LPN or RN/Extended Care Facility/ Full-time; Days/Evenings

Description

SCHEDULE: 72-80 hrs per pay period; Full-time Days and Evenings 

Week 1: Wed, Thurs, Fri, Saturday

Week 2: Thurs-Saturday

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/REQUIREMENTS:

• Assigns staff appropriately for resident care during the shift.
• Replace/find non-scheduled staff when shortages occur.
• Receive and communicate pertinent shift reports to an oncoming shift of what transpired in resident care and conditions.
• Promote positive problem solving as situations arise with the shift personnel.
• Completes assessments of residents as needed.
• Prioritizes findings of assessments and initiates appropriate care treatments.
• Notifies physicians of problems or concerns of residents.
• Performs procedures and treatments ordered for residents within the Nurse Practice Act.
• Administers ordered medications and is alert to difficulties, complications and/or side effects.  Reports the findings appropriately.
• Documents medication given, or if refused, why and responses to medication (PRN).
• Completes rounds on the unit every two (2) hours and PRN to assess resident care.
• Appropriately uses the following equipment: enteral feeding pumps, SVN equipment, pulse oximeter, glucose monitor systems, nurse call and alarms systems and suction equipment.
• Documents problems or concerns of residents in Nurse’s Notes.
• Documents treatments and assessments of monitored conditions.
• Documents behaviors and moods in clinical records.
• Communicates with families of resident’s treatment plans and status changes.
• Acts as a liaison between families and physicians.
• Completes death care for residents.
• Monitors the physical environment of the department and notifies by appropriate means the departments responsible.
• Completes occurrence reports and implements monitoring of resident conditions as necessary.
• Disciplines shift personnel as necessary.
• Adheres to the Policies and Procedures of the facility.
• Communicates to supervisor any complaints, problems, occurrences, deterioration of resident status or personnel problems in a timely manner consistent with the problem.        
• Receives and places confidential information with courtesy, accuracy and respect at all times.
• Ability to respond properly and follow Facilities Plan in an emergency situation and/or disaster.
• Protects and ensures in actions, communications and in written form all Resident’s Rights.

Qualifications

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Idaho professional LPN license.
• Current CPR/BLS certification required 
• ACLS certification required within 2 months of hire.
• Completion with passing score on the hospital pharmacological exam.
• One (1) year medical/surgical or Geriatric patient care experience.
• IV Certified by the State of Idaho preferred.
• Long-term care experience preferred.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.