Licensed Practical Nurse **$10,000 Sign On Bonus**

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Status: FT, PT, and PRN

Shift: All shifts

Wage: $35 to $42 DOE

Location: Avamere Rehabilitation at Ridgemont - 2051 Pottery Ave, Port Orchard, WA 98366

Responsibilities

• Complete required record keeping in regards to your role in admitting, transferring and discharging residents.
• Coordinate with nursing staff and support personnel daily to plan the shifts' services, programs and activities to ensure the resident's total regimen of care is maintained.
• Prepare and administer medications and review medication cards for completeness and accuracy.
• Review resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, approaches and revisions based on nursing needs.
• Plan, organize, develop, implement and interpret programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures that are necessary for providing quality care.
• Provide leadership to nursing personnel and make daily rounds of your unit to ensure staff is providing direct care in accordance with resident's care plan and wishes.
• Participate in facility surveys by authorized government agencies.
• Chart nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident and resident's response to care.

Qualifications

• Must possess a nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN in this state.
• Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines that pertain to nursing care facilities.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records and computer documentation systems.
• Maintain confidentiality of all resident care information in accordance with HIPAA guidelines.

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