PALLADIN CREVE CO looking for Licensed Practical Nurse LPN at Creve Coeur, Missouri Full Time

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The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will be responsible for performing restorative nursing procedures that maximize the resident’s existing abilities, emphasize independence instead of dependence, and maximize the negative effects of disability with an attitude of realistic optimism under the supervision of a restorative nurse.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist in developing restorative care plans for individual residents in coordination and conjunction with the resident assessment (MDS)
Review the restorative care requirements of each resident admitted to the facility and assist the attending physician in planning for the resident’s care and/or treatment
Ensure that care plans indicate restorative care when therapy is ordered
Participate in the development and implementation of care plans, including quarterly reviews
Review request for restorative care and physician’ orders
Interview resident to determine type of treatment and schedule therapy
Select rehabilitative and therapeutic activities and exercises based on medical and social history of residents
Evaluate type of therapy most desirable after consulting with the physician and therapy personnel
Participate in the development and implementation of resident assessments (MDS) and care plans, including quarterly reviews, as they relate to restorative care
Complete assigned portions of the MDS as assigned
Ensure that the MDS is completed and signed in a timely manner to ensure that MDS can be transmitted in accordance with established policy
Brief resident of procedures involved in restorative care and prepare necessary equipment
Assist in transporting resident to and from therapy room/area
Demonstrate to residents and staff personnel, as necessary, the procedures involved in treatment process
Perform restorative care treatments in resident’s room as necessary
Prepare resident for treatment by dress/position and administer restorative care in accordance with established policies and procedures
Encourage residents to perform or participate in ADL functions
Encourage residents to perform range of motion exercises
Instruct and supervise resident during therapy
Recommend modifications and changes in the resident’s restorative care as indicated
Assure that all restorative care notes are informative and descriptive of the treatment provided and of the resident’s response to the care

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel reach with hands and arms; talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision; peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability adjust focus
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to blood or other body fluids, fumes, or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Because the essential functions of the job of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) often require exposure to bodily functions and infectious waste, disease, odors and other situations associated with health care, including but not limited to exposure to AIDS, HIV and Hepatitis B viruses. Involving Risk Classification Categories 1, 2, and 3, environmental conditions will fluctuate

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Graduate of an accredited college or university of Nursing or be a graduate of an approved LPN/LVN program.
Valid State Specific licensure as an LPN
Minimum 1 years of experience as a restorative care in a long-term care environment
Strong management and organizational skills
Thorough understanding of regulatory process, MDS and care planning process
Training in rehabilitative and restorative therapy practices
Must know documentation requirements and be driven by quality care standards
Ability to work with physicians and other healthcare professionals
Proficient in the use of personal computer