PRN - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 2nd shift (2pm - 10pm)

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY; Prattville (AL); On-site; USD 3,857,000 - 4,408,000; Full time

Job summary

GOEBEL FIXTURE COMPANY is seeking an RN/LPN supervisor in Prattville, AL to lead nursing assistants and deliver direct resident care in a long-term care setting. You will ensure adherence to policies, administer medications, and support daily living activities while coordinating shifts and care plans.

A licensed Nursing Degree or LPN/LVN diploma is required, with prior acute or long-term care experience. The role emphasizes patient safety, regulatory compliance, and compassionate resident

Qualifications

• Must possess a Nursing Degree or be a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN training program with active license.
• Prior experience in hospital, skilled nursing facility, or related medical facility.
• Ability to relate to ill, elderly, and emotionally upset individuals, and work with diverse staff.

Responsibilities

• Directs day-to-day functions of nursing assistants to ensure policy compliance.
• Administers medications and nursing procedures following orders and maintains narcotic records.
• Monitors residents' daily living activities and coordinates schedules to support activities and church services.
• Documentation: nursing notes, care plans, and responses to care, with signed entries.
• Ensure adequate supplies and maintain clean, safe, sanitary care environments.
• Coordinate shift planning and communicate care plan changes to staff.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Direct patient care

Team supervision

Regulatory compliance

Education

Nursing degree

LPN/LVN diploma

Tools

Healthcare software

Job description

• Location 2102 Summit Pkwy,Prattville, AL, 36066,United States
• Base Pay $29.50 / Hour
• Employee Type PRN
• Manage Others Yes

Contact information

• Name Corrina Redd
• Phone [phone]
• Email [e-mail]

Description

Core Duties:

• Directs the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care facility. Ensures the work assignments are developed and completed, and that all nursing personnel comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility. Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment through the unit and shift.
• Administers medications and performs treatments and nursing procedures according to established policies and procedures and nursing standards of care and ensures that all physician/consultant orders and changes to orders are followed. Ensures that narcotic records are accurate for the shift and notifies the Nursing Supervisor of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted.
• Monitors the activities of daily living of residents in relation to the normal aging and/or disease process through assessments of mental status, physical condition and psychological well-being. Encourages residents to participate in and coordinates and adjusts schedules to ensure that residents can attend church services and activities.
• Charts nurses’ notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and that the care plan is being followed, as well as the residents’ response to the care and ensures that all entries are signed and dated. Performs other administrative duties such as completing medical forms evesaluations, studies, reports, etc. and any required filing. Reports all discrepancies noted concerning physician’s orders, diet change, charting error, etc., to the Director of Nursing.
• Ensures that there is an adequate quantity of supplies readily available to personnel and that the assigned work areas, resident care rooms, treatment areas and common areas are maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner.
• Communicates with assigned staff in planning the shifts services, programs and activities and in changes in resident care plans, diet changes, etc.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university, or be a
  graduate of an approved LPN/LVN training program and possess a current, unencumbered,
  active license to practice as an LPN in our state.
• Prior experience in a hospital, skilled nursing care facility, or other related medical facility.
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times,
  hostile people within the facility.
• Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work
  effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must have the ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to lift, push, pull of move 50 lbs
  on a regular basis and 100 lbs occasionally.

It is highly likely that while performing functions assigned to this position, you will be exposed to blood or body fluid

Summary

The primary purpose of this position is to provide direct nursing care and support to the residents in accordance with our company’s established policies, nursing procedures and team standards, and to supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. Such supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing to ensure the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.