Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)

Company : Wander Staffing

Job Description - Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)

WANDER STAFFING seeks to add Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (LPNs/LVNs) to our Team ASAP! These positions are located at the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH-W) in Washington, DC, 140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW.

Apply today for IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION

Facility Information:
The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH), a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), has provided retired soldiers, airmen, and sailors a place to call home for over a century and a half. Each site offers independent living, independent living plus, assisted living, long-term care, and memory support options for its residents. The population at each facility will be approximately 600 residents.

Compensation:

PRN W-2 position
Day shift: $36.00
Swing shift: $37.50
Night Shift: $39.00

Schedule: The facility is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There is a paid Personnel Orientation. All personnel must attend a twenty-four-hour (24) orientation session before working any shifts. The orientation will be scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Eight-Hour Schedules:
- Day shift: 7:30 am – 4:00 pm EST
- Evening shift: 3:30 pm – 12:00 am EST
- Night shift: 11:30 pm – 8:00 am EST

Professional Requirements:

Active license in good standing with the state of Mississippi
Have one year of practical experience in geriatric care.
Proper certification for IVs by LPN/LVNs is required.
Current basic life support (BLS/CPR) certification to include cognitive and skills evaluation.
Documentation of current influenza vaccination by the end of November /each year).
Documentation of hepatitis B immunity, either by vaccination or serologic testing.
Current TB test

LPN/LVN Core Duties. Provide comprehensive care appropriate to LPN/LVN training and licensure qualifications residents based on the physician’s medical plan, nursing care plan, and physical and psychosocial needs. Utilizes evidence-based practice in LPN/LVN standards related to care, judgment, documentation, assessment, and all aspects regarding ethical and practical performance related to the provision of care. RN provides oversight for LPN/LVNs. Specific duties include, but are not limited to:

Perform a range of diagnostic support duties, including taking vital signs, obtaining specimens, performing venipuncture (if certified), calling the laboratory for lab reports, recording lab reports given over the telephone, and assisting the physician in a variety of diagnostic examinations.
Follow up on resident care and act as a liaison with other healthcare professionals regarding residents’ needs for continuity of care.
Perform a range of treatment procedures and maintenance that include but are not limited to, using hot and cold packs, extensive sterile dressing changes, giving enemas, inserting urinary catheters, passing medications, caring for residents in isolation, setting up and giving treatments that require auxiliary equipment such as oxygen and suction, tube feedings and doing EKG’s. This person shall work under the direction of the RN and serve as a nursing team member with a written assignment.

Wander Staffing does not discriminate based on race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status in the provision of services or employment opportunities and benefits.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Links:
To learn more about Wander Staffing, please visit our website at: https://wanderstaffing.com/company/

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