What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Practical Nurse position at Avamere?
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Status: FT, PT, and PRN
Wage: $38 to $49 DOE
Location: Avamere Rehabilitation at Ridgemont - 2051 Pottery Ave, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Responsibilities
- Complete required record keeping in regards to your role in admitting, transferring and discharging residents.
- Coordinate with nursing staff and support personnel daily to plan the shifts’ services, programs and activities to ensure the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
- Prepare and administer medications and review medication cards for completeness and accuracy.
- Review resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches and revisions based on nursing needs.
- Plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures that are necessary for providing quality care.
- Provide leadership to nursing personnel and make daily rounds of your unit to ensure staff is providing direct care in accordance with resident’s care plan and wishes.
- Participate in facility surveys by authorized government agencies.
- Chart nurses’ notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and resident’s response to care.
Qualifications
- Must possess a nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
- Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN in this state.
- Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities.
- Experience with Electronic Medical Records and computer documentation systems.
- Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information in accordance with HIPAA guidelines.
Salary : $38 - $49
