LVN/ Department Assistant

Hospice Brazos Valley•Bryan, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This role supports the Director of Nursing in various administrative and clinical tasks to ensure departmental efficiency, compliance, and quality patient care. The position involves preparing reports, managing new hire orientations, coordinating continuing education, assisting with scheduling, and providing backup for other key roles. The individual will also be responsible for initiating clinical education, communicating departmental updates, preparing patient notes, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Direct patient care may be required as needed. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by management.

Requirements

LVN license in state of Texas
2 years of clinical experience, Home Health or Hospice preferred
Active communication skills
Excellent clinical and documentation skills
Able to function independently to provide highest quality of nursing practice

Responsibilities

Assist Director of Nursing in preparing departmental reports for compliance monitoring and productivity tracking
Prepare appropriate training documents for new hires and assist HR in ensuring new staff are assigned the appropriate resources during their orientation day
Ensure employees and contract staff receive appropriate orientation documents, assignments and continuing education.
Provide scheduling completion for Director of Nursing
Provide scheduling completion for clinical staff as indicated
Serve as back up in assisting with Addendum Form Completion
Serve as back up in assisting with COVID Reporting
Serve as back up to the Care Coordinator and/or Access Specialist as indicated
Initiate clinical education in services and ensure staff required information to attend these events
Initiate departmental notices regarding updated protocols, physician vacations or other pertinent information as delegated by the Director of Nursing
Prepare clinical and/or progress notes on any patient related activities.
Collaborates with Director of Nursing to ensure appropriate communication and cooperation between clinical areas
Participates in in services, IDT meetings and other programs and meetings as needed.
Acts as physician agent in calling in prescriptions as directed by agency protocol
Compliant with governing Federal, State, and accredited regulations and standards and education of staff to these guidelines.
Serve as back up to the Care Coordinator and/or Access Specialist as needed
Maintaining storage of departmental logs required for compliance measures
Delivers direct care to patients as needed