Position Summary: 

Provides licensed nursing services to residents and may require supervision of other staff positions.

Essential Responsibilities: 

• Assist with administration of medications as ordered by a physician in accordance with any state and federal regulations and consistent with community policy.
• Assist with resident care as needed.
• Responsible for following up on residents who are on MLOA in hospitals or Rehab facilities.
• Responsible for leading change of shift report between outgoing shift and incoming shift.
• Respond quickly to all emergencies and provide oversight and coordination during emergency situations
• Monitors the emergency response system in the absence of the DHW or ADHW.
• Address any conflicts that arise from staff, residents, or families in the absence of the DHW or ADHW.
• Responsible for the admissions of new residents to include all admission assessments and documentation.
• Responsible for completing resident’s plan of care for caregivers.
• Responsible for clinical system tracking (i.e. wounds, infection control) under the direction of the DHW.
• Ensuring the setting up of charts for new residents and entering appropriate information into the EMAR
• Completing weekly care notes as well as weekly cart, Medication Administration Record, and chart audits and pulling expired and/or discontinued medications from med carts
• Ensuring all incident reports are completed accurately, responsible for faxing incident reports to QA Reader and completing investigations and follow-up
• Responsible for approving new medication orders and/or changes to medication and treatment orders on the EMAR
• Ensures that physician orders are transcribed to Medication Administration Record (MAR)/Treatment Administration Record (TAR) accurately
• Faxes all medication orders to pharmacy
• Ensures that all medication is available for administration to residents