LPN / Extended Care Facility / Per Diem

Job Details

Job Location : Bonners Ferry, ID

Position Type : Per Diem

Salary Range : Undisclosed

Description

Per Diem employees must be able to provide 4 shifts of availability per month. Schedule will vary based on the needs of the department and availability of the Per Diem employee.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES / REQUIREMENTS :

• Assigns staff appropriately for resident care during the shift.
• Replace / find non-scheduled staff when shortages occur.
• Receive and communicate pertinent shift reports to an oncoming shift of what transpired in resident care and conditions.
• Promote positive problem solving as situations arise with the shift personnel.
• Completes assessments of residents as needed.
• Prioritizes findings of assessments and initiates appropriate care treatments.
• Notifies physicians of problems or concerns of residents.
• Performs procedures and treatments ordered for residents within the Nurse Practice Act.
• Administers ordered medications and is alert to difficulties, complications and / or side effects. Reports the findings appropriately.
• Documents medication given, or if refused, why and responses to medication (PRN).
• Completes rounds on the unit every two (2) hours and PRN to assess resident care.
• Appropriately uses the following equipment : enteral feeding pumps, SVN equipment, pulse oximeter, glucose monitor systems, nurse call and alarms systems and suction equipment.
• Documents problems or concerns of residents in Nurse's Notes.
• Documents treatments and assessments of monitored conditions.
• Documents behaviors and moods in clinical records.
• Communicates with families of resident's treatment plans and status changes.
• Acts as a liaison between families and physicians.
• Completes death care for residents.
• Monitors the physical environment of the department and notifies by appropriate means the departments responsible.
• Completes occurrence reports and implements monitoring of resident conditions as necessary.
• Disciplines shift personnel as necessary.
• Adheres to the Policies and Procedures of the facility.
• Communicates to supervisor any complaints, problems, occurrences, deterioration of resident status or personnel problems in a timely manner consistent with the problem.
• Receives and places confidential information with courtesy, accuracy and respect at all times.
• Ability to respond properly and follow Facilities Plan in an emergency situation and / or disaster.
• Protects and ensures in actions, communications and in written form all Resident's Rights.

Qualifications

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