LPn - Full Time (Up to $37/hr)

PACS

1d•$37•Onsite

About The Position

The LPN provides direct nursing care to residents and supervises the day-to-day activities of nursing assistants. The role ensures care is delivered in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards, facility policies, and direction from nursing leadership, supporting the highest quality of resident care. The LPN performs administrative, documentation, medication-administration, personnel, nursing-care, staff-development, safety, equipment and supply, care-planning, and assessment duties. This includes coordinating shift activities and staffing, maintaining records and reports, administering medications and treatments, monitoring residents, supporting care plans and discharge planning, and contributing to quality assurance and infection-control programs. The position requires a current, unencumbered LPN/LVN license, a nursing degree from an accredited college or university or graduation from an approved LPN/LVN program, English-language communication skills, and current CPR certification. The employee must maintain required continuing education and licensing and remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing. PCC knowledge and experience are preferred. The work takes place in office areas and throughout nursing-service areas, including drug rooms, nurses’ stations, and resident rooms. The role involves frequent movement and interruptions, contact with residents and visitors including people who may be hostile or emotionally upset, and potential exposure to infectious materials and hazardous chemicals. Work beyond normal hours, temporary work in other positions when necessary, and emergency call-backs may be required. Physical demands include moving throughout the workday and pushing, pulling, moving, or carrying at least 25 pounds, as well as possibly assisting with resident evacuations.

Requirements

Nursing degree from an accredited college or university, or graduation from an approved LPN/LVN program.
Current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN/LVN in the state.
Current CPR certification.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English and communicate information about residents’ conditions.
Ability to read technical procedures and policy and procedure manuals and present information effectively.
Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts, including fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions, to practical situations.
Knowledge and skills to provide care appropriate to residents’ age-related needs and knowledge of nursing and medical practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and guidelines applicable to nursing-care facilities.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant, work as a supportive team member, and deal tactfully with personnel, residents, families, visitors, agencies, and the public.
Leadership and supervisory ability, with the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret programs, goals, policies, and procedures.
Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, enthusiasm, and willingness to handle difficult residents and incorporate new methods into nursing practices.
Must maintain required continuing education and licensing and remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing.
Ability to move intermittently during the workday, cope with mental and emotional stress, and work effectively with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, or hostile people.
Must meet facility general health requirements, including medical and physical examination; must not pose a direct threat to workplace health or safety.
Ability to push, pull, move, or lift at least 25 pounds to a height of at least 5 feet and move or carry that weight at least 50 feet; may need to assist with resident evacuations.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and experience with PCC.

Responsibilities

Direct and supervise nursing assistants and other assigned personnel, including coordinating shift services, developing work assignments, conducting rounds, supporting staff orientation and training, and reporting staffing or performance concerns.
Follow and uphold facility policies, nursing procedures, job descriptions, safety requirements, and applicable nursing-facility regulations; contribute to quality assurance and participate in facility surveys when requested.
Coordinate nursing services with other departments and support resident admissions, transfers, discharges, discharge planning, and transportation arrangements.
Prepare and maintain resident records, charts, reports, orders, incident documentation, census reports, and other required administrative documentation; protect resident health information and facility-system access credentials.
Prepare and administer prescribed medications and treatments; verify resident identity, maintain accurate narcotic records, review medication documentation, and report discrepancies or supply needs.
Provide and coordinate nursing care, including monitoring residents, assessing changes in condition, communicating with physicians and family members, implementing treatments and restorative programs, and ensuring care aligns with resident care plans and wishes.
Review resident care plans and documentation, identify needed revisions, and assist with assessment and care-planning processes, including MDS, RAPs, and triggers.
Maintain adequate medication, medical supply, and equipment levels; ensure equipment is operated safely by trained personnel and supplies are used efficiently.
Support infection control, sanitation, personal protective equipment use, hand hygiene, fire safety, disaster preparedness, and reporting of hazardous conditions or exposures.
Participate in continuing education and in-service training and maintain required licensure and certifications.
Report suspected fraud and provide requested information to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee.