LPN - Ithaca, NY
About The Position
KARE is an app connecting caregivers with senior living communities that need support. LPNs can use the app to find shifts in licensed states, control their schedules, earn extra income, and potentially connect with new employers or find a permanent position. There are no contracts or long-term commitments. To get started, download the app, complete a quick interview with the KARE Team, and get verified. The LPN supports residents in senior care communities by following individual service plans, administering and documenting treatments and medications, monitoring residents’ health, and assisting with activities of daily living. The role may include work in memory care areas, where experience caring for residents with memory impairment may be required.
Requirements
- Current LPN license.
- Ability to lift at least 51 lbs on a regular basis and help residents who require physical assistance.
- Ability to fluently read, write, speak, and understand English.
Nice To Haves
- Experience caring for residents with memory impairment may be required when assigned to a community’s memory care areas.
Responsibilities
- Ensure that individual service plans are followed and administer or supervise treatments prescribed by physicians.
- Make meaningful rounds to residents using their service plans; make rounds with physicians and record visits on charts.
- Administer intramuscular and subcutaneous injections, perform in-house testing procedures, and take and record vital signs.
- Document acute episodes or significant changes in resident status.
- Work with the Activity Director, DON, and Nurse Aides to carry out the activities program.
- Prepare and administer prescribed medications.
- Order new medications and refills, administer medications, and chart them.
- Chart during the shift in accordance with facility policy, state guidelines, and residents’ status.
- Supervise the serving of prescribed diets and fluid intake, and report persistent unresolved problems to the physician, DON, or appropriate discipline.
- Prepare incident reports accurately and promptly.
- Complete admission assessments and appropriate discharge documentation accurately and promptly.
- Supervise residents who self-administer medication in accordance with community and regulatory guidelines.
- Provide assistance as needed with medication reminders, bathing, grooming, dressing, escort service, and other activities of daily living.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- HERO Real Time Pay™: get paid immediately once a shift is verified.
- Sidekick Referral Program: refer friends and get paid for shifts they work.
- KARE HERO Perks, including an expense tracker, free NAHCA membership, and bonus opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
