Licensed Practical Nurse OPWDD

Join our nursing team at OLV Human Services! 🩹💊🩺💙

OLV Human Services is seeking a dedicated and skilled Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join our team in the Developmental Disabilites divison. The LPN will be responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care along side our RN's to our residents with developmental disabilites in a residential setting.

Benefits:

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Health, dental & vision insurance options
• Paid employer sponsored life insurance
• Supplemental insurance programs for additional life insurance, short-term disability, accident & cancer insurance
• Up to $600 every year for completing biometric health screenings on a single health insurance plan & up to $1,200 if a spouse completes too!

Perks:

• Casual dress code
• Free parking
• OLV Tuition Reimbursement up to $7,200
• Qualifying Non-For-Profit for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program (click here to learn more: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation)
• Take advantage of our Dental & Outpatient Mental Health services while working
• Up to $180 annual gym reimbursement
• $$ Employee referral program $$

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FULL DESCRIPTION

Responsible to: Director of Nursing

Job Summary:  The Licensed Practical Nurse is an integral part of the treatment team in the site. The Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for assisting the RN Case Manager and the site Management team to ensure that each individual’s medical needs are met and that required medical follow up is

completed.

Essential Job Duties:

1. Assists the RN Case Manager in all aspects of the medical follow up for the individuals served.
2. Performs case finding, reporting observations to the site RN or RN On-Call.  
3. Administer medications for all individuals during the scheduled shift.
4. Administer treatments, supplements, G-tube feedings, as needed during the assigned shift.
5. Document as per policy in individuals’ charts.
6. Initiates Medical Monitoring as per RN/MD Directive and ensure completeness per directives.
7. Float to department sites as needed.
8. Completes medication orders with the pharmacy ensuring that all MD orders/scripts are up to date, available on site and are not expired.
9. Participates in the weekly site team meeting to ensure ongoing communication with the RN Case Manager/PC/RM.
10. Assists the RM with the daily MAR (Medical Administration Record), BM (Bowel Management), intake and elimination record check completion.                                                                                               
11. Accept med delivery, confirm meds delivered on order forms, write control sheets for control meds, be sure enough med available if not delivered                                                                                           
12. Assists with individual care, as necessary.                                                                                                            
13. Upon individual’s return from appointment, ER visit or Hospital discharge, will ensure that all recommendations, order changes are followed.                                                                                               
14. Direct shift staff to complete tasks as necessary.         
15. Any other duty as assigned by supervisor              

Skills:

• Customer Skills
• Computer Skills
• Monitoring skills

Minimum Education Required: 

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Must be a graduate of a NYSED approved Nursing Education Program

Minimum Experience Required:

• Experience preferred but not required.

License/Registration/ Certifications Required:

• NYS LPN Licensure
• NYS Driver’s License
• CPR, can be provided by OLVHS

Additional Information:

• Hourly rate based on relevant years of licensed experience
• Schedule: Monday-Friday with alternating working a weekend day every other week   
  • 6am-2pm/Full Time
  • 1:30pm-9:30pm/Full Time
  • 3pm-8:30pm/Part Time

Physical Requirements:

The following physical requirements must be evaluated by a physician prior to entry into a Nursing program. Upon admission to the Nursing program, you will be required at that time to have a physical and have a doctor complete our required form, as to your abilities with regards to these physical requirements.

• Strength: Sufficient to assist with lifting and transferring a patient and perform CPR.
• Mobility: Sufficient mobility to bend, stoop, and bend down to the floor; ability to move around rapidly; and to move in small, confined areas.
• Hearing: Sufficient to hear through the stethoscope to discern sounds; to hear cries for help; to hear alarms on equipment and emergency signals; and various overhead pages.
• Vision: Sufficient to make physical assessments of patients and equipment.
• Communication: Able to communicate in both verbal and written formats; and interact with clients, staff, and faculty supervisors.