Full Time LVN

PACS

6d•$38 - $45

About The Position

The LVN provides direct nursing care to residents and supervises nursing assistants’ day-to-day activities in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards and facility policies. The role is responsible for maintaining quality resident care and coordinating nursing services with other facility departments and personnel. Duties include shift administration and staff supervision; resident admission, transfer, and discharge; clinical care and medication administration; charting and documentation; care planning and assessment; staff orientation and training; and maintaining safe, sanitary nursing areas and equipment. The LVN also supports quality assurance, infection control, emergency preparedness, and compliance with privacy and facility procedures. The position requires an active, unencumbered state LPN/LVN license and CPR certification. The employee must be able to move during the workday, work with residents and others in a long-term care setting, and lift, carry, push, or pull at least 25 pounds. The work takes place in office areas and throughout nursing service areas, including nurses’ stations, medication rooms, and resident rooms. The role may involve work beyond normal hours, emergency call-backs, interruptions, and exposure to infectious materials, hazardous chemicals, and other workplace conditions.

Requirements

Nursing degree from an accredited college or university, or graduation from an approved LPN/LVN program.
Current, active, unencumbered license to practice as an LPN/LVN in the state of employment.
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 and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Knowledge and skills to provide age-appropriate resident care and knowledge of nursing and medical practices, procedures, and regulations applicable to nursing care facilities.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant and to deal tactfully with residents, families, personnel, visitors, agencies, and the public.
Leadership, supervisory, planning, organizing, and teamwork abilities.
Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and willingness to work with difficult, ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, or hostile individuals.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday and to push, pull, move, or carry at least 25 pounds to a height of at least 5 feet and a distance of at least 50 feet.
Ability to see and hear adequately, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately.
Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position and meet facility health requirements, including a medical and physical examination.
Must maintain required continuing education and licensing and remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of and experience with PCC.

Responsibilities

Direct and supervise nursing assistants and other assigned nursing personnel, including planning shift services, assigning work, conducting rounds, and reporting staffing needs or problems to the Nurse Supervisor.
Ensure nursing personnel follow facility policies, procedures, job descriptions, care plans, safety practices, and applicable regulations.
Participate in quality assurance, facility inspections, discharge planning, and coordination of nursing services with other departments.
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents; assist with discharge arrangements and resident and family orientation.
Complete resident records, charts, orders, reports, incident documentation, census reports, and other required administrative documentation.
Prepare and administer prescribed medications and treatments; maintain medication and narcotic records and report discrepancies.
Provide and coordinate nursing care, monitor residents’ conditions, notify physicians and family members of relevant changes or incidents, and carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs.
Review resident care plans and assessments, identify needed changes, and ensure nursing notes and CNA care reflect the plans.
Participate in staff performance evaluations, orientation, in-service training, and continuing education.
Maintain safe, clean, and sanitary nursing work and resident care areas; support infection control, emergency preparedness, and proper use of personal protective equipment.
Monitor nursing equipment and supply levels, recommend needs, and ensure equipment is operated safely by trained personnel.
Report suspected fraud, privacy breaches, unauthorized information-system access, hazardous conditions, and workplace exposures as required.
Provide requested information to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee.