What are the responsibilities and job description for the LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE position at Opportunity Village?
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Description
SUMMARY
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Opportunity Village is entrusted with delivering dedicated nursing services to enhance the health, safety, and overall quality of life for individuals served. This role involves active participation in assessment and evaluation processes, contributing expertise to the Person-Centered Planning (PCP) team, and implementing physician directives to ensure comprehensive care. The LPN will oversee and facilitate optimal nursing interventions, monitor medication management, and uphold high standards of care. Additionally, the LPN will be integral in formulating, executing, and sustaining individualized healthcare protocols in alignment with PCP objectives, state regulations, and Nurse Practice Act standards.
Embrace Opportunity Village's core values by cultivating positive and meaningful CONNECTIONS with participants and team members, demonstrating ENTHUSIASM, high standards of PRODUCTIVITY, authentic STEWARDSHIP, and consistent participation in individual and team DEVELOPMENT.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides services to all individuals assigned per the individual plans and seeks to assist others and team members when needed.
- Integrates in PRIDE room services as part of the team.
- Alongside the team, LPN's are expected to support individuals in achieving their goals.
- Assists all individuals to perform and participate in scheduled activities and in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) as needed.
- Completes required documentation that supports care and services provided, including but not limited to ID notes.
- Ensure equipment is clean and functioning.
- Maintains a clean and safe work environment.
- Anticipates safety needs for all individuals and team members.
- Complies with all federal, state, and local regulations and requirements, as well as company policies and procedures.
- Carry out habilitation assistance services as required by the participant's Person Centered Plan (PCP).
- Maintain appropriate documentation.
- Follow all medication administration procedures; documentation to be completed efficiently.
- Assist the Manager and Director with special projects.
- Supports and participates in department activities.
- Establishes cooperative relationships with team members to determine effective strategies to achieve individual and department goals.
- Assist the Supervisor Registered Nurse in developing appropriate Care Plans for each participant.
- Assist with intake and screening of prospective participants.
- Assist with initial nursing assessments with the RN.
- Assist with establishing charts for new participants.
- Administer medications and treatments per prescription orders, document them on medication sheets, and report adverse reactions.
- Receive medications from family as needed, ensuring all medications are logged and secured.
- Provide proper disposal of discontinued or expired medications and maintain a destruction log.
- Maintain narcotic sign-out sheet and count for controlled substances.
- Observe participants for condition change. Note in participant's charts and report book, communicate changes to family/caregivers or Physicians, if needed.
- Assess and triage emergency situations; provide appropriate treatment when possible, and contact emergency services (911) as needed.
- Assist with serving meals and feeding participants as needed. Monitor meals, ensuring that special diets are adhered to.
- Assist with loading and unloading buses as needed.
- Teach proper techniques and sanitation as needed.
- Utilize appropriate methods for working with individuals with intellectual and or physical disabilities.
- Adhere to Opportunity Village's established policies and procedures.
- Adhere to Opportunity Village's established policies and procedures.
- Some travel between work locations
- Report suspected Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation, Isolation, and Abandonment (ANEIA) immediately as mandated by state law.
- May be assigned other duties as needed.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position does not directly supervise others.
Qualifications
SKILLS REQUIRED
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals, team members, and supervisors (verbal and written).
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret written instructions and contract specifications.
- Ability to effectively present information to fellow team members and others.
- Must possess social perceptiveness to assess and understand other's reactions and behaviors.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret instructions and deal with multiple variables.
- Ability to accept and apply performance-based feedback.
- Ability to conduct tasks and successfully perform under critical deadlines.
- Ability to resolve multiple complex issues simultaneously while remaining calm in stressful situations.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Required: High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Required: Current LPN license.
- Required: Current CPI certification within 30 days of employment
- Required: Current CPR and First Aid Certification within 30 days of employment
- Required: Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.
- Preferred: Minimum of two (2) years of experience working with people with disabilities.
PHYSICAL ABILITIES & WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and functions of the position. The list below of minimum essential functions is illustrative of the minimums only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed.
- Must be able to lift fifty (50) pounds.
- Ability to engage in physical activity with participants including kneeling, bending, and standing for extended periods.
- Must be able to stand and walk for the duration of the shift.
- Ability to sit at a computer, in a typical office environment, for prolonged periods of time.
- Manual dexterity to operate office equipment and examine documents, records, and files.
- Must be able to climb stairs as needed.
- Flexibility and readiness to travel between work locations, be in transit, or in temporary workspaces, as needed.
