Careers
Licensed Practical Nurse
Status: Part time (every other weekend)
Department: Skilled Nursing
Shift: 2nd and 3rd shift
Prerequisites:
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Currently licensed in the state in which you practice nursing.
Qualified candidates will be able to demonstrate a daily commitment to Madonna Manor’s values of Reverence, Service, and Stewardship. The candidate will be dependable with outstanding leadership skills.
Major responsibilities include but are not limited to the following functions:
•Promotes the values and practices of Person-Centered Care throughout daily life in the household.
•Encourages and assists all residents in achieving spiritual well-being and an optimum quality of life.
•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/shift.
•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, written policies and procedures established by this facility.
•Assist physicians in reviewing resident treatment regime. Ensure physician orders are appropriately carried out according to policies and procedures governing the facility.
•Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with established policies. Ensure that narcotics are counted each shift and are accurate.
•Demonstrate ability to chart on all residents receiving acute or skilled care. Using Optimus provide thorough documentation of residents’ status on a shift to shift basis in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided as well as the resident’s response to the care.
•Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required. (e.g., 24 hour report sheets)
•Requisition and arrange for diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the physician, and in accordance with our established procedures.
•Administer professional services such as catheterization, tube feedings, suction; applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy and drainage bags, etc.
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