Licensed Practical Nurse

Van Wert Works; Contact (NV); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Van Wert Works in Ohio seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse to oversee and coordinate nursing care in line with facility policies and residents' needs. The LPN may work under RN supervision and will be part of a collaborative health care team.

The role includes administering medications, monitoring vital signs, charting changes, and providing direct care. On-site, full-time position at Homestead at Towne Center with responsibilities across resident care.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in nursing required.
• CPR certification within 90 days after hire.
• Ohio LPN license in good standing required.

Responsibilities

• Administers medications and notes times and amounts.
• Observes and reports changes in residents' conditions.
• Answers calls and assists residents.
• Measures and records vital signs.
• Provides basic resident care and treatments.
• Collaborates with health care team to plan and modify care.
• Evaluates intervention outcomes with team.
• Uses equipment like catheters or oxygen supplies.

Skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Observation

Documentation

Professionalism

Stress tolerance

Patient safety

Education

Associate degree in nursing

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Summary

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.

Location

Homestead at Towne Center
240 Towne Center Blvd
Van Wert, OH 45891

Licensed Practical 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

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Associate’s 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

• Knowledge of medical principles (symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health care).
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local regulations
• Knowledge of therapy methods and procedures
• Oral and written communication skills
• Critical thinking and complex problem solving skills
• Customer service skills
• Skills to observe resident condition
• Must display professionalism, initiative, positive attitude, and concern for others
• Must be stress tolerant, self-motivated, cooperative, team-oriented, and dependable.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

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.

• Stand, traverse, ascend/descend stairs, move/transport carts weighing over 100 pounds, transport tools/equipment, grasp and manipulate tools/equipment to set up. Occasionally move equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Move resident as necessary, stretch, bend, stoop, squat, twist, crouch, kneel, and balance to access all resident body parts, observe skin color, detect vital signs and equipment alarms/messages.
• Operate computer, read, remain in a stationary position, converse with others.
• Legibly complete forms; perform data entry of information. Remain in a stationary position for extended periods.
• Converse with others, write legibly, read and comprehend written/verbal information. Communicate instructions or demonstrate tasks.
• Lift and carry up to 35 pounds frequently; up to 75 pounds occasionally.
• Stand and walk frequently, sit for extended periods; simple grasp; fine hand manipulation; near vision; far vision; hear conversation; speak.

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