LPN

Park View; Oshkosh (WI); Vor Ort; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Park View Health Center in Oshkosh, WI is seeking a registered nurse to provide skilled nursing care and assessments for residents, in a multi-disciplinary team, aligned with Park View Health Center's policies and procedures.

You will supervise CNAs, manage medications, document in medical records, and participate in admission, transfer and discharge processes, ensuring resident safety and quality of life.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in geriatric nursing field is desirable.
• Delivers skilled nursing care and administers medications as ordered.
• Documents resident assessments and communication with the medical team.

Aufgaben

• Delivers skilled nursing care, administers medications, and transcribes orders.
• Directs CNAs and delegates direct nursing care tasks.
• Completes accurate nursing assessments and documents changes in condition.
• Maintains professional communication with physicians and care team.
• Participates in admissions, transfers, and discharge processes.

Kenntnisse

Nursing care

Medication administration

Documentation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Team leadership

Assessments

Jobbeschreibung

JOB REQUIREMENTS: PURPOSE AND SUMMARY: Ensures that each resident receives the necessary care and services, through a multi-disciplinary approach, to attain or maintain their highest practicable physical, mental and psychological well-being. Provides residents with the nursing care and assessment for establishing interventions within a plan of care and an environment which promotes maintenance or enhancement of their quality of life; all in accordance with Park View Health Center's policies and procedures, Federal and State regulations, the Nurse Practice Act, Standards or Nursing Practice, and the nursing assessment process. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 1. Delivers skilled nursing care, administers medications as ordered, transcribes physician orders, and ensures that direct care is provided skillfully, safely, completely and accurately. 2. Manages, directs, and provides assignments to the certified nursing assistants by providing guidance-driven leadership in delegating direct nursing care tasks as appropriate. This includes assigning neighborhood tasks, monitoring the productive work flow of the neighborhood to ensure resident care is completed, providing clear communication with appropriate direction to the neighborhood team of CNAs, and providing follow-up guidance with education as needed. 3. Completes accurate nursing assessments in a timely manner. Identifies resident changes in condition, and directly assesses and observes residents with a change in condition. Documents within the medical record the observation and assessment of the resident change in condition. Communicates concerns to a Registered Nurse Supervisor to ensure acute conditions are assessed by an RN. Follows up with appropriate changes to nursing short term care plan and nursing comprehensive care plan. Completes follow-up assessments for identified resident and neighborhood concerns. ADDITIONAL ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 1. Accurately and timely documents resident assessments, pertinent resident focused information, weekly resident progress notes, resident/POAHC/Guardian notification, and notification of the resident's physician/physician extender within each resident medical record. 2. Critically thinks through resident concerns and forms problem-solving solutions by identifying interventions on resident short-term care plans, consulting with interdisciplinary team members, discussing concerns directly with residents and resident family members, and offering assessment information to RN neighborhood supervisors or the RN shift supervisor for further assessment for care planning interventions. 3. Maintains effective and professional communication with physicians, physician extenders, community healthcare entities (hospitals, clinics etc.), all interdisciplinary departments, supervisor's and administration to provide assessment information and communicates requests for consultation or guidance for resident focused concerns and changes in condition. 4. Understands the nursing department chain of command and reports acute incidences or concerns in a timely manner to RN Shift Supervisor and the RN Neighborhood Supervisor, if applicable. 5. Demonstrates ability to organize and prioritize daily assignments by effectively completing assigned nursing tasks within scheduled shift to include medication pass, resident assessments, documentation and transcription of physician orders. 6. Accurately and thoroughly completes transcription of newly signed physician orders, physician visits, consultant visits and documents the information within the resident's medical record. 7. Demonstrates flexibility in work hours and work assignments as assigned by maintaining the ability to adapt to a changing work environment and frequent interruptions. Staff nurses will work every-other-weekend and be assigned to a Holiday rotation schedule. 8. Monitors neighborhood supplies used for resident care to ensure appropriate quantities are maintained within each neighborhood, this includes but is not limited to; medications, skin or wound care supplies, tube feeding or oral nutritional supplements, foley catheters, and adaptive equipment. 9. Completes consents for medications and safety equipment by delivering education and obtaining signature from the consenting party. 10. Thoroughly assesses resident vital signs, labs, diagnostic tests, and consultation reports for acute concerns and will communicate concerns to primary physicians. 11. Participates in the admission, transfer, and discharge process for residents. 12. Functions as a resident advocate and responding promptly to requests and concerns. 13. Assists certified nursing assistants with resident direct care as needed, including but not limited to; transfer assistance, meal-time assistance, and obtaining vital signs. 14. Supports guidance and education in policy and procedure to prevent and prohibit mistreatment, neglect and abuse of residents or misappropriation of resident's property. 15. Demonstrates a professional demeanor by maintaining a positive and cooperative attitude towards assigned duties and responsibilities; exhibiting poise during stressful situations or incidences; delivering courteous effective communication with residents, visitors, all employees, interdisciplinary team members, supervisors and administration; and accepting of guidance, education and direction from nursing management 16. Performs other related duties as may be assigned. 17. OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: Experience in geriatric nursing field is desirable.