Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) *Day Shift* NEW INCENTIVE*
Owen Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Bloomfield, IN, United States
Why Owen Valley Rehabilitation & Nursing?
We offer full benefits for eligible employees including 401K, health, tele-health, mental health, dental, vision, life insurance, and more!
Introducing Daily Pay.
All employees have access to the Daily Pay option from their first day.
Competitive wages, shift bonuses, attendance bonuses, employee appreciation, and more!
Voted a Great Place to Work by our employees!
Summary
The LPN is responsible for providing direct nursing care to residents, and supervising the day‑to‑day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. The supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is always maintained.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Direct the day‑to‑day functions of the nursing assistants. Meet with assigned nursing staff and support personnel to plan the shift’s services, programs and activities. Provide written and oral reports and recommendations concerning the activities of the shift as required. Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required. Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift.
Complete and file required record‑keeping forms and charts upon the resident’s admission, transfer and/or discharge. Receive and transcribe telephone orders from physicians and record them on the Physician’s Order Form. Chart nurse’s notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and the resident’s response to the care. Fill out and complete accident/incident reports and submit to the Director as required.
Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
Develop and maintain good working rapport with inter‑departmental personnel and other departments within the facility to ensure nursing services and activities are 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 and give the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours. Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
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, and caring for the dying or dead as required.
Monitor personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information. Report any known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information. Ensure that all nursing care is provided in privacy and that nursing service personnel knock before entering the resident’s room.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.
Licensed Practical Nurse with a current unencumbered state license.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must be able to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, and laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities.
Current CPR certification required.
Experience in long‑term care preferred.
Physical Demands
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Must be able to move intermittently through the workday.
Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 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.
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We offer full benefits for eligible employees including 401K, health, tele-health, mental health, dental, vision, life insurance, and more!
Introducing Daily Pay.
All employees have access to the Daily Pay option from their first day.
Competitive wages, shift bonuses, attendance bonuses, employee appreciation, and more!
Voted a Great Place to Work by our employees!
Summary
The LPN is responsible for providing direct nursing care to residents, and supervising the day‑to‑day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. The supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is always maintained.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Direct the day‑to‑day functions of the nursing assistants. Meet with assigned nursing staff and support personnel to plan the shift’s services, programs and activities. Provide written and oral reports and recommendations concerning the activities of the shift as required. Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required. Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit/shift.
Complete and file required record‑keeping forms and charts upon the resident’s admission, transfer and/or discharge. Receive and transcribe telephone orders from physicians and record them on the Physician’s Order Form. Chart nurse’s notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and the resident’s response to the care. Fill out and complete accident/incident reports and submit to the Director as required.
Prepare and administer medications as ordered by the physician.
Develop and maintain good working rapport with inter‑departmental personnel and other departments within the facility to ensure nursing services and activities are 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 and give the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours. Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
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, and caring for the dying or dead as required.
Monitor personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information. Report any known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information. Ensure that all nursing care is provided in privacy and that nursing service personnel knock before entering the resident’s room.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required.
Licensed Practical Nurse with a current unencumbered state license.
Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
Must be able to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, and laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities.
Current CPR certification required.
Experience in long‑term care preferred.
Physical Demands
The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Must be able to move intermittently through the workday.
Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 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.
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