AL - LPN

Nursing Care Coordinator

Evaluates residents' needs, condition, and care and assists the care plan coordinator in developing nursing care plans for individual residents.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Carries out administrative and resident care duties as directed.
• Periodically reviews ECC service plans with ECC supervisor and other health team members. Attends service plan meetings as needed.
• Completes monthly summaries on each resident.
• Takes and transcribes physicians' orders to resident medication sheet, treatment sheets, diet list, etc. in consultation with DON.
• Admits new residents by observing their needs and reviewing physician orders.
• Sends diet orders to dietary department.
• Assembles resident's charts, attaching required forms.
• Requisitions supplies, equipment, linens, emergency drugs, etc. to meet unit needs. Sees that equipment is in good working order, in consultation with DON and Administrator.
• Evaluate/reprimand C.N.A.'s as needed.
• Perform physical assessment on ALF and independent residents per physician order and/or following incidents or activation of emergency call light.
• Abide by department policies and procedures and interprets them to personnel, residents, medical staff and public.
• Gives/receives the nursing report upon report as well as counting of Narcotics upon beginning and ending shift duty hours.
• Answers telephone inquires.
• Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, in accordance with established ALF policies.
• Requisition and arranges for diagnostic and therapeutic services as ordered by ALF resident's physician.
• Completes unit or medical chart forms as required.
• Assist in scheduling appointments and arrangements for transportation of ALF residents to other departments or facilities and clinics for diagnostic, therapeutic, dental or medical services in consultation with DON.
• Discharge or transfer residents, making necessary arrangements, and completing necessary forms per facility policy, re: giving discharge instructions to the resident or responsible party; completing discharge nurses summary; disposing the meds in an appropriate manner.
• May assist in on-the-job orientation, instruction and supervision of nursing personnel.
• Maintain a professional attitude at all times on the unit and a professional approach towards nursing care and personnel.
• Notify ALF Administrator when a resident is transferred to another facility, discharged, or expires.
• Assure that established infection control and universal precautions are maintained when performing duties.
• Follow up with new orders, labs, x-ray, or other diagnostic exams done on a day to day basis.
• Prefill medication box for ALF residents and/or administer medications per physician orders.
• Assist with resident transfers from one level of care to another within the OLT complex.
• Documentation of all activities, writing of incident reports, and subsequent follow-up as needed, and providing a detailed report at the end of each shift for the next nurse to be aware of situations that may occur and have occurred.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements, skills, abilities and other attributes include:

• Must be a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Florida.
• Must have HIV/AIDS training per state guidelines.
• Familiar with and abides by ALF and CCRC regulations.
• Must have ECC training or be available to attend classes.
• Ability to read, write and speak the English language in an understandable manner and to be able to carefully follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift and move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Maintain good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.
• Ability to manage and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position accordingly.
• Work closely with ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people.
• Assume the responsibility for maintaining professional competence through participation in programs, seminars, and/or training.
• Willing to work beyond the normal working hours, on weekends, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary.
• Ability to handle department equipment according to standard procedures.
• Ability to work effectively with residents, staff, and visitors with flexibility, personal integrity, sensitivity, and discretion at all times.
• Reports all accidents and incidents to supervisor no matter how minor they may be.
• Attends and participates in in-service classes, on-the-job programs, etc. as scheduled and directed.
• Honor the Residents' Rights policies at all times.
• Maintains and protect the privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) per the company's HIPAA medical privacy policy.
• Be expected (and required) to perform any task in a safe, sanitary and efficient manner in accordance with established procedures.
• Follows facility safety program.
• Assumes accountability for data contained in the Employee Handbook.
• Any exposure to blood or body fluids that contain visible blood must be reported to supervisor on the shift in which the incident occurs.
• Be familiar with universal precautions (i.e. frequent hand washing, using gloves, etc.).
• Understand that this position contains Category I tasks that may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues.
• Ability to understand and use universal precautions and appropriate protective measures, which are readily available to every employee, engaged in Category I tasks.
• Ability to perform all functions of the job classification without posing a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.

This list of functions, duties, responsibilities, and skills is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employer reserves the right to assign additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.