Long Prairie Health Care Center

20 9th Street SE Long Prairie, MN 56347

SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Director of Nursing, the LPN shall perform professional nursing tasks on her/his own initiative, confer with an RN in-house or on call for assist as needed for decisions requiring professional judgement, or reporting changes in resident’s conditions, and perform related work as required.

Vulnerable Adult Mandated Reporter

A mandated vulnerable adult reporter of maltreatment, neglect, abuse of vulnerable residents/tenants. Required to report any alleged maltreatment, neglect, or abuse to your supervisor and appropriate state agencies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Supervising non-professional nursing personnel, and when appropriate, evaluating non-professional personnel.

· Is designated with the authority to direct all non-professional personnel in his or her charge to act in the interest and welfare of the resident on the unit (to include schedule changes, and job assignments.)

· Is designated with the authority to discipline all non-professional personnel in accordance with the employee manual and the union contract.

· Giving medications and administering drugs.

· Irrigating catheters and catheterizing residents when necessary.

· Taking temperatures, blood pressures and respiration’s’, and recording on charts and care plans.

· Sterilizing equipment.

· Making and accepting phone calls to and from physicians.

· Helping nursing assistant with care of resident and caring for resident’s with special needs.

· Assuming charge of a unit during a shift, consulting with an RN on call as necessary.

· Maintaining records and preparing reports.

· Making daily rounds of all nursing units under assigned supervision and performing such functions as visiting residents, reviewing of clinical records, medication cards, resident cards, resident care plans and staff assignments, and to the extent possible, accompany physicians when they make rounds.

· Ability to perform manual tasks associated with the personal care and hygiene of the physically and mentally ill.

· Ability to recognize significant changes in the condition of residents and takes the necessary action.

· Follows instructions willingly, able to meet deadlines, organizational loyalty, honesty, punctual, and dependable.

· Expected to respond to emergency situations involving the safety of residents, other employees and the facility. This includes the ability to assist with a possible evacuation of residents.

MARGINAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

· Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation as a treatment/medication nurse or charge nurse ion the wing/unit they are assigned.

· Ability to guide non-professional staff.

QUALIFICATIONS Toperform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Considerable knowledge of nursing service administrations.

· Considerable knowledge of restorative nursing.

· Considerable knowledge of psychiatric and/or geriatric nursing.

· Working knowledge of the principles and methods of resident care and knowledge of first aid practices.

· Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with residents and families.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

· Graduated from a State approved school of practical nursing or equivalent, LPN training program.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

· Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

· Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

· Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

· Must be able to deal effectively with stress created by sick residents, multiple tasks, noises, interruptions, and work cooperatively as part of the health care team while maintaining a pleasant demeanor. (Continuously).

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

· Is currently licensed as a Licensed Practical Nurse by the State of Minnesota

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

· Must be able to occasionally push and pull residents weighing more than 75 pounds in wheelchairs and Geri-chairs. Must be able to occasionally reposition residents weighing more than 75 pounds in bed for treatments, nursing procedures, and as needed. Must be able to frequently push/pull medication cart requiring force of 10-30 pounds on linoleum and carpeted floors. Must be able to manipulate carts through doorways and into close-fitting areas.

· Must be able to continually perform simple and complex manipulative tasks using resident care equipment, as well as items such as the administration of meds (oral, injection and IV). (Continuously)

· Must be able to safely assist a resident with transfers and ambulation. Must be able to move about in tight spaces and between objects, equipment, and furniture. (Frequently) Must have hand-eye coordination to administer injections and adjusting flow rates, etc. (Frequently)

· Constant walking and standing are required. Frequent reaching, bending, kneeling, and squatting are also required to reach lower drawers in Med carts, assist residents, etc.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include:

· Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to:

· Occasional exposure to blood, body tissues, and other potentially infectious fluids.

· Frequent exposure to chemical compounds of medication and treatments.

· Frequent exposure to microbial bacteria and other infectious agents inherent to care of ill residents.

· Occasional exposure to loud or unpleasant voices and bodily injury due to unpredictable behavior of residents.

· Occasional exposure to unpleasant odors as related to care of incontinent residents.

· Continuous exposure to latex, Tyvex, plastic and/or materials which are used for personal protective equipment.

· Stress of working with sick residents and their families, combined with the resident who may be confused, irrational, highly agitated, or given to abrupt mood swings. (Frequently)

· Seasonal exposure to high humidity due to residents’ option to control their environment.

The noise level in the work environment is:

· Quiet to loud.

Equipment Used:Medication/treatment cart, blood pressure gauge, stethoscope, scissors, sterile/non-sterile treatment supplies adaptive devices, bathing equipment, mechanical lifts, adjustable beds, scale, gait belt, laundry and food carts, telephone e, intercom, water faucets, thermometers, wheelchairs, walkers, hearing aids, electric shavers, catheters, ostomy supplies, tube feeding equipment, oxygen concentrator, microwave oven, etc.

This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary

Pay: $25.25 - $30.75 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training

Physical setting:

• Long term care
• Nursing home

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays

Weekly schedule:

• Rotating weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Long Prairie, MN 56347: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• LPN (Required)

Work Location: In person

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