Licensed Practical Nurse (Full-Time & Relief)

The Salvation Army USA Eastern Territory; Glendale (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Glendale, NY, is seeking a licensed nurse to manage nursing care for MR/DD individuals. Responsibilities include evaluating and providing nursing services, developing care plans, and ensuring the safety and well-being of residents. The ideal candidate will have experience in community residences or nursing homes and hold CPR certification. Join our mission-oriented team to make a difference in people's lives.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice nursing in New York State.
• Experience with MR/DD individuals preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills with residents and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage the nursing care of individuals requiring assistance.
• Evaluate client needs for care and provide nursing services.
• Develop and review written nursing plans for each client.
• Monitor medication effects and ensure compliance.
• Ensure the physical safety and hygiene of clients.

Skills

Licensed by NYS Dept. of Education

Experience in community residence and nursing homes

CPR certifications

Job description

Manage the nursing care of individual, including determining the need for immediate physician attention, the execution of medical orders of the physician or dentist and the coordination of the individual's nursing care in relation to routine facility activities and the individual's comprehensive treatment plans. Responsible for overall medical, dental, and nutritional care of all MR/DD individuals residing in facility. Adherence to applicable regulations and review of resident progress as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates each client’s need for nursing care on a periodic and continuing basis, and when appropriate provide such care under the supervision of RN and QIDP.
• Such services include control of communicable diseases and infection through identification and assessment, reporting to medical authorities, implementation of appropriate protective and preventive measures.
• Develops a written nursing plan for each client requiring nursing care as part of individual program plan.
• Reviews each client’s plan in terms of the clients’ daily needs at least quarterly, and more frequently for those with an acute or chronic condition requiring treatment or surveillance by a physician or other health professional.
• Modifies nursing plan as necessary.
• Monitors the effects of medication and makes periodic checks to assure that clients are taking prescribed medications, that prescriptions are taken as necessary, that outdated and discontinued drugs are disposed properly.
• Make periodic checks to ensure that clients are maintaining an adequate level of personal hygiene.
• Secure the services of the clients' physician for illness or injury and for continuing and preventive health services.
• Arranges all medical, dental appointments and hospital admissions.
• Promptly informs Program Manager/RN of any serious incident, car violations, or resident and staff rights per established policies.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Performs focused interview to identify specific patient’s needs.
• Assesses signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the individual’s condition.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from records and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
• Records on the individual's medical records nursing observations and action taken, such as nursing care given, medications and treatments given, reactions to treatments, tests, the intake and output of fluids and solids and the individual’s vital signs. Records nursing needs of individuals.
• Works harmoniously and cooperatively with all consulting and/or contracted medical services to ensure recommended treatments are carried out, integrated and documented into the treatment plans.
• Insures that the inventory standards for medicines, solutions, supplies and equipment are maintained to meet nursing care needs.
• Accounts for the issuance of controlled drugs and narcotics and inventories of these drugs.
• Insures the physical safety and security of the individuals by assessing the individual's ability to maintain their own safety and by taking precautionary measures necessary to safeguard the individual from self-inflicted injury or environmental hazards. This includes protection from health hazards such as transmission of infectious organisms, isolation of infected individuals, and use of sterilized equipment when necessary.
• Provides appropriate information to the individual and family about sustaining and preventive health care, personal hygiene, methods of family or self-treatments, self-medication and possible side effects of medications.
• Serves as a liaison, interpreter, or accompaniment to individuals with outside providers of health services.
• May train direct support professional staff by demonstrations and provision of written and oral instructions in the performance of nursing techniques and the use of certain nursing equipment.
• Carries all policies of the agency issued management in accordance with OPWDD and/or other funding agency guidelines.
• The essential functions of the job include but are not limited to the duties listed in the job description.

Qualifications

• Experience in community residence and/or nursing homes a plus.
• Licensed by NYS Dept. of Education.
• CPR certifications preferred.
• Has respect and consideration for the resident being served.