POSITION SUMMARY
Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care
services to ill, injured, convalescent, and disabled persons in the retirement
and nursing community performing the following duties:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The following duties are normal for this position. This list
is not to be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. Other duties may be
required and assigned.
- Ensures resident rights, resident safety and
resident security is the top priority.
- Provides services in accordance with state
assisted living standards and nurse practice act.
- Participates in pre-admissions assessments for
potential residents.
- Participates in all in-service programs to
expand and develop abilities.
- Maintains compliance with all personnel
policies, established community policies and procedures, and Federal/State
regulations and standards.
- Understands and implements the Fire Safety and
Disaster Preparedness Plan and evacuation procedures of the community during
drills and emergencies.
- Performs admission and periodic assessments on
residents for functional and mental abilities.
- Develops service plans for residents based on
needs assessments.
- Reviews/revises assessments and service plans at
change in resident condition and at frequency determined by state.
- Obtains and documents residents’ vital signs and
weight and intervenes appropriately.
- Assists residents in scheduling medical, dental
and laboratory appointments.
- Assists physician with resident examination as
needed.
- Reviews and transcribes physician's orders.
- Administers and documents medications in
accordance with the five rights: right medication, right route, right resident,
right time, and right dose.
- Provides medical treatments as ordered by the
physician.
- Supervises and monitors medications for
residents who self- administer.
- Observes residents and reports condition changes
to physicians, health care proxies, and supervisors.
- Supervises residents in self - care of medical
equipment, such as oxygen, catheters, colostomies, etc.
- Assists residents with activities of daily
living, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Responds to resident and family inquiries and
calls for assistance.
- Maintains supplies to include ordering, stocking
and monitoring for expiration.
- Documents services performed and supplies
provided for billing purposes.
- Participates in risk management procedures for
entire community.
- Maintains a safe, clean, orderly, homelike
environment for residents.
- Participates in level of care committee and
resident transfers between levels of care.
- Interacts with residents, guests, and staff in
an atmosphere of hospitality.
- Maintains confidentiality of residents’ private
health information.
- Oversee and manage the CNA's working with nurses
assigned residents.
- Manages CNAs lunches and breaks.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Mentors personal care aides and/or nursing
assistants (CNAs)
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able
to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below
are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
Educational Requirements and Experience:
- Licensed to practice nursing in the state of
service.
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing
- Current CPR certification
