Wellness Nurse RN - LPN

Windrose at Woburn•Woburn, MA

About The Position

The Resident Care Nurse assists the Resident Care Director with implementing, delivering, and coordinating resident care services at the community. The nurse also helps monitor the medication management program. The role includes resident support, medication-related duties, staff training and scheduling assistance, documentation and reporting, and coordination of resident care activities. Duties may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, and other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, or Licensed Vocational Nurse license in good standing.
Certification or licensure as required by state guidelines.
Successfully complete all Hallkeen Community-specified training programs.
Able to understand and carry out detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions, and resolve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Able to work various schedules and shifts as needed.
Maintain a neat, clean appearance consistent with the dress code.
Demonstrate strong service delivery and customer satisfaction, address service failures, and prioritize customer needs.
Communicate clearly in speech, interpret complex information, communicate with residents, family members, and customers, and listen effectively.
Communicate warmly and helpfully while building credibility and rapport.
Work cooperatively with others to achieve goals and objectives.
Demonstrate tact, maintain confidences, foster an ethical work environment, address inappropriate coworker behavior, give proper credit, and handle situations honestly.
Remain open to new information, change opinions when appropriate, shift focus and tasks as demands change, manage transitions effectively, and adapt to varying customer needs.
Physically able to move at least 50 pounds without assistance, bend, reach, work in small areas, push and pull equipment and furnishings, and stand for long periods.

Responsibilities

Assist in supervising the medication program and help residents self-administer medication.
Assist with medication deliveries and medication box audits.
Assist residents with activities of daily living and independent activities of daily living as needed.
Maintain positive relations with residents, families, and physicians.
Report significant incidents or changes in residents’ needs to the Executive Director or Resident Care Director.
Assist with resident assessments and service plans, and contact families to arrange reviews.
Assist with training assisted living staff, participate in new-staff orientation, and shadow new hires during training.
Attend and participate in scheduled in-service programs, training programs, and staff meetings.
Assist with scheduling and staffing Resident Care Assistants.
Assist with filing and transferring notes from the board to assignment sheets.
Track medication alerts, add them to assignment sheets, and keep assignment sheets updated.
Assist with monthly quality improvement reports, task sheets, and incident reports.
Assist with arranging monthly transportation times for PACE members.
Keep schedules in residents’ apartments up to date.
RN will maintain GAFC.
Perform other duties as assigned.