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Now Hiring a LPN Charge Nurse at Northeast Center for Rehabilitation & Brain Injury
- This position includes working the Med Cart
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Why work with us?!
- DailyPay- Get paid when YOU want
- Generous paid time off
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- 401(k) with employer contribution
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly employee appreciation raffles to win big prizes!!
- Weekly gas, grocery, Spotify & Netflix gift cards
- Bi-Weekly 1k Amazon Gift Card, iPad, 65-inch TV with a free year of Netflix
- Monthly Vacations & Pet Care
- Quarterly 5k gas or grocery grift cards OR 5k towards your rent or mortgage!!!
- Department appreciation days
- FUN and friendly work atmosphere - GREAT leadership team!
Northeast Center for Rehabilitation and Brain Injury is a one-of-a-kind state of the art Skilled Nursing Facility located in Lake Katrine 5 minutes off of exit 19 on the New York State Thruway.
Northeast Center offers programs not found in any other nursing home in the region, and our LPNs are offered a level of specialized education not found anywhere else. LPNs who work at Northeast Center gain knowledge and skills that advance their careers while working in a supportive environment
LPN Charge Nurse Responsibilities:
- Med-Cart Pass on Units
- Ensure all nursing personnel follow written P/P on the unit.
- Ensure nursing staff follow their respective job descriptions.
- Perform administrative duties such as completing transfers, monthlies, nurse’s notes, reports, etc. as necessary.
- Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
- Complete accident/incident reports, as necessary.
- Participate in developing the agenda for care plan committee meetings.
- Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.
- Greet newly admitted residents upon admission. Escort to room, as necessary. Do nursing assessments.
- Make rounds with a physician.
- Monitors and transcribes physicians' orders, consults and appointments, as necessary.
- Provide direct nursing care, as necessary.
- Notify the neighbor’s attending physician and next of kin when there is a change in the resident’s condition.
- Make independent decisions concerning nursing care.
- Give/receive the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours.
- Administer professional services such as, but not limited to catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy, and drainage bags, etc…
- Participate in the orientation of new neighbors/family members to the facility.
- Review the neighbor’s chart for specific treatments, medication orders, diets, etc., as necessary.
- Obtain sputum, urine and other lab tests as ordered.
- Take and record blood pressure, etc. as necessary.
- Monitor seriously ill neighbors, as necessary.
- Administer medications and treatments and document same as necessary.
- Responsible for knowledge of all safety and fire regulations.
- Attend Inservice programs, both in and out of facility, to increase professional competence.
- Responsible for knowledge of all personnel policies.
- Write, evaluate, and update care plans.
- All other duties as may be assigned.
LPN Charge Nurse Requirements:
- Active LPN License in the state of NY
- Must have recent physical and MMR vaccination
- Experience as a charge nurse is a plus
- Must be willing to work med cart
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