What are the responsibilities and job description for the Licensed Nurse (RN/LVN) position at Cross Healthcare Management?
Cross Healthcare Management -
Position Summary
Responsible for maintaining the standards of nursing care and practices within the facility to meet the physical, psychosocial, and rehabilitative needs of the residents. LVN or RN license required.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Administers enteral feedings along with oral, injectable, and intravenous medications and treatments within the scope of practice as prescribed by the physician and per facility policy
- Ensures all aspects of delivery of care to residents by nursing assistants are completed within the established time frames according to Resident Care policies and procedures
- Performs and is co-responsible for narcotic counts as per Resident Care policies and procedures
- Ensures dispensing of medications and treatments by all routes as ordered by the physician within established time frames. Ensures no medications are left unattended
- Documents medication and treatment administration in a timely and accurate manner
- Completes / updates the Electronic documentation as required
- Maintains and updates Nursing license in compliance with state regulations
- Performs other related duties as required or requested
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions .
Physical Demands – Office
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull / push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and / or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus
Work Environment – Office
This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals or noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
