Full-Time
Licensed Practical Nurse
PRN
National Church Residences
Nonprofit senior housing and healthcare
No salary listed
Hilliard, OH, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Infection Control
Medication Administration
Microsoft Windows
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing or a vocational school of practical nursing.
- One to two years of experience is preferred.
- Good communication, comprehension, and interpersonal skills.
- Working knowledge of Windows, Microsoft Office Suite, and the Internet.
- A current nurse license is required.
Responsibilities
- Supervise, provide, and direct nursing care in compliance with facility policies and procedures.
- Make advanced-level observations, report and record observations appropriately, form nursing judgments, and carry out nursing actions.
- Follow established nursing practice standards and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Interpret existing policies for staff, families, and physicians.
- Perform daily rounds and develop and implement accurate, comprehensive care plans based on each resident’s needs.
- Pass medications and treatments according to established policies and procedures.
- Order and credit medications as needed and maintain accurate accounting of stock medications, unit-dose medications, and narcotics.
- Follow staffing guidelines, make nursing assignments, and provide accurate reports on residents’ conditions.
- Monitor diets, supervise meal trays and snacks, and monitor residents’ intake; assist with meal trays, feeding, and snacks.
- Follow facility admission procedures and communicate admissions to departments, staff, physicians, and other service providers.
- Ensure employees follow the chain of command consistently with personnel policies.
- Assign nursing assistants and ensure efficient completion of their assignments.
- Supervise, document, and correct poor performance of nursing assistants, and keep Unit Managers or the Director of Nursing informed of performance problems.
- Participate in nursing assistant performance evaluations and provide counseling, coaching, and training; present performance evaluations to staff.
- Follow written and verbal directions and communicate professionally with residents, peers, families, managers, visitors, physicians, and other service providers.
- Report changes in residents’ physical or mental conditions promptly.
- Attend staff meetings, in-services, interdisciplinary team meetings, and committee meetings as assigned.
- Observe environmental conditions such as noise, odors, and cleanliness, and cooperate with staff across departments to maintain quality conditions.
- Document resident information accurately, timely, and confidentially according to procedures.
- Document changes and notifications to the power of attorney and physician, and perform comprehensive assessments as assigned.
- Verify that changeover medication administration records and treatment administration records are updated correctly and make required changes to new records by the first of each month.
- Know residents’ rights and help residents exercise or protect those rights.
- Report resident complaints to the supervisor in charge and maintain confidentiality.
- Ensure resident safety, including secure and functioning Wanderguard devices as ordered.
- Demonstrate proper equipment use and report equipment needs or repairs.
- Use protective equipment and follow infection-control protocols, universal precautions, and life-safety measures.
Desired Qualifications
- One to two years of experience.
National Church Residences is a nonprofit provider of senior housing, senior living, and healthcare. It develops and operates affordable housing and residential communities while also providing supportive services and healthcare for older adults. Its mission combines housing stability, service coordination, community life, and care for seniors with different income and support needs. Property and community teams work alongside clinicians, service coordinators, resident programs, development, asset management, and central operations. Roles span housing management, nursing, caregiving, social services, dining, maintenance, development, finance, and administration.
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