Description JOB SUMMARY: Evaluates residents’ needs, condition, and care and assists the care plan coordinator in developing nursing care plans for individual residents. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Other duties may be assigned.) § Carries out administrative and resident care duties as directed. § Periodically reviews ECC service plans with ECC supervisor and other health team members. Attends service plan meetings as needed. § Completes monthly summaries on each resident. § Takes and transcribes physicians’ orders to resident medication sheet, treatment sheets, diet list, etc. in consultation with DON § Admits new residents by observing their needs and reviewing physician orders. § Sends diet orders to dietary department. § Assembles resident’s charts, attaching required forms. § Requisitions supplies, equipment, linens, emergency drugs, etc. to meet unit needs. Sees that equipment is in good working order, in consultation with DON and Administrator. § Evaluate/reprimand C.N.A.’s as needed. § Perform physical assessment on ALF and independent residents per physician order and/or following incidents or activation of emergency call light. § Abide by department policies and procedures and interprets them to personnel, residents, medical staff and public. § Gives/receives the nursing report upon report as well as counting of Narcotics upon beginning and ending shift duty hours. § Answers telephone inquires. § Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as necessary, in accordance with established ALF policies. § Requisition and arranges for diagnostic and therapeutic services as ordered by ALF resident’s physician. § Completes unit or medical chart forms as required. § Assist in scheduling appointments and arrangements for transportation of ALF residents to other departments or facilities and clinics for diagnostic, therapeutic, dental or medical services in consultation with DON § Discharge or transfer residents, making necessary arrangements, and completing necessary forms per facility policy, re: giving discharge instructions to the resident or responsible party; completing discharge nurses summary; disposing the meds in an appropriate manner. § May assist in on-the-job orientation, instruction and supervision of nursing personnel. § Maintain a professional attitude at all times on the unit and a professional approach towards nursing care and personnel. § Notify ALF Administrator when a resident is transferred to another facility, discharged, or expires. § Assure that established infection control and universal precautions are maintained when performing duties. § Follow up with new orders, labs, x-ray, or other diagnostic exams done on a day to day basis. § Prefill medication box for ALF residents and/or administer medications per physician orders. § Assist with resident transfers from one level of care to another within the OLT complex. § Documentation of all activities, writing of incident reports, and subsequent follow-up as needed, and providing a detailed report at the end of each shift for the next nurse to be aware of situations that may occur and have occurred. § Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements REQUIREMENTS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND OTHER ATTRIBUTES: § Must be a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Florida. § Must have HIV/AIDS training per state guidelines. § Familiar with and abides by ALF and CCRC regulations. § Must have ECC training or be available to attend classes. § Ability to read, write and speak the English language in an understandable manner and to be able to carefully follow written and oral instructions. § Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift and move intermittently throughout the workday. § Maintain good general health and demonstrate emotional stability. § Ability to manage and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position accordingly. § Work closely with ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people. § Assume the responsibility for maintaining professional competence through participation in programs, seminars, and/or training. § Willing to work beyond the normal working hours, on weekends, and in other positions temporarily, when necessary. § Ability to handle department equipment according to standard procedures. § Ability to work effectively with residents, staff, and visitors with flexibility, personal integrity, sensitivity, and discretion at all times. § Reports all accidents and incidents to supervisor no matter how minor they may be. § Attends and participates in in-service classes, on-the-job programs, etc. as scheduled and directed. § Honor the Residents’ Rights polices at all times. § Maintains and protect the privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI) per the company’s HIPAA medical privacy policy. § Be expected (and required) to perform any task in a safe, sanitary and efficient manner in accordance with established procedures. § Follows facility safety program. § Assumes accountability for data contained in the Employee Handbook. § Any exposure to blood or body fluids that contain visible blood must be reported to supervisor on the shift in which the incident occurs. § Be familiar with universal precautions (i.e. frequent hand washing, using gloves, etc.). § Understand that this position contains Category I tasks that may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues. § Ability to understand and use universal precautions and appropriate protective measures, which are readily available to every employee, engaged in Category I tasks. § Ability to perform all functions of the job classification without posing a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace. This list of functions, duties, responsibilities, and skills is not intended to be all-inclusive and the employer reserves the right to assign additional duties and responsibilities as necessary