What are the responsibilities and job description for the Per Diem LPN/ECF position at BOUNDARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL?
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 Nurses Notes.
- Documents treatments and assessments of monitored conditions.
- Documents behaviors and moods in clinical records.
- Communicates with families of residents 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 Residents Rights.
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.
