Licensed Practical Nurse Baylor shift *New Pay Rate*

Rest haven health and rehab; Ripley (MS); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Rest-Haven-Health-and-Rehab seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide direct nursing care as part of an interdisciplinary team, guiding nursing assistants and coordinating daily activities in a facility setting.

The role emphasizes leadership, policy implementation, care planning, and quality improvement, focusing on resident safety and comfort within the facility. Collaboration with the Director of Nursing and other departments is essential to ensure compliant, high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Plan, assign, supervise and evaluate nursing tasks by staff to match qualifications, acuity, duties, and facility layout.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and guidance to associates under your supervision.
• Assist in reviewing policies, procedures and job descriptions; suggest revisions.
• Implement and monitor compliance with all policies and procedures.
• Meet regularly with nursing staff and support personnel to plan and communicate care services; address residents' concerns and assign staff.
• Cooperate with other resident services to ensure residents' care plans are followed.
• Participate in quality improvement discussions on residents, personnel and facility matters.
• Meet with nursing and facility personnel regularly to identify and fix issues and improve services.
• Review complaints from assigned personnel and report to the Director of Nursing.
• Participate in facility surveys by regulatory agencies.
• Participate in 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.