Licensed Practical Nurse (OH)

Position Purpose

The purpose of this position is to oversee, provide, and coordinate nursing care in compliance with facility policies and procedures and to evaluate residents' care needs and take appropriate action. The Licensed Practical Nurse will care for ill, injured, or convalescing residents in the facility. The LPN may work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.

Supervisory Responsibility : None-may direct the work of CNAs, PCAs, and / or RAs on shift

Budget Responsibility : None

Essential Job Functions - Principal Accountabilities

• Administers medications, noting times and amounts on residents' charts.
• Observes residents, charting and reporting changes in conditions such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment and takes necessary actions.
• Answers residents' calls and determines how to assist them.
• Measures and records residents' vital signs such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Provides basic resident care or treatments such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, l, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
• Works as part of a health care team to evaluate resident needs, plans and modifies care, and implements interventions.
• Evaluates nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other health care team members.
• Assembles and uses equipment such as catheters, or oxygen suppliers.

Other Job Functions

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Education : Associates degree in Nursing, or equivalent is required.

Experience : Experience performing the essential functions of the position is desirable.

Certification / License : Ohio Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in good standing is required. Candidates are required to attain and maintain CPR certification within 90 days after hire. State background check standards must be maintained as a condition of continued employment. Must complete first aid training required by rule 3701-16-06 of the Ohio Administrative Code, within 60 days of hire.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Physical Demands / Environment :

The physical demands described here 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.