LPN FT Nights- New Start Rates!!
United Church Homes
Milford, OH
Not provided
$1 - $1,000
6 months ago
Job Description
Job Description
The Charge Nurse works cooperatively and respectfully with elders, coworkers, families, visitors and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home.
He or she delivers nursing care to elders according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations.
The Charge Nurse actively promotes the elder's opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels.
The Charge Nurse is a participant in elder-centered care and team-based management and is involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s).
The above is a technical description of your job that outlines some of the functions that make your position necessary. The focus of SEM Haven is to be an elder-centered organization based on elder choice.
About SEM Haven
SEM Haven is a family, which includes elders and staff, as well as elder families and staff families. The final goal is to provide support for each of its members. Your role as a staff member is to provide the elders of SEM Haven with the support, friendship, and most importantly, kindness, so they may live as independently as they wish to in their homes. The most important function of your position is that you treat everyone you encounter as a person deserving respect. No person is any more or less important than any other and all should be treated in this manner.
As a member of a family team you have the additional responsibility to perform tasks as necessary to maintain life on the household. These tasks will be within your knowledge and training i.e. assist with food preparation/serving; picking up clutter, removing trash, cleaning spills; transporting elders; attending household meetings/learning circles and fulfilling simple requests for elders.
Job Functions
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Essential Physical Demands of the Job
Success on your job requires the following skills: Ability to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of elder care programs Patience, listening skills, verbal and non-verbal communication skills; Interpersonal skills; Respect for all people - elders, co-workers, family members, doctors, volunteers, and anyone who visits our home; Respect for possessions -- keeping living and work areas clean, orderly and presentable always as if company is on the way; and Flexibility -- willingness to modify job duties for the overall good of the home and our elders.
There are stresses associated with working in a long-term care environment. Examples of these stresses include, but are not limited to, shift rotation, weekend and holiday duty, unusual or impaired behavior by elders, family reactions to having a loved one in the facility, death and dying, oversight of State surveyors, Ombudsmen and Federal officials, presence of consultants and Attorneys, and variable involvement of medical staff .
MOBILITY Able to move freely about
LIFTING Regularly (up to 25 lbs.)
CLIMBING/BALANCING Occasionally
STOOPING/BENDING Regularly
PUSHING Occasionally (up to 25 lbs.)
STANDING/SITTING Regularly
REACHING Regularly
SPEAKING Must be able to speak, read & write the English language in an understandable manner.
VISION & HEARING Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of position can be fully met.
According to ADA guidelines reasonable accommodations will be made for staff members who are unable to perform the essential functions of the job.
Working Conditions
INSIDE/OUTSIDE Generally inside
COLD/HEAT Occasional shift in temperature
WET/HUMIDITY Occasional humidity
NOISE/VIBRATIONS At times
DRY/DUST Occasional
FUMES/ODORS/CHEMICAL EXPOSURE Occasional Subject to frequent interruptions Involved with elders, staff members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances May be subject to hostile and emotionally upset elders, family members, personnel, and visitors
Minimum Qualification Standards
Education/Experience: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; previous long-term care experience preferred.
Freedom from illegal use of drugs and freedom from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential.
Graduate of an accredited college or school of nursing; previous long-term care experience preferred. Must be free from illegal use of drugs and free from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. Must pass drug screening and criminal background checks prior to hire. The following is a summary of essential job duties; full job description is presented upon hire.
The Charge Nurse works cooperatively and respectfully with elders, coworkers, families, visitors and volunteers to create a positive and pleasant environment in the home.
He or she delivers nursing care to elders according to facility policies and procedures, quality improvement guidelines and local, state and federal regulations.
The Charge Nurse actively promotes the elder's opportunities for engaging in normal life pursuits and improving and/or maintaining functioning levels.
The Charge Nurse is a participant in elder-centered care and team-based management and is involved in daily life activities in his or her assigned household(s).
The above is a technical description of your job that outlines some of the functions that make your position necessary. The focus of SEM Haven is to be an elder-centered organization based on elder choice.
About SEM Haven
SEM Haven is a family, which includes elders and staff, as well as elder families and staff families. The final goal is to provide support for each of its members. Your role as a staff member is to provide the elders of SEM Haven with the support, friendship, and most importantly, kindness, so they may live as independently as they wish to in their homes. The most important function of your position is that you treat everyone you encounter as a person deserving respect. No person is any more or less important than any other and all should be treated in this manner.
As a member of a family team you have the additional responsibility to perform tasks as necessary to maintain life on the household. These tasks will be within your knowledge and training i.e. assist with food preparation/serving; picking up clutter, removing trash, cleaning spills; transporting elders; attending household meetings/learning circles and fulfilling simple requests for elders.
Job Functions
Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
Essential Physical Demands of the Job
Success on your job requires the following skills: Ability to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of elder care programs Patience, listening skills, verbal and non-verbal communication skills; Interpersonal skills; Respect for all people - elders, co-workers, family members, doctors, volunteers, and anyone who visits our home; Respect for possessions -- keeping living and work areas clean, orderly and presentable always as if company is on the way; and Flexibility -- willingness to modify job duties for the overall good of the home and our elders.
There are stresses associated with working in a long-term care environment. Examples of these stresses include, but are not limited to, shift rotation, weekend and holiday duty, unusual or impaired behavior by elders, family reactions to having a loved one in the facility, death and dying, oversight of State surveyors, Ombudsmen and Federal officials, presence of consultants and Attorneys, and variable involvement of medical staff .
MOBILITY Able to move freely about
LIFTING Regularly (up to 25 lbs.)
CLIMBING/BALANCING Occasionally
STOOPING/BENDING Regularly
PUSHING Occasionally (up to 25 lbs.)
STANDING/SITTING Regularly
REACHING Regularly
SPEAKING Must be able to speak, read & write the English language in an understandable manner.
VISION & HEARING Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of position can be fully met.
According to ADA guidelines reasonable accommodations will be made for staff members who are unable to perform the essential functions of the job.
Working Conditions
INSIDE/OUTSIDE Generally inside
COLD/HEAT Occasional shift in temperature
WET/HUMIDITY Occasional humidity
NOISE/VIBRATIONS At times
DRY/DUST Occasional
FUMES/ODORS/CHEMICAL EXPOSURE Occasional Subject to frequent interruptions Involved with elders, staff members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, etc., under all conditions and circumstances May be subject to hostile and emotionally upset elders, family members, personnel, and visitors
Minimum Qualification Standards
Education/Experience: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; previous long-term care experience preferred.
Freedom from illegal use of drugs and freedom from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace is essential.
Graduate of an accredited college or school of nursing; previous long-term care experience preferred. Must be free from illegal use of drugs and free from use and effects of use of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. Must pass drug screening and criminal background checks prior to hire. The following is a summary of essential job duties; full job description is presented upon hire.
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