Licensed Practical Nurse Job at Easterseals Arkansas (Little Rock)

Job Description

To deliver care to individuals in an ICF/IID residential setting utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation and in collaboration with other professional disciplines to ensure effective care delivery and achievement of desired outcomes of individuals served.

Job Responsibility

Consults and coordinates with health care team to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual’s nursing care plan
Ensures physician orders are properly documented and followed accurately
Draws labs as ordered by physician and documents in accordance with policies and procedures
Provides nursing care according to policies and procedures in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act and with the Office of Long Term Care regulations for ICF/IID facilities
Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, or through an IV) and records prescribed medications
Follows procedures for counting, documenting, and storing medications, including narcotics, received from the pharmacy and from the individual’s parent/guardian upon admission and/or return to the facility
Follows procedures for counting, documenting, and disposing of medications, including narcotics
Documents and reports adverse reactions to medications or treatments to Medical Director or designee, DON and Director/Administrator as defined in policies and procedures
Records and reports medication errors and incidents/accidents as soon as made aware of the error, incident, or accident
Records an individual’s medical information, change in status, and vitals when there is an emergent change in the individual’s status. Reports emergent changes in individual’s status to the Medical Director or designee, On-Call RN, and Director/Administrator
Completes and documents assessment of individual prior to individual leaving the facility and when the individual returns to the facility and when there is an incident/accident involving the individual
Accurately charts response to plan of care and care given in the medical record including monthly vitals of individual. Maintains the medical record of individual served
Assists Habilitation staff, as needed, in providing personal care (changing, bathing, feeding, etc.) to individuals
Assists, as needed, in transporting (driving ESA van or riding with individual) individuals for clinic appointments and hospitalizations
Adheres to and enforces facility infection control policies and procedures
Protects and promotes rights of individuals served
Communicates with families of individuals served, other staff, physicians, pharmacies, other facilities, and support organizations in person and by telephone as individuals' needs and condition warrants
Reports concerns that may significantly impact care of individuals served, safety and security to the DON
Provides nursing functions at Butler Adult Living Center as assigned

Requirements

Degree from an accredited LPN program and current LPN License
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills
Excellent organizational skills
Excellent written and verbal communication
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with individuals receiving services with diverse ability levels and employees with diverse experience and knowledge levels
Ability to be self-directed, creative and to take initiative
Demonstrated commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness
Current Nursing License by the AR State Board of Nursing
Valid Arkansas Driver's License
Ability to lift twenty (20 pounds)
Moving, lifting, or transferring of individuals with assists (2 or 3 person) for individuals weighing thirty (30) pounds or more unless documented differently in individual health care record

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