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SalaryYou will provide person-centered, individualized, and clinically competent care with support from the management team to all residents, temporary and permanent, assuring that services are appropriate to meet residents’ needs in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.
About You
Minimum of 1 year of professional nursing experience, especially in long term care.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license from accredited nursing program, school or university.
Current and valid CPR and first aid certification.
Demonstrated understanding of functions, organization, policy, regulations and procedures of a long-term care/skilled nursing facility.
Competent in use of electronic health records and other clinical software.
How You'll Do It
Demonstrate that Pacific Retirement Services’ (PRS) Core Values—excellence, innovation, integrity, stewardship, compassion, and collaboration—are ingrained into all aspects of your role.
Understand the importance of resident rights in healthcare as well as the community as a whole, and advocate for operations, processes, and decisions that are in residents’ best interests.
Delegate and assign appropriate tasks to team members. Work closely with team members by ensuring accountability, communication, and effective work. This includes, but is not limited to follow through on Service Plans, skin checks, completion of care, prevention of falls, etc.
Provide medication and treatment administration for an assigned group of residents. Manage medication administration by maintaining standards of practice, understanding universal precautions, setting up and passing medications, and observing residents for drug affects. Identify, gather information and report changes in resident conditions.
Document findings, notify physician and responsible party and create a resident-specific and person-centered Service Plan to address.
Receive, transcribe and review physician orders for accuracy including reconciliation of all medications, including controlled substances.
Write and develop all Service Plans so that it identifies resident needs, the approaches to these need and goals to be met.
Read and follow individualized care and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) plans and promote team focus on achieving/maintaining the resident’s highest level of functioning.
Support in the admission of new residents which includes, but is not limited to, assisting resident, identifying immediate needs, education to caregivers and insuring completion of the admission assessment and initial admission notes.
Promote resident independence to the greatest degree possible.
Enhance and maintain a physical, social, and psychological environment, which will be conducive to the best interest and welfare of the residents.
Review and maintain 24hr report and other pertinent nursing documentation. Identify areas requiring action and follow up as needed. At end of shift provide updated 24 hr report.
Attend and participate in continuing education programs and in-services.
Ensure proper documentation by entering resident information into electronic medical records in a timely and accurate manner.
Be constantly aware of safety and follow up on identified risks. Respond to emergency calls on campus per protocol. Initiate and complete incident reports for any accidents, medication errors, emergency situations, etc.
Assist team members with direct care as needed.
Supervise, assist and implement infection control measure and prevention to ensure compliance. Perform other duties as assigned.
