Position Overview:

The primary responsibility of the LPN Charge Nurse is to plan, organize, and provide nursing care to residents according to federal, state and facility regulations and standards and ensures quality care is maintained.

Essential Job Functions:

Provides professional nursing care to residents:

• Administer prescribed medications and treatments as ordered by physician.
• Take temperature, blood pressure, dress wounds, give enemas, and administer other treatments as needed.
• I.V. certified LPNs only - Administer I.V.s when necessary and monitor according to accepted practice.
• Ensure narcotic counts are accurate each shift.
• Documents care given in resident’s clinical record

Observes residents’ conditions and charts and reports changes or concerns to the appropriate parties:

• Ascertain any health issues or problems that the residents may be developing and documents according to the plan and facility polices.
• Notify the physician, DPOA and /or family as necessary when there is a change in the resident’s condition, medication, or treatment.
• Record resident information and accidents or incidents, such as skin conditions, suspected abuse or neglect, and grievance according to federal, state and facility policies.
• Report discrepancies in orders, care, medications, or treatments to the physician and DON.

Responds to residents’ call for help and determines how to assist them:

• Record information regarding incident and report to Administrator, DON, and Director of Independent Living.
• Follow accepted policies for residents’ care and adheres to Residents Rights, including consideration/respect with recognition of his/her dignity and individuality.

Works with DON, physicians, Care Plan Team, nursing staff and residents’ families to assess residents’ needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions:

• Receive and record physician’s orders according to accepted practices and facility polices.
• Make rounds with the physicians as necessary.
• Report problems in providing resident care to the DON and recommends needed changes in facility policies and procedures.
• Participate in committee meetings and Care Plans as needed.
• Assist in admitting residents.
• Cooperates with other departments to maintain optimal level of care
• Give and receive report for the residents’ care each shift and communicate necessary information to nursing aides.

Helps residents with activities of daily living (ADLS) and ensures that residents are following diets as directed by physicians:

• Provide assistance in waking, bathing, feeding or toileting the residents as necessary.
• Assure residents are ready for appointments as scheduled.
• Monitor and provide assistance as needed in the dining area.

Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly fashion:

• Maintain all medication and treatment in a clean and orderly fashion.
• Keep work area and utility rooms clean throughout the shift.
• Observe all infection control polices according to federal, state, and facility policies.

Other Duties Performed:

• May perform duties of CMA or CNA at times (see applicable job description).
• May complete monthly summaries, discharge summaries, and other charting as directed
• May obtain physician orders as directed by Charge Nurse

Qualifications and Experience:

• Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
• KS LPN license from an accredited school of nursing or college/university
• Must have working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

Physical Requirements:

Medium Work – Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly.