What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN/RN position at Opportunities Unlimited?
Description
Summary:
LPN/RN provides nursing/medical care to all persons served by OU while ensuring quality and excellence in care. They also support their peers offering guidance and modeling leadership.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (The requirements listed below are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, or responsibilities associated with this job.):
- Provide direct medical care, medical evaluation, and medical consultation for persons served including but not limited to: direct care, observations, notifying physicians as needed, administering medications, and incident report evaluation and follow-up.
- Documentation of programs and services provided, using OU, state, and federal standards, procedures, format, and/or software.
- Able to update and maintain progress notes.
- Coordinate person served care by insuring that physician’s orders are noted, carried out, and followed up on.
- Perform the necessary administrative functions to ensure proper documentation of charts, portable profiles, and up to date information.
- Develop programs to teach and train persons served how to support their own medical needs when possible.
- Work with and teach residential staff how to meet the health care needs of persons served.
- Perform nursing on-call duties.
- Complete continuing education as required.
- Maintain and promote positive relationships with coworkers, persons served, families, vendors, and volunteers.
Requirements
- Must be able to meet all organizational, local, state, and federal licensing and training requirements including but not limited to CPR, MANDT, and Mandatory Reporting.
- Must be able to attend periodic staff meetings and trainings after normal work hours and possibly weekends.
- Ability to lift fifty (50) pounds to provide physical assistance as needed.
- Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and be willing to obtain a chauffeurs license/endorsement.
- Professional status as a current licensed nurse (RN) or (LPN) in the state of Iowa. The license must be maintained.