RN or LPN, FT Day

JKV Careers•Lee's Summit, MO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a full-time Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) working the day shift (7a-7p) on a Memory Care Unit. The role involves providing professional nursing services, assessing patient conditions, administering medications, coordinating care, documenting progress, and educating patients and families. The RN is responsible for determining nursing problems, creating and implementing care plans, and evaluating their effectiveness. The LPN provides direct patient care under the supervision of an RN, performs assessments, follows care plans, and evaluates patient responses to treatment. Both roles are expected to be supportive of the Village mission and values.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year of experience required.
Must be a Registered Nurse by the Missouri or Kansas State Board of Nursing (for RN position).
Must be a Licensed Practical Nurse by the Missouri State Board of Nursing (for LPN position).
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or ability to obtain prior to direct patient contact.
Valid driver's license.
Minimum of 12 training and in-service hours annually.
Basic level knowledge of Microsoft operating system and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
Ability to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities at the same time.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; and deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, handbooks and procedure manuals.
Ability to write simple sentences, paragraphs and correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other associates of the organization.

Nice To Haves

If working in Home Health and Village House, must be able to work autonomously.

Responsibilities

Effectively and timely provides for the comfort and well-being of patients by assessing conditions, processing physicians’ orders, providing treatments and administering prescribed drugs.
Timely and effectively coordinates nursing care for patients and educates the patients/residents and family about the care.
Timely delegates appropriate aspects of nursing care to staff which includes evaluating, monitoring and assuring delivery of care.
Accurately and timely documents patients/residents progress toward goals and other observations.
Reports patients/residents changes, needs and/or requirements to the appropriate staff.
Provides direct resident/patient care based on a specific plan and departmental services. This may include dispensing medication, checking vitals, changing wounds, personal care, etc.
Timely and accurately reports resident/patient changes, needs and/or requirements to the Registered Nurse and/or other managing staff.
Accurately and timely completes required documentation of nursing care to meet all state and Village requirements.
May delegate appropriate tasks to care givers and follows up on assignments.
May perform homemaking and other environmental services when necessary for services provided through the department.