LPN/LVN (Licensed Practical Nursing) at Lakeside Post Acute in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Job Description:

***$5000 Hire On Bonus****

Schedule: 4 Day positions 3x12 from 630am to 630pm. 1 NOC position from 630pm to 630am.

Salary Range: $30-$40/hr DOE

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Administrative Functions -

• Direct the day to day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long term care facility.


• Ensure that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility.


• Periodically review the department's policies, procedure manuals, job descriptions, etc.


• Make recommendations for revisions.


• Meet with your assigned nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the shifts' services, programs, and activities.


• Ensure that the Nursing Service Procedures Manual is current and reflects the day to day nursing procedures performed in this facility.


• Ensure that all nursing service personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Nursing Service Procedures Manual.


• Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required.


• Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident's total regimen of care is maintained.


• Ensure that all nursing service personnel are in compliance with their respective job descriptions.


• Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility's quality assurance program for the nursing service department. Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.


• Periodically review the resident's written discharge plan.


• Participate in the updating of the resident's written discharge plan as required.


• Assist in planning the nursing services portion of the resident's discharge plan as necessary.


• Interpret the department's policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies as required.


• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required. Complete accident/incident reports as necessary.


• Write resident charge slips and forward to the Business Office.


• Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to the Business Office as required.


• Perform administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.


• Agree not to disclose assigned user ID code and password for accessing resident/facility information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.


• • Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator.


• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system.


• Charting and Documentation Complete and file required recordkeeping forms/charts upon the resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.


• Encourage attending physicians to review treatment plans, record and sign their orders, progress notes, etc., in accordance with established policies.


• Record new/changed diet orders. Forward information to the Food Services Department. Fill out and complete transfer forms in accordance with established procedures.


• Ensure that appropriate documentation concerning unauthorized discharges is entered in the resident's medical record in accordance with established procedures.


• Drug Administration Functions Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician. Verify the identity of the resident before administering the medication/treatment. Ensure that prescribed medication for one resident is not administered to another.


• Ensure that an adequate supply of floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment is on hand to meet the nursing needs of the residents. Report needs to the Nurse Supervisor.


• Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with established policies. Ensure that narcotic records are accurate for your shift. Notify the Nurse Supervisor of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted on your shift.


• Review medication cards for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician's order, and adherence to stop order policies. Notify the attending physician of automatic stop orders prior to the last dosage being administered. Dispose of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.


• Review and evaluate your department's work force and make recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor. Develop work assignments and/or assist in completing and performing such assignments. Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift. Make daily rounds of your unit/shift to ensure that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report problem areas to the Nurse Supervisor. Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or to improve services.


• Ensure that department personnel, residents, and visitors follow the department's established policies and procedures at all times. Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to ensure that nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.


• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.


• Receive/give the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours. Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.


• Nursing Care Functions Inform nursing personnel of new admissions, their expected time of arrival, room assignment, etc. Ensure that rooms are ready for new admissions.


• Greet newly admitted residents upon admission. Escort them to their rooms as necessary. Participate in the orientation of new residents/family members to the facility. Make rounds with physicians as necessary. Requisition and arrange for diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the physician, and in accordance with our established procedures. Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary. Review the resident's chart for specific treatments, medication orders, diets, etc., as necessary. Implement and maintain established nursing objectives and standards. Make periodic checks to ensure that prescribed treatments are being properly administered by certified nursing assistants and to evaluate the resident's physical and emotional status. Ensure that direct nursing care be provided by a licensed nurse, a certified nursing assistant, and/or a nurse aide trainee qualified to perform the procedure.


• Notify the resident's attending physician when the resident is involved in an accident or incident. Notify the resident's attending physician and next of kin when there is a change in the resident's condition. Carry out restorative and rehabilitative programs, to include self help and care.


• Inspect the nursing service treatment areas daily to ensure that they are maintained in a clean and safe manner.


• Administer professional services such as; catheterization, tube feedings, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy, and drainage bags, taking blood, giving massages and range of motion exercises, care for the dead/dying, etc., as required. Use restraints when necessary and in accordance with established policies and procedures. Obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered Take and record TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as necessary.


• Monitor seriously ill residents as necessary. Check foods brought into the facility by the resident's family/visitors to ensure that it is within the resident's dietary allowances. Report problem areas to the Nurse Supervisor and Dietary Supervisor.


• Ensure that personnel providing direct care to residents are providing such care in accordance with the resident's care plan and wishes. Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently. Meet with residents, and/or family members, as necessary. Report problem areas to the Nurse Supervisor Admit, transfer and discharge residents as necessary.


• Staff Development Participate in developing, planning, conducting, and scheduling in service training classes that provide instructions on "how to do the job," and ensure a well educated nursing service department. Implement and maintain an effective orientation program that orients the new employee to your shift, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties.


• Attend and participate in annual facility in service training programs as scheduled (e.g., OSHA, TB, HIPAA, Abuse Prevention, Safety, Infection Control, etc.). Attend and participate in advance directive in service training programs for the staff and community. Attend and participate in continuing education programs designed to keep you abreast of changes in your profession, as well as to maintain your license on a current status.


• Safety and Sanitation Monitor your assigned personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.


• Ensure that established departmental policies and procedures, including dress codes, are followed by your assigned nursing personnel.


• Ensure that your unit's resident care rooms, treatment areas, etc., are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.


• Ensure that your assigned personnel follow established handwashing and hand hygiene technique in the administering of nursing care procedures.


• Ensure that your assigned personnel participate in and conduct all fire safety and disaster preparedness drills in a safe and professional manner. Participate in the development, implementation, and maintenance of the infection control program for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases among the residents and personnel.


• Supervisory Requirements - As LPN / LVN you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.


• Qualification Education and/or Experience - Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university, or be a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN program. Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN/LVN in this state.


• Language Skills -Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Ability to read technical procedures. Ability to read and comprehend policy and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees. Must be able to relate information concerning a resident's condition.


• Mathematical Skills -Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.


• Reasoning Ability- Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age-related needs of the residents served. Must be a supportive team member, contribute to and be an example of team work and team concept. Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action. Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public. Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities. Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and the willingness to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel. Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc., that are necessary for providing quality care. Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult residents. Must be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing practices. Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.


• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations- Must posess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN/LVN in this state. Current CPR certification. Knowledge and experience with PCC preferred. Must maintain all required continuing education/licensing. Must remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing at all times.


• Physical Demands -Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday. Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner. Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position. Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met. Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies. Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility, which include a medical and physical examination. Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the facility. Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet. May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.


• Work Environment- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Works in office area(s) as well as throughout the nursing service area (i.e., drug rooms, nurses' stations, resident rooms, etc.). Moves intermittently during working hours. Is subject to frequent interruptions. Is involved with residents, personnel, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances. Is subject to hostile and emotionally upset residents, family members, personnel, and visitors. Communicates with the medical staff, nursing personnel, and other department directors. Works beyond normal working hours, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary. Is subject to call back during emergency conditions (e.g., severe weather, evacuation, post disaster, etc.). Attends and participates in continuing educational programs. Is subject to injury from falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc., throughout the workday, as well as to reactions from dust, disinfectants, tobacco smoke, and other air contaminants. Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses. May be subject to the handling of and exposure to hazardous chemicals. Maintains a liaison with the residents, their families, support departments, etc., to adequately plan for the residents' needs.


• Additional Information Note: Nothing in this job specification restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Critical features of this job are described under various headings above. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. The above statements are strictly intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees in this position.