Lead LPN - Direct Care & Team Oversight

Rest Haven Health; Mississippi; Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

HSA

401(k)

STD

Life insurance

Early payday options (RAIN)

Job summary

Kaizen Lab Inc. seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse to deliver direct nursing care to residents as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will plan, supervise, and evaluate day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants to ensure quality resident care.

You will lead and mentor nursing staff, review policies, ensure compliance with regulations, and participate in quality improvement and admission/ discharge processes. Regular communication with physicians and staff is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, supervise and evaluate nursing staff responsibilities to ensure resident care aligns with qualifications and acuity.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and guidance to associates under your supervision.
• Review department policies and job descriptions with the Director of Nursing and recommend revisions.
• Implement and monitor compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Meet regularly with nursing staff and support personnel to plan care-related services and communicate resident needs.
• Cooperate with resident services to ensure individual care plans are followed.
• Participate in quality improvement discussions related to residents, personnel, and facility operations.
• Meet with nursing service and facility personnel to identify and correct problems and improve services.
• Review complaints with the Director of Nursing and communicate issues appropriately.
• Participate in facility surveys by regulatory agencies.
• Participate in admission, transfer and discharge of residents as required.
• Follow facility objectives and nursing standards of practice as per licensure.
• Communicate physician orders and ensure proper implementation by all caregivers.
• Respond promptly to resident events and incidents and initiate investigations as needed.
• Attend in-service education to stay current in the profession.
• Conduct weekly skin checks and document findings.

Job description

Theprimary purpose of the Licensed Practical Nurse position is to provide directnursing care to residents as a member of an interdisciplinary team of careproviders and to plan, supervise and evaluate the day-to-day nursing activitiesperformed by nursing assistants.

·Plan,assign, supervise and evaluate all responsibilities to be performed by membersof the nursing staff under your supervision, so that care and services areprovided on the basis of staff qualifications, resident acuity, required dutiesand physical layout of the facility.

·Provideleadership, mentoring and guidance to associates for whom you are responsible.

·Asrequested by the Director of Nursing or designee, assist in reviewingdepartment policies, procedures and job descriptions and making recommendationsfor revisions.

·Implementand monitor compliance with all established policies and procedures.

·Meetregularly with your assigned nursing staff and support personnel to plan andcommunicate appropriate care-related services and activities for yourresidents, communicate residents’ concerns and needs and discuss other vitalinformation related to resident care and facility practices. Develop staffassignments as indicated.

·Cooperatewith other resident services to ensure that residents’ individual care plansare being followed.

·Participatein the facility’s quality improvement to discuss resident, personnel andfacility related business.

·Meetwith other nursing service and facility personnel on a regularly scheduledbasis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas and/or improveservices.

·Reviewcomplaints made by your assigned personnel and communicate such information tothe Director of Nursing or designee, as appropriate.

·Participatein facility surveys made by authorized regulatory agencies.

·Participatein the admission, transfer and discharge of residents as required.

·Implementand maintain established facility objectives, consistent with federal and statelicensure regulations and nursing standards of practice.

·Followthe facility’s policies and procedures governing the provision of direct careto residents, including the administration of medications, treatments and othercare in accordance with physicians’ orders and the residents’ care plans.

·Performcontinual observation and evaluation of each resident’s physical, mental,cognitive and emotional status and Director of Nursing or designee, to theattending physician and to the resident’s responsible party, according tofacility policy and protocol.

·Communicatetimely with physicians and/or nurse practitioners related to resident careneeds and concerns. Be responsible to properly implement and communicate toother caregivers all physician &/or nurse practitioner orders.

·Respondimmediately to resident events, accidents, incidents and/or allegations ofresident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of property. Perform an assessment of the involvedresident(s) and provide emergency intervention as required. Notify the Director of Nursing or designee,the Administrator (as appropriate), the resident’s attending physician and theresident’s responsible party when the resident is involved in anaccident/incident. Initiate an immediate investigation of theaccident/incident/unusual circumstance, when indicated, and in accordance withfacility policy & procedures.

·Attendin-service education programs in order to stay current in your profession andpractice and meet facility educational requirements.

·Conductweekly skin checks and document/report findings to unit manager.

Benefits offered includes PTO, medical, vision, dental, HSA, 401(k), STD, life insurance and RAIN early payday options.