Practical Nursing Specialist

Bethesda Brings out the Best in Talented, Caring People!

At Bethesda, more than 1,200 employees dedicate their careers to improving the lives of others.

As a team member at Bethesda, you'll enjoy great benefits such as: 403b, daily pay, bonuses, career advancement opportunities, and holiday pay.

Medical, dental, vision, prescription, and life insurance available for regular status full and part time employees.

Summary

Assigns staff according to policies and works to ensure equal distribution of assigned duties. Supports teamwork and works to encourages staff to provide resident care properly and in an acceptable time frame. Completes rounds to assess residents and resident care. Identifies and reports concerns and needs to appropriate staff members in a professional and timely manner. Receives report from assigned charge nurses in a timely manner and completes a shift report for the Director of Nursing. Appropriately manages staff and disciplines staff members as necessary. When appropriate, assists employees in resolving unsatisfactory performance and behavior issues in a positive and constructive manner, ensuring appropriate behaviors are explained and the expected standard of performance is communicated. Empower staff members by promoting responsibility, accountability, and autonomy to enhance resident care. Ensures standards of patient care are utilized and delegates responsibilities as defined by policy or necessary to ensure appropriate resident care. From resident assessment, reviews and revises the care plan needs, problems and goal changes with the Charge Nurses. Identifies necessary and appropriate nursing interventions pertinent to the plan of care. Implements and documents all resident/family teaching relevant to health care needs and ensures understanding of the teaching. Actively participates in the direct delivery of patient care. Answer residents call light and assists with resident ADL’s as needed. Completes rounds to ensure that residents are receiving the appropriate nursing care in an appropriate time frame. Ensures that a safe, comfortable, clean environment is maintained. Completes monthly QAPI, daily nursing labor forms for Administration, and monitors pharmacy recommendations monthly. Attend Team Leader meetings twice per month and CNA meetings monthly. Maintains working knowledge of emergency procedures and demonstrates awareness of safety issues relevant to patient and employee safety. Handles crisis situations in a prompt, precise and professional manner. Coordinates activities and assignments throughout the facility to ensure appropriate functioning of each neighborhood. Analyzes problems, offers recommendations, and initiates problem resolution in a professional and timely manner. Investigates employee concerns or incidents and takes the appropriate action. Communicates to the Director of Nursing action taken and seeks advice in necessary situations. May be assigned other duties as appropriate.

Job Qualifications

• Current LPN in the state you will be working
• Two years long-term care supervisory experience preferred
• Three to five years long-term care experience or similar nursing experience
• Excellent communication skills to interact verbally with residents, visitors and staff
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, manage time and organize daily schedule to meet productivity standards
• Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time
• Ability to lift heavy objects using proper lifting techniques and with assistance as necessary
• Ability to transfer and move residents who vary with ability to assist weighing 200+lbs using proper lifting techniques and with assistance as necessary
• Ability to push and pull equipment weighing in excess of 40lbs using proper techniques and with assistance as necessary
• Manual dexterity, coordination and skillful use of hands when working with residents and equipment
• Ability to perform necessary documentation
• Visual acuity
• Must be able to manage a diversity of activities

Pay range : $59,810 - $94,539 annually