LVN - Skilled Nursing Facility
LVN - Skilled Nursing Facility
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Job Description
LVN Skilled Nursing Facility
Los Angeles and Torrance Locations
PerDiem
Contract
Responsibilities
- Prepares and passes medications as indicated. Administers medications according to policy and procedure. Observes and documents residents response to pertinent medications.
- Ensures medications are documented and ordered in a timely fashion and in accordance with the Companys policies and procedures.
- Prepares and administers treatments as indicated. Performs resident treatments in accordance with physician orders and evaluates and documents the residents response to the treatment.
- Contacts the attending physicians for required orders as needed.
- Administers medication and treatment following regulatory guidelines.
- Provides pain medication interventions as ordered including evaluation of interventions.
- Provides resident teaching regarding medication as required.
- Monitors condition changes and properly documents and followsup as necessary.
- Reports lab and xray results condition changes and incidents etc. in a timely manner to physicians and family members
- Prepares equipment and aids Physician during treatment and examination of resident.
- Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of resident.
- Takes temperature pulse blood pressure and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of resident.
- Assures residents are provided with good nutrition and with necessary fluids for hydration.
- Assures that documentation is accurate: Completed timely weekly summaries are completed per schedule
- Assures each resident is given care to prevent formation and progression of decubiti contractures and deformities.
- Performs wound treatments
- Identifies/assesses emergency medical situations and provides appropriate interventions as indicated
- Assists with all admissions and discharges.
- Responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards policies procedures and protocol.
- Answers signal lights bells or intercom system promptly to determine residents needs.
- Maintains oxygen equipment changing humidifier bottles as scheduled.
- Provides proper infection control to ensure resident care and safety.
- Establishes and implements patient plans of care and documents care provided appropriately.
- Provides direction to CNAs
Requirements
- LVN license from the State of California.
- Current First Aid and CPR Card.
- Ability to read and interpret documents.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as fractions percentages ratios proportions and volume in practical situations.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form.
- Basic computer skills including being able to access data and print documents.
Employment Type
Contract
