DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS. This is a professional position involving responsibility for evaluating, planning and providing physical therapy treatment to patients in accordance with written prescription or referral from a physician who provides medical direction. The Physical Therapist is responsible to a Senior Physical Therapist or, if there is no senior position, to a designated administrator/director for the operation of the departm...
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE. DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS. The work involves the routine care of patients in accordance with a detailed and well-defined patient care plan. In a skilled nursing facility, the Licensed Practical Nurse works under the direct supervision of a Registered. Professional Nurse. Assignments concerning patient care are specifically provided with limited leeway allowed for the exercise of independent judgment. Supervisi...
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS. This position involves responsibility for maintaining high standards of professional nursing services in the County’s Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation with an emphasis on geriatric and rehabilitative care. An employee in this class has charge of the professional and non-professional personnel assigned to a shift in order to meet the total needs of the patient. This class is distinguished from that of Reg...
