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Education: Required – Graduate from accredited Licensed Vocational Nursing Program.

Experience: Three (3) years nursing experience preferred

Supervises: N/A

Summary: The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) uses sound medical and professional judgment and best practices to support the medical, safety and well-being of every resident while maintaining compliance with established state nursing and licensing regulatory agencies, and federal standards requirements. The LVN, working closely with their assigned Qualified Intellectual Disability Professional (QIDP), will be responsible for managing medical care of their designated residents to include, but not limited to well visits, immunizations, sick visits, documentation, medication audits, supply inventory, ordering and communication with parents/guardians.

To successfully perform this job, the employee may be expected to perform the following, with or without reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990:

Essential Functions:

1. Perform nursing duties in accordance with nursing guidelines and best practices established by the Texas Board of Nursing for Licensed Vocational Nurses 2. Perform the following duties, while working in conjunction with a QIDP, to ensure the highest level of medical care for each resident assigned to you:

3. Evaluate all health and medical complaints of residents and coordinate appropriate care for follow up

4. Regarding medication for assigned residents:

5. Attend fundamental survey exit meeting for your assigned houses

6. Maintain medical documentation for each resident assigned:

7. Communicate in a clear, transparent, and timely manner all information regarding each resident assigned to you

8. Meet with assigned QIDP no less than weekly to discuss:

9. Contact the QIPD immediately when any of the following occur:

10. Contact the parent/guardian within the same business day whenever possible but never more than 24 hours post appointment, to discuss:

11. Participate in on-call rotation with LVNs and nurse manager to provide 24/7 12. Nurse on Duty (NOD) coverage to Breckenridge Village

13.Attend in-person or video conferencing meetings that involve any resident assigned to you:

14. Implement and oversee ongoing good public health practices in assigned houses and implement any guidance provided by FirstDay Foundation Chief Epidemiologist

15. Must be able to perform physical activity such as extensive walking, lifting of patients, stretching and bending

16. Report signs of abuse, neglect, and exploitation and sexually provocative behavior and implement professional response, reporting and documenting procedures

17. Adhere to professional and ethical standards of conduct outlined in Breckenridge Village personnel polity manual including demonstrating respect for agency staff, residents, and community members and complying with required dress code at all times

Measurable Deliverables:

1. Meet all state regulatory guidelines and standards that are applicable to this position, ensuring no deficiencies or concerns are found regarding medical care during annual fundamental surveys.

2. Maintain resident physical and mental safety by making immediate report of any changes in resident health of behavior to the Nurse Manager and the QIDP with whom you collaborate

3. Provide the highest level of resident care:

4. Ensure proper time management of all daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks Document all resident health information as close to real time as possible but not later than 24 hours Communication timeframes (during normal business hours):

Credentials, Skills and Abilities:

1. Maintain current licenses and certificates required for the position including, but not limited to:

2. Pass a pre-employment drug screen and random drug screens throughout employment.

3. Valid Texas Driver’s License.

4. Pass a pre-employment and biennial criminal background checks.

5. Must be able to maintain professional people skills, oral, written, listening, and non-verbal communication skills

6. Demonstrate the ability to:

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

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