LPN - Night Shift

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Indiana Veteran's Home

Facility: A 4 unit, 212 bed full-service care facility including long term care, memory care, short-term rehabilitation and senior independent living.

Duties:

• Administering medications and treatments
• Providing personal care to residents
• Answering calls for assistance
• Documenting care
• Assisting with new employee orientation
• Participating in resident care planning
• Transcribing physician orders
• Maintaining controlled substance numbers
• Scheduling resident appointments with physicians and other specialists
• Administering and recording employee health testing results

Nonessential duties:

• Providing 1:1 staffing as needed
• Assisting with resident activities
• Responding to codes and providing care as needed

Requirements:

• Must be licensed as a LPN in Indiana
• Maintain first aid, mantoux and CPR certification
• Ability to understand and communicate with residents
• Ability to use medical equipment
• Ability to provide safe, efficient resident care
• Complete all required inservice training
• Ability to prioritize workload
• Be flexible
• Assess residents
• Administer medications and treatments safely
• Document in a legible manner

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• May assign and review work of nursing attendants
• Reports to the Nursing Unit Manager

Difficulty of Work:

Work involves complex judgement decisions, based on standard policies, procedures and sound nursing practices.

Responsibility:

Work is of moderate complexity, requiring judgement to determine the best application of specialized knowledge.

Personal Work Relationships:

Interacts with residents, professional and non-professional staff, residents' families, visitors, volunteers and staff from other facilities.

Physical Effort:

Must be able to walk and stand for long periods of time, assist with lifting and transferring residents, from 100 to 500+ pounds, using a gait belt or other accepted practices, or with a mechanical device.

Working Conditions:

Work is generally on a nursing care unit, may be exposed to body fluids and cleaning chemicals, may be exposed to violent residents.