Peaceful Pines Senior Living - Milbank
- Milbank, SD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Promotes and supports a positive work environment focused on team building and collaboration.
- Provides on-call backup to the community.
- Maintains confidentiality of all pertinent personal or health information concerning residents and staff.
- Ensures that all the needs are met for the residents as well as advising staff that are on the shift.
- Ensures that any incident reports are completed properly and promptly.
- Prepares necessary medical paperwork for all scheduled resident appointments.
- Assists with compliance in meeting regulations and is available for state licensure surveys.
- Maintains resident files and appropriate documents as required.
- Assists Medication Aides and Caregivers in service delivery and training as requested.
- Notifies DON of any new doctors' orders that are received and informs the DON of any med changes.
- May be responsible in assisting inventory management for medication administration by Medication Aides and checks new medications from the pharmacy.
- Communicates in staff communication book any information that staff needs to be aware of.
- Assist with picking up shifts on an evenly distributed schedule among nursing staff as needed.
- Obtains, administers, and documents prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and facility standards of practice.
- Observes residents, records significant conditions and reactions, and notifies supervisor, family (responsible party), and physician of residents change in condition and reaction to drugs, treatments, and significant incidents.
- Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess the condition of resident.
- Keeps resident family and physician informed of any changes in resident behavior, medications, or conditions of health.
- Able to perform duties as outlined in On-Call Nurse policy within PRN role.
- Familiarity with PointClickCare software a plus.
- Holds an active LPN or RN license.
- Minimum of two years' experience in a healthcare facility.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Ability to research and analyze several types of data, especially compliance and regulatory standards.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to plan and carry out job tasks independently.
- Must be able to exercise discretion and solid judgment.
- Ability to set priorities, manage multiple tasks simultaneously and adapt efficiently to change.
- Effectively communicate with all levels of employees and management.