Licensed Practical Nurse Baylor shift *New Pay Rate*

Rest Haven Health; Mississippi; On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Rest Haven Health is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide direct nursing care to residents as part of an interdisciplinary team of care providers, and to plan, supervise and evaluate day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants.

You will plan, assign, supervise, and evaluate nursing staff, provide leadership and guidance, review policies, ensure compliance, coordinate with other services, participate in quality improvement, and assist in admissions and transfers.

Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, supervise and evaluate nursing staff responsibilities under supervision to ensure care is based on qualifications, acuity, and facility layout.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and guidance to associates under your supervision.
• Assist in reviewing department policies, procedures and job descriptions and make recommendations for revisions.
• Implement and monitor compliance with all established policies and procedures.
• Meet regularly with assigned nursing staff and support personnel to plan and communicate care-related services and activities for residents.
• Cooperate with other resident services to ensure that residents’ individual care plans are followed.
• Participate in the facility’s quality improvement to discuss resident, personnel and facility related business.
• Meet with other nursing service and facility personnel regularly to identify and correct problem areas and/or improve services.
• Review complaints made by your assigned personnel and communicate such information to the Director of Nursing or designee, as appropriate.
• Participate in facility surveys made by authorized regulatory agencies.
• Participate in the admission, transfer and discharge of residents as required.

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.

JOBDUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

AdministrativeFunctions

• 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.