LPN Part-time EOW 7:00am -3:00pm and 3:00pm - 11:00pm (Assisted Living)

Maryland Masonic Homes has an immediate opening for Part-time16 EOW LPN's for Assisted Living Unit ,

Candidates must hold an active CPR and First Aid certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) or an AHA-approved training provider.

Candidate must submit a resume to be considered.

Schedule: 7:00am-3:00pm and 3:00pm-11:00pm

Week1: Sunday

Week2: Saturday

Supervisory Responsibility:

• Nursing and Nursing Assistants

Essential Duties/Major Accountabilities:

• Assists with direct day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants, certified medicine aides, medication techs in accordance with current rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the Assisted Living facility.
• Cooperates with other resident services to ensure that the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
• Assesses and ensures that all frontline nursing staff are following their respective job descriptions.
• Performs administrative duties such as completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, disciplinary tools, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Participates in the maintenance of the facility’s Quality Improvement program.
• Participates in surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as needed.
• Makes written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift as required to the Assisted Living Manager.
• Periodically reviews the department’s policies/procedures, job descriptions, etc., makes recommendations for revisions to the supervisor.
• Meets with nursing staff as well as support personnel, in planning the shifts services, programs, and activities.
• Admits, transfers, and discharges residents as required, in accordance with policy.
• Fills out and completes accident/incident reports, per policy.
• Completes 24 hour report daily per established procedures.
• Charts all accidents/incidents involving the residents and follows established procedures.
• Educates resident/family to promote compliance to treatment plan.
• Interacts with attending physicians in reviewing treatment plans, records and signs their orders, progress notes, etc., in accordance with established policies.
• Charts nurses’ notes in an informative, compete and descriptive manner that reflects resident status, the care provide to the resident, the resident’s response to the care per policy.
• Monitors resident fluid balance per policy.
• Completes required record keeping forms/charts upon the resident’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
• Records and processes new/changed diet orders per protocol.
• Transcribes physician’s orders per facility protocol.
• Reports all discrepancies noted concerning physician’s orders, diet change, charting error, etc., to the Assisted Living Manager.
• Performs routine charting duties as required in accordance with established Charting and Documentation Policies and Procedures.
• Signs and dates all entries made in the resident’s medical record.
• Prepares and administers medications as ordered by the physician, per policy.
• Orders medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, and in accordance with our established policies.
• Ensures that an adequate supply of floor stock medications, supplies, and equipment are on hand to meet the needs of the residents.
• Completes the narcotic records and necessary documentation as required by regulation and policy.
• Disposes of drugs and narcotics as required, and in accordance with established procedures.
• Reviews EMAR/ETAR for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of the physician’s order, and adherence to stop order policies.
• Notifies the Assisted Living Manager of all drug and narcotic discrepancies noted on your shift.
• Informs the Assisted Living Manager/on-call personnel of staffing needs when assigned personnel fail to report to work.
• Assists in development of work assignments, and/or assist in completing and performing such tasks.
• Makes several rounds of the Nursing unit per shift.
• Reviews complaints and grievances made or filed by subordinates. Makes appropriate reports to the Assisted Living Manager if unable to immediately resolve.
• Develops and maintains a good working rapport with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to assure that Nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meets with shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly schedule basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Reviews and evaluates the performance of subordinates as directed and makes recommendations to the Assisted Living Manager.
• Participated in determining your shifts staffing requirements, employee performance evaluations, and making recommendations to the Assisted Living Manager concerning employee dismissal, transfer, etc.
• Gives/receives the nursing report upon reporting in and ending shift duty hours.
• Makes rounds with physicians as necessary.
• Implements and maintains established nursing objectives and standards.
• Makes periodic checks to evaluate the resident’s physical and emotional status.
• Reviews the Maryland Masonic Homes Nursing Policy Procedures as needed.
• Requests and arranges for diagnostic and therapeutic services, as ordered by the physician and in accordance with established procedures.
• Meets with residents, and/or family members, as necessary. Reports problem areas to the supervisor.
• Carries out restorative and rehabilitative programs, to include self-help and care. (LTC)
• Inspects the Nursing treatment areas daily to ensure that they are maintained in a clean and safe manner.
• Notifies the resident’s attending physician, Delegating Nurse, Assisted Living Manager, and Responsible Party with a change in the resident’s condition/status.
• Works with the facility’s consultants and implement changes after review with the physician.
• Monitors seriously ill residents as necessary.
• Notifies physician, Nursing Administration and the Responsible party upon the death of a resident.
• Participates in the orientation of new employees to your shift, its policies and procedures, and to his/her job position and duties.
• Attends and participates in continuing educational programs to keep abreast of change in the profession as well as to maintain required licensure.
• Monitors assigned area’s compliance to the facilities safety regulations established for the use of equipment and supplies.
• Ensures that assigned work areas (i.e., nurses’ stations, medicine, rooms, etc.) are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
• Ensures that assigned unit’s resident care areas, treatment areas, etc., are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
• Ensures that assigned unit’s nursing personnel follow established departmental policies and procedures, including dress codes.
• Ensures that assigned unit’s personnel participate in and conduct all fire safety and disaster preparedness drills in a safe and professional manner.
• Participates in the maintenance of the infection control program for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases among the residents and personnel.
• Ensures that assigned unit’s personnel follow established infection control procedures when isolation precautions become necessary.
• Participates in the development, and maintenance of the procedures for reporting hazardous conditions or equipment.
• Ensures that assigned unit’s personnel follow established hand washing techniques in the administering of nursing care procedures.
• Recommends to the Assisted Living Manager equipment and supply needs of assigned unit.
• Assures that a stock of medications, medical supplies, equipment, etc., is maintained on assigned unit at all times to adequately meet the needs of the residents.
• Participates in the application of the developed procedures for the safe operation of all Nursing equipment. Reports malfunctioning equipment promptly.
• Ensures that only trained and authorized personnel operate your unit’s equipment.
• Ensures that all personnel operating Nursing equipment in a safe manner.
• Monitors nursing procedures to ensure that nursing supplies are used in an efficient manner to avoid waste.
• Informs the Delegating nurse and Assisted Living Manager of any changes that need to be made on the service plan.
• Ensures that assigned nurses’ notes reflect that the service plan is being implemented/followed.
• Reviews resident service plan for appropriate resident goals, problems, and approaches.
• Revises service plan as needed.
• Ensures that assigned unit’s nursing assistants are aware of the resident service plan and that they are used in the delivery of daily care.
• Maintains the confidentiality of all resident care information.HIPPA.
• Monitors nursing care to assure that all residents are treated fairly, and with kindness, dignity and respect.
• Ensures that all nursing care is provided in privacy and that nursing service personnel knock before entering the resident’s room.
• Ensures that all nursing service personnel are knowledgeable of the residents’ rights.
• Observes standard precautions and ensures that all nursing personnel do also.
• Participates in resident/family meetings as needed.
• Responds to emergencies in all parts of facility (including Grand Lodge) for all residents, employees and visitors.
• Ensures that weekly, daily and monthly resident weights are obtained and recorded as ordered/scheduled.
• Monitors all treatments and medications ordered by the physician. Assures that all are still necessary and relevant to the resident’s currents status.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time.

Minimum Required Qualifications :

• Must be a graduate of an accredited LPN/RN school.
• Minimum of one year long term care experience preferred.

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Licensed Nurse in Maryland.
• Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
• Must possess the ability to make nursing decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members,
• visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.
• Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as
• laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
• Must be willing to learn leadership and supervisory skills and possess the willingness to
• work harmoniously with professional and non-professional personnel.
• Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the
• programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc., that are necessary for
• providing quality care.
• Must possess current CPR certificate.
• Must possess basic computer knowledge
• 8 hours Dementia Training within 90 days of employment.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle challenging residents.
• Must be willing to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing nursing procedures.
• Must be able to accurately relate information concerning a resident’s condition.
• Must attend all mandatory inservices.
• Must be able to meet the standards of the MMH MVP Customer Service Program.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to cope with the mental emotional stress of the position.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must function independently, and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel and support agencies.
• Must be able to lift, push, pull and move equipment, supplies, etc. in excess of 50 pounds.
• Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents.
• Works in office areas as well as throughout the nursing services area (i.e. medication rooms, nurse’s station, resident rooms, etc.)
• Sits, stands, bends, lifts and moves intermittently during working hours.
• Is subject to frequent interruptions.
• Communicates with medical staff, nursing personnel, and other department employees.
• May be subject to mandatory overtime as conditions warrant.
• Attends and participates in continuing educational programs.
• Subject to falls, injuries, odors, etc., throughout the workday.
• Subject to exposure to infection waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
• Maintain a liaison with residents, their families, support departments, etc., to adequately plan for the residents needs.
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times, hostile situations within the facility.
  

This is an hourly position, rate is based on license issue date. Hourly rate is $33.00-$53.08.

This part-time position is only eligible to participate in the EAP Benefit

Come join our exciting team!.