Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Job Requirements:

1. High school graduate or GED preferred.
2. Minimum of two (2) years work experience as a nurse in a long-term care environment preferred.
3. Meets all state requirements for licensure as a practical nurse and Food Handling.
4. Commitment to person-centered and resident-directed care is essential.
5. Must have knowledge of federal and state regulations governing clinical care and nursing practice in long-term care.
6. Must have demonstrated leadership qualities, supervisory skills, and interpersonal relationship skills.
7. Completion of cross training for household activities, household housekeeping, household laundry and household homemaking, including food service and food handling required.

Responsibilities:

Meets all resident and household needs by actively assisting (to the extent of cross training and certification) in all tasks to meet identified needs.  

• Clinical

1. Ensures the clinical operations in the household are in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while honoring person-centered and resident-directed care.
2. Provides leadership to household staff to maintain policies and procedures for clinical practices and household management that support the values of person-centered care and resident-directed care.
3. Implements clinical policies and procedures which ensure safe, sanitary and efficient practices supporting professional standards of nursing care.
4. Ensures that documentation, medication administration, resident nursing care, safety and sanitation, staff development and resident rights are in compliance with facility standards.
5. Fosters collaboration, consensus and negotiation to address problem solving in the household; assures all clinical policies and procedures of the household are maintained; interprets and communicates same to all in the household as needed with emphasis on resident, family or designated representative relationships.
6. Maintains working relationship with physicians and other medical personnel in support of quality clinical care in the household.
7. Consistently works with all household team members, led by resident and family preference to meet the needs and desires of all household residents.

• Dining Services

1. Helps to prepare and serve appropriate snacks and meals.       Requires certification in food handling.
2. Assists elders who are unable to eat without support as appropriate.
3. Facilitates mealtime conversations and maintains a warm, pleasant atmosphere while elders are eating.
4. Assists with kitchen-related activities for the residents.

• Life Enhancement

1. Assists with the planning and organizing of social activities for individual residents, small groups and for the household.
2. Continually seeks opportunities to support the social needs of all members of the household through support, friendship and kindness.
3. Seeks opportunities throughout the day to facilitate spontaneous activities of resident choice and household preference; accompanies residents in all activities of choice.
4. Continually seeks opportunities to share person interests and talents with members of the household through both planned and spontaneous activities.

• Housekeeping

1. Maintains clean spaces in the household, including resident rooms and household common spaces, as well as support spaces and equipment.
2. Maintains supply of all materials to meet resident needs in the household.
3. Coordinates work with the household homemaker to ensure the housekeeping needs of the household are met within the staffing resources of the household.

• Laundry

1. Provides assistance to ensure residents’ personal laundry is maintained in quality condition.
2. Coordinates work with the household homemaker to ensure the personal laundry needs of the residents are met within the staffing resources of the household.