Licensed Practical Nurse- Coastal Manor (3241)

This position is for a Licensed Practical Nurse whose responsibility is to provide direct nursing activities for residents receiving therapeutic and diagnostic services in the Long Term Care department, in accordance with accreditation standards, federal, state, and local regulations, organizational and departmental policies and procedures and professional standards.  Participates in activities that ensure the safe and efficient provision of Nursing care adolescent, adult and geriatric resident populations.  Refers unusual clinical problems to the Registered Nurse.  Responsible for the supervision of skilled personnel during an assigned shift.  The position reports to the Director of Nursing.

    Job Qualifications

1. Minimum level of Education: Education level equivalent to completion of a licensed practical/vocational nursing diploma preferred.

2. Formal Training: Clinical competence in nursing preferred.

3. Licensure, Certifications & Registration: Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Georgia; BLS certification required.

4. Work Experience: Basic technical nursing skills. Basic computer skills. Completion of a clinical preceptorship while a student nurse if no work experience yet attained.

5. Special Conditions:

Communication:  The ability to relate to people in situations involving more than giving and receiving instructions.

Direction, Control, and Planning:  Adaptable to accepting the responsibility for the direction, control or planning of an activity.  The employee may have to negotiate, organize, direct, supervise, formulate, practice or make final decisions.

Feelings or Ideas:  Adaptable to situations involving the interpretation of feelings or ideas in terms of personal viewpoint.  The employee may be called upon to use creativity, self-expression or imagination.

Influencing:  Adaptable to influencing people in their opinions, attitudes or judgments.  The employee may be in a position to motivate, convince, or negotiate.

Measurable or Verifiable Criteria:  Adaptable to making generalizations, judgments, or decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria.  The employee may make evaluations on the basis of data.

Performing Under Stress: Adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual and/or dangerous situations; or in situations in which working speed and sustained attention are make or break aspects of the job.

Repetitive, Continuous:  Adaptable to performing repetitive work, or to continuously performing the same work, according to set procedures, sequence or pace.  The employee may perform work that is inherently of a repetitive nature.

Sensory or Judgment Criteria:  Adaptable to making generalizations, judgments, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.  The employee may rely on one or more of the five physical senses,or rely on knowledge gained by experience to make evaluations.

Set Limits, Tolerances, or Standards:  Adaptable to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances, or standards.  The employee may need to be precise, thorough, exacting or meticulous in regard to material worked; or in activities such as numerical determinations, record preparation, or inspecting.

Variety and Change:  Adaptable to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.  Several duties in a job that require significant differences in technologies, techniques, procedures, working conditions, physical demands, and/or work situations constitute this factor.

Tools and Equipment used: Calculator, personal computer, telephone, fax machine, copier, printer, personal protection device, infusion pumps, hospital beds/stretchers, oxygen equipment, Accucheck, suction equipment, thermometers, lift equipment, etc.

6. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) Description of Work Environment: Category 1 – tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids or tissues  

7. Internal & External Contacts: communicates effectively while maintaining confidentiality with residents, families, medical staff and other departments and outside agencies.