LPN Clinical Coordinator

Sprenger Wellspring Silver Maple•Lorain, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sprenger Health Care is a third generation, leading developer, owner and operator of senior living communities and services in Ohio and South Carolina. Through our 12-nursing home, 10 assisted living, and 8 independent living communities encompassing nearly 2,000 beds, we provide exceptional health care services, including; long-term nursing care, assisted and independent living, memory care, hospice, home care, respite care, and short-term post-acute rehabilitation. For more information about Sprenger Health Care, please visit www.sprengerhealthcare.com.

Requirements

Licensed practical nurse
2 years of experience in long term care management

Responsibilities

Assume responsibility for the development of nursing service objectives, performance standards of nursing practice for each category of nursing personnel, and nursing policies and procedures.
Assume accountability for the development, organization, and implementation of approved policies and procedures.
Direct, evaluate, and supervise all resident care and initiate corrective action as necessary.
Assess resident care needs and assist in the development of individualized plans of resident care.
Assess resident need and then make recommendations for special rehabilitation programs.
Evaluate resident care as related to individualized resident needs, family involvement, and the physician’s plan of care for the resident.
Report problems to the Director of Nursing or Facility Administrator and conduct daily resident rounds and initiate corrective action as necessary.
Make management reports and special assignments and adhere to established time schedules.
Direct implementation of “Resident Bill of Rights”.
Conduct staff meetings with all shifts for purposes of planning, coordinating, and implementing nursing service policies and procedures.
Establish open lines of communication with consultants and consistently take follow-up action on recommendations.
Take inquiries for resident placement as assigned by the administrator and initiate procedures for proper placement or residents and level of care determinations.
Represent nursing in discharge meetings.
Assess resident responses to medication and treatments and make appropriate recommendations.
Direct and implement nursing service educational programs including, but not limited to, orientation and in-service for licensed and unlicensed personnel.
Coordinate resident admissions, transfers, and discharge coordinators and social service consultants.
Establish good public relations with hospital discharge coordinators and social service consultants.
Communicate daily with nursing personnel providing clear, concise information as well as specific assignments.
Act as a Charge Nurse and cover the floor/various shifts as needed for the best interest of the facility.