Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

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Caring Professionals Deserve a Caring Environment: Work with the best in the field in a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment. Our healthcare staff gets to know and care for our residents over a long period, providing an opportunity to build caring relationships that benefit our staff and residents alike. Our mission that the later years of life are filled with the potential for love, growth, friendship, peace, and dignity succeeds because of our experienced staff. Our Quaker value-centered work environment is a family atmosphere where residents and staff thrive.

This shift is full time with some 3pm-11:30pm and some 11pm-7:30am. 

Responsibilities:

• Establishing personal rapport with actual and potential residents and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.

• Coordinates and evaluates care of resident in the Personal Care Unit on her shift

• Reviewing resident's care plans in accordance with the physician's orders and plan of care

• Initiating, coordinating and enforcing policies and procedures

• Reviewing work scheduled for nursing personnel on unit on a daily basis to protect needs of the incoming shift

• Assigning residents to nursing teams/primary caregivers in collaboration with nurse manager, according to the needs of the residents and the team members' ability using the plan of care as a guide for each individual resident's care

• Maintaining staffing levels to follow budgetary guidelines and reporting needs to Nurse Manager

• Assisting in writing and updating policies and procedures

• Enforcing adherence to State Board of Nursing and Nurse Practice Act requirements and to other governing agency regulations

• Measure health outcomes against regulatory and departmental standards

• Interpreting care to residents, their families, nursing staff, and other personnel as needed

• Giving nursing care to resident who require specialized nursing judgements or skill

• Assuring proper medical treatment and care through first hand knowledge of the resident

• Assuring accurate communication concerning each resident's care/activities during daily report while maintaining confidentiality

• Reviewing critical incidents and discusses them with Nurse Manager and Director of Nursing 

• Interpreting necessary information to the appropriate staff and at change of shift reports

• Accompanying physician on medical rounds and determining when physician needs to be contacted

• Responding to emergency calls from the community when Resident Care Department is closed and Westmoreland RN Supervisor requests

• Implementing monitoring and documenting restorative programs to prevent decline of residents well being

• Practicing and interpreting infection control policy and procedure

• Enforcing medication administration, storage procedures and controlled substance regulations

• Identifying and reporting problems with supplies, equipment, and physical condition of unit

• Participating in Quality Assurance process

• Assuring completion of necessary documentation, as well as checking for accuracy and consistency

• Completing appropriate reports that includes incident reports, pharmacy consultant report, medical records report, and personal care assessment forms in a timely fashion

• Counseling and discipling employees

• Assuring the timely completion of evaluations of staff on all shifts

• Evaluating need for new equipment and techniques, and reporting needs to appropriate person

• Developing budget projections for capital equipment/projects/small equipment

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and current licensure by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as an LPN
• A minimum of one year of experience as an LPN where management skill competence has been demonstrated. At least two years of long-term xperience required.
• CPR Certification
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate, supervise RN's, LPN's, and NA's, and secretarial staff, maintain an even temperament in demanding situations, and display leadership, especially during emergency situations

• Demonstrates leadership and organizational skills