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Job Details
Job Location
Longfellow - Sioux Falls, SD
Position Type
LPN/RN Nurse
Job Shift
Overnights
Job Category
Nurse
Description
$6000 Sign on Bonus paid our over first year of employment.
MISSION STATEMENT: Working together, we create opportunities and meaningful lives for people with disabilities.
POSITION: LPN/RN
RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Nursing Services
POSITION SUPERVISED: None
PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: The Nurse is committed to the total health and safety of each individual. The Nurse holds in highest regard each individual, recognizing that each person has his/her own needs and wants and is unique. The Nurse holds that health is the integration of the whole being of the person and is an individualized process to a consistently higher level of function. Health is continually influenced by the environment. The Nurse is committed to providing the highest standard of quality nursing to each person served and will adhere to professional guidelines.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Requirements include appropriate LPN or RN licensure, valid drivers license, and safe driving record. Must be able to work 12 and 8 hour shifts with rotating days/nights/weekends/holidays and pager rotation. Must be able to lift and transfer as necessary.
INTERRELATIONSHIPS: Work closely and cooperatively with all agency and residential staff to maintain a supportive atmosphere that is consistent with each individual's habilitative and health plan. Relationships with individuals will promote independence, encourage health maintenance and health seeking behaviors, and provide a health-seeking atmosphere that addresses each person's physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual needs.
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES: The following may not include all of thetasks and responsibilities that may be delegated to the Nurse:
1. Responsible for addressing and all follow-up on GER forms with pertinent staff.
2. Responsible for all aspects of correct and safe medication administration, including G-Tube feedings, injectables, IV meds and all other prescribed medications.
3. Assist with annual plans, doctor appointments, staff training (i.e. med follows). Provide direct care to individuals, as assigned.
4. Assist DNS with such duties as filing, TB forms, annual nursing assessments.
5. Responsible for daily medical treatments to individuals, e.g. intermittent catheterizations, sterile dressings, nebulizer treatments, tracheostomy care, etc.
6. Responsible for assigned house duties and documentation as assigned.
7. Responsible for residential duties: checking emergency bags, purging medical charts, conducting med follows for OMA's, filing, performing emergency drills, checking expiration dates and following expired-medication procedure.
8. Responsible for accurate and complete documentation on agency forms, i.e. physician orders, significant behavior reports and Therap documentation including: T-logs, GERs, seizure reports and appointments.
9. Responsible for attending monthly nursing and residential staff meetings. Provide in-service training to staff, as necessary.
10. Must have a good working relationship and open communication with others. Promote a team concept within Nursing and with other areas to provide the best possible care.
11. Assess client concerns by phone, give direction and delegation and involve on-call nurse as needed.
12. Assist with monthly med exchange and auditing of MARs
13. Train staff on new and routine procedures
14. Follow controlled-drug policy.
15. Responsible for compliance with State Board of Nursing Policies/Procedures and DDD ARSD regulations.
16. Pager responsibilities as assigned.
17. All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Requirements include appropriate LPN or RN licensure, valid drivers license, and safe driving record. Must be able to work 12 and 8 hour shifts with rotating days/nights/weekends/holidays and pager rotation. Must be able to lift and transfer as necessary.
REQUIREMENTS:
The following actions are performed continuously: Lift >10 lbs. and see.
The following actions are performed frequently: Kneel, crouch, stand, walk, lift >25 lbs., push, bend, reach, handle, finger (pinch-type activity), repetitive movement, talk, and hear.
The following actions are performed occasionally: Sit, lift >50 lbs., carry, pull, and balance.
The following actions are performed seldom: Crawl and climb.
Date Posted: 13 May 2024
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