LVN Treatment Nurse

Caraday Healthcare•San Angelo, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The LVN Treatment Nurse provides nursing care to residents as prescribed by the physician and in accordance with standards of nursing practices, regulations, and directed by the Director of Nursing. This role involves leading or directing licensed and non-professional staff in the delivery of direct resident care and support functions. The position requires a working knowledge of infection control and wound care principles, demonstrating competence in sterile and aseptic wound care. The nurse must understand the special needs of geriatric clients and their skin, maintain a disease-free status, and ensure hands are clean with appropriate nail length for resident safety. Responsibilities include providing wound care (bandaging, cleaning, applying medication), assessing bandage integrity, ensuring the availability of treatment supplies and topical medications, and maintaining an adequate inventory. The role also involves providing gastrostomy tube feeding care, colostomy and urostomy care, and weekly documentation. The LVN Treatment Nurse must comply with facility documentation guidelines and physician's orders, interact positively with patients, families, team members, and therapists, and implement individual programs. Maintaining equipment and supplies for treatment, adhering to a consistent patient care schedule, and using time efficiently are key. The position requires performing duties with minimal supervision, identifying and reporting potential problems, maintaining a professional and confidential approach, and supporting facility goals. Effective communication with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors is essential. The nurse will obtain and document nursing histories, perform basic patient assessments, record vital signs, and notify appropriate parties of changes in condition. Developing a care plan before the end of the duty time to ensure adequate information for incoming personnel is crucial. The LVN Treatment Nurse will use care plans for safe and therapeutic care, accept accountability for clinical care including supervision of nonprofessional personnel, and communicate with patients, families, and the healthcare team to carry out care plan goals. Competent performance of technical skills, appropriate response in urgent/emergency situations, adherence to policies and procedures, and seeking guidance when needed are expected. The role also involves promoting positive public relations and using tactful communication in sensitive situations, adhering to workplace behavior and dress code, and understanding and adhering to "Residents Rights" and ensuring resident safety.

Requirements

Current LVN license
CPR certified required; 30 days will be given to complete a course and get certified
Ability to understand, remember and carry out verbal or written instructions in English
Ability to complete assignments in a timely manner
Ability to work flexibly and positively with intermittent interruptions

Nice To Haves

2 years nursing experience in long term care/skilled nursing

Responsibilities

Provide nursing care to residents as prescribed by the physician and in accordance with standards of nursing practices, regulations and directed by the Director of Nursing.
Lead or direct licensed and non-professional staff in the delivery of direct Resident care and support functions.
Utilize working knowledge of the basic principles of infection control and wound care.
Demonstrate competence in providing wound care that is sterile and/or aseptic.
Apply knowledge and understanding of the special needs of the geriatric client and the geriatric client’s skin.
Remain free of any communicable disease and must maintain hands with clean, non-jagged nails which are of appropriate length to assure residents are cared for in a risk free manner.
Provide wound care (bandaging, cleaning, applying medication) and assess for appropriateness of bandage integrity during time between dressing changes.
Assure availability of treatment supplies and topical medications (as prescribed by the physician) and procure supplies to assure adequate inventory or Treatment Cart is readily available at all times.
Provide gastrostomy tube feeding care, including necessary bandage changes.
Provide colostomy and urostomy care and dressings as directed by the physician.
Provide weekly documentation.
Comply with facility guidelines for documentation and physician’s orders.
Relate well to patients, families and other team members.
Interact well with therapists and implements individual programs as developed.
Maintain equipment and supplies for treatment.
Maintain consistent patient care schedule and uses time efficiently.
Coordinate restorative treatments with other facility departments.
Perform duties with a minimum of supervision.
Identify potential problems/issues and report to supervisor in a timely manner.
Maintain a professional approach with confidentiality.
Support facility goals and objectives.
Use system to convey/receive resident information.
Cooperate and maintain good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors.
Obtain and document nursing history from the patient and/or significant other that is comprehensive of present condition and prior problems.
Perform basic assessment of the patient, indicating adequate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology.
Record vital signs, note changes, and pursue more-specific investigation as needed.
Assess for and notify physician and other appropriate parties of changes in condition.
Use assessment information to develop a care plan before the end of duty time that communicates enough information for incoming personnel to adequately care for the patient.
Use care plans as a basis for providing safe and therapeutic care to patients.
Consistently follow established standards, policies, and procedures in providing nursing care.
Accept accountability for clinical care of assigned patients, including supervision of nonprofessional personnel.
Communicate with the patient and his or her family and other members of the health care team in carrying out the goals of the care plan.
Perform competently those technical skills considered basic to the type of care given on that unit.
Respond appropriately in urgent and/or emergency situations.
Support standards of nursing care through adherence to existing policies and procedures.
Seek guidance when encountering nursing procedures and responsibilities that have not been mastered.
Promote positive public relations with patients, residents, family members and guests.
Use tactful, appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations.
Use appropriate workplace behavior and adhere to dress code at all times.
Understand and adhere to the guidelines of “Residents Rights” and assure resident safety.