LVN Charge Nurse (LVN)

STGi•Temple, TX

10h•Onsite

About The Position

STGi is seeking an LVN Charge Nurse to provide services at The William R. Courtney Texas State Veterans Home. This role involves contributing to the community's success by providing quality nursing care to residents and coordinating total nursing care. The position requires adherence to STGi policies, state, and federal regulations, focusing on compassionate and specialized care for veterans.

Requirements

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
Ability to supervise and evaluate direct resident care.
Ability to take appropriate staffing action to meet resident needs.
Ability to identify and correct safety hazards.
Ability to initiate emergency care per physician's orders.
Ability to provide instruction for nursing care.
Ability to document resident assessments and report findings.
Knowledge of the 5 RIGHTS of medication/treatment administration.
Ability to promptly report changes in resident conditions.
Ability to follow community admission procedures.
Competency in basic nursing skills.
Ability to follow discharge/transfer procedures.
Ability to supervise response to resident calls for assistance.
Ability to address resident, family, or physician concerns.
Ability to count narcotics and check emergency kits.
Ability to check meal trays and assist residents.
Ability to order, receive, and store medications appropriately.
Knowledge of narcotic handling procedures.
Ability to notify physicians of changes in resident conditions or other observations.
Ability to document daily notes on specific resident categories.
Responsibility for the safety of residents and team members.
Knowledge of infection control procedures.
Ability to perform duties of a certified nursing assistant when required.

Responsibilities

Follow established standards of nursing practices and implement STGi programs, policies and procedures.
Supervise and evaluate all direct resident care and initiate corrective action as necessary.
Obtain report from nurse being relieved and record sufficient information to implement appropriate follow-up action as necessary.
Provide report to nurse coming on duty, including sufficient information for follow-up action as necessary.
Take appropriate action to provide staffing to meet residents’ needs.
Conduct resident rounds daily, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action.
Identify safety hazards and initiate corrective action immediately.
Identify resident problems and emergency situation and initiate emergency care per physician’s orders in the absence of a physician.
Provide supervision to Nursing Assistant providing direct resident care.
Attend staff meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, rehabilitation meetings, in-service classes and committee meetings as assigned.
Review the Glucometer Control Log to monitor the machine was checked that day prior to testing for blood sugar levels.
Follow staffing guidelines and make nursing assignments according to qualifications of staff and characteristics of the resident population.
Counsel Nursing Assistants and recommend disciplinary action to the Director of Nursing Service, when necessary.
Comply with community processes related to pain assessment/management/documentation, providing treatments/documentation and delivering medications/documentation.
Administer and document direct resident care, medications and treatments per physicians’ orders and accurately record all care provided.
Provide instruction for appropriate nursing care to licensed nurses and Nursing Assistants.
Document assessment of residents as assigned as per your licensure. Report untoward findings to physician and your supervisor.
Observe the 5 RIGHTS of medication/treatment administration.
Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions to the physician, Director of Nursing Service and responsible party, and take follow-up action as necessary. Document notifications in resident’s clinical record.
Follow Community admission procedures and communicate resident admission to other departments, including rehabilitation.
Competently perform basic nursing skills as per your licensure.
Follow Community discharge /transfer procedure/documentation and coordinate discharge/transfer with other departments, physicians and ancillary service providers.
Supervise response to resident’s call for assistance.
Listen to resident, family, or physician concerns and initiate corrective action and/or report concerns to Nursing Supervisor.
Count narcotics, check emergency kit and exchange keys each shift.
Check meal trays and nourishment to monitor proper diet is served and residents are assisted as necessary.
Order, receive and store medications appropriately.
Observe community process related to signing out narcotic and administration thereof. This includes the process related to shift narcotic count and documentation thereof.
Notify physician, when necessary, of changes in residents’ conditions, weight, medication errors, medication not available, abnormal laboratory/X-Ray results and any other unusual observations.
Document daily notes on unstable residents/change in resident condition, Medicare residents and recently admitted residents.
Be responsible for the safety of residents and team members under his/her supervision.
Observe infection control procedures.
Perform all the duties of a certified nursing assistant when required.