Job description

Duties and Responsibilities

Administrative Functions

• Confer with the Medical Director and the attending physician regarding specific residents assigned to you.
• Consult with the physician concerning resident evaluation and assist the Director of Nursing Services in planning and developing the nursing services to be performed for the resident.
• Initiate requests for consultation or referral. Respond to requests from the resident, physician, or nursing staff.
• Examine the resident and his/her records and charts to distinguish between normal and abnormal findings in order to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional or mental problems.
• Determine when to refer the resident to a physician for evaluation, supervision, or directions.
• Perform administrative duties regarding assigned residents, such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc.
• Implement and maintain established policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety and environmental and infection control. Interpret these to the physician, resident, family members, and public, as appropriate.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations to the attending physician, Medical Director, or the Administrator concerning the status and care of the assigned resident.
• Participate in the planning and evaluation of the written policies and procedure that govern the day-to-day functions of the nursing service department.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies.
• Assist the Quality Assessment and Assurance Committee in developing and implementing appropriate plans of action to correct identified deficiencies.

Committee Functions

• Serve on the Interdisciplinary Care Plan Team and work with the team in developing a comprehensive assessment and care plan for residents.
• Provide written and/or oral reports on the status of residents as requested or directed by committees.
• Evaluate and implement recommendations from established committees as they may pertain to the medical activities of the facility and the care of residents.
• Serve on, participate in, and attend various committees of the facility (i.e., Infection Control, Policy Advisory, Pharmaceutical, Budget, Quality Assessment and Assurance, etc.) as required, and as appointed by the Administrator.
• Schedule, attend, and participate in developing the agenda for Care Plan committee meetings as necessary.
• Participate in regularly scheduled reviews of the Discharge Plans and make such plans available to the Care Plan Committee as required or as may be necessary.

Personnel Functions

• Cooperate with other personnel to achieve department objectives and maintain good employee relations, interdepartmental and public relations.
• Meet with and solicit advice from the Medical Director, attending physicians, Director of Nursing Services, and nursing staff concerning the care of residents.
• Maintain an effective, friendly working relationship with health professionals, physicians, consultants, and family members involved.
• Conduct departmental performance evaluations in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures.
• 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.

Medical Care Functions

• Welcome residents and orient them to the environment.
• Provide information and instruction to residents and their families in areas such as resident rights.
• Provide assessment and diagnostic services to assigned residents.
• Perform an assessment evaluation and a complete in-depth physical examination. Use assessment techniques including observation, inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation. Perform optic and ophthalmic examinations.
• Record physical findings, and formulate plans and prognosis based on resident’s condition. Report these to the attending physician.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess resident’s clinical problems and health care needs. Report these to the attending physician.
• Provide therapeutic services. Confer with the Care Planning Team in the development of the care plan.
• Identify and manage specific minor illnesses such as colds, diarrhea, skin abrasions, simple sprains, and simple foot problems such as corns and calluses.
• Provide, within established protocols and under the supervision of the physician, treatment for uncomplicated diabetes, hypertension, pneumonia, and such other conditions, as agreed upon on writing by the Nurse Practitioner and the physician.
• Provide surveillance of medical regimens for chronically ill persons, adjust regimens within established protocols, and recognize when to refer the resident to his/her physician.
• Give direct physical and psychological nursing care in emergencies, as well as in the presence of an illness or disability, in order to maintain life, provide comfort, reduce stress, and enhance the resident’s ability to cope.
• Coordinate the admission or discharge of residents as necessary.
• Work with other health agencies and family members in the physical and emotional transitions of admission, care, and discharge of the resident.
• Assist in resident rehabilitation activities. Where required, perform range of motion, assist in ambulation, provide emotional support. Monitor the results of physical therapy activities.
• Provide preventive health care services. Make recommendations to the resident concerning nutrition and the prevention of common illnesses, accidents, etc.
• Provide information to resident and family members of prevention techniques and other ways to maintain or improve the general health and psychosocial status of the resident.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $28.00 - $38.18 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Physical setting:

• Nursing home
• Rehabilitation center

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift

License/Certification:

• LVN license (Required)

Work Location: In person

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