DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES

For Veterans and those who care for them.

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE - DAYS

Job Location:

Address:
Arizona State Veterans' Home- Flagstaff
2100 North Gemini Road
Flagstaff, AZ 86004

Posting Details:

Salary: $26.3083- $31.0096/ Hourly (DOE) 

Grade: LPN

Closing Date: Open Until Filled 

Job Summary:

The Arizona Veterans’ Home- Flagstaff our newest, 'state-of-of-the-art' facility is looking for nursing professionals to support our mission of being committed to serving and honoring Veterans, Service Members, and their families by ensuring that they receive the highest quality services. If you fit that description, we invite you to apply to our Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) positions!

This position carries out all geriatric nursing care, treatment and services in a professional and prescribed manner within scope of license and provides a safe, therapeutic, and hygienic environment while overseeing the duties of subordinate staff. The number of LPN and CNA positions assigned to work on a unit varies according to the shift.

The LPN learns, implements, and monitors Arizona Management System (AMS) methods, uses AMS concepts and tools for problem solving, continuous work/process improvements and efficiencies and incorporates a cultural focus on Veteran/Member-centered care in the performance of job duties.

Job Duties:

As a Licensed Practical Nurse, you will:

• Administer medication and perform treatments on an assigned unit as ordered by the physician and within scope of license (Medications may be in a variety of forms including oral, enteral, parenteral, suppository, etc. and treatments may include sterile and aseptic wound cleaning and dressing, postural drainage and percussion, tracheostomy, gastrostomy and jejunostomy care, and catheter care.)
• Observe and report the effectiveness of medications and treatments
• Ensure an adequate amount of supplies and medication are available
• Receive and deliver a variety of information regarding the resident's medical, social, functional, and other needs
• Participate in the receiving and giving shift reports
• Communicate with residents, family, and staff as necessary to ensure the resident receives appropriate care from the interdisciplinary team
• Complete the initial admission nursing assessment tool on a newly admitted resident
• Assist with the development of the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments, ongoing quarterly reviews and care plans
• Maintain appropriate clinical and administrative documentation regarding diagnosis, observations, treatment, and summary of resident progress.
• Participate in our Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program
• Attend and participate in staff meetings

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:

• Gerontological/Geriatric nursing theory and practice
• Resident condition and changing medical/ physical/psychological care needs
• Effects of the aging process
• Practices and procedures of team nursing
• Practices and procedures for implementing treatment plans for resident/patient care
• Practices and procedures of pharmacology and medicines
• Federal, State and agency laws, rules and regulations governing general practical nursing practices and the security and control of medical supplies and medications and dispensing thereof

Skills in:

• Practical nursing methods and techniques
• Observing and reporting behavior and progress of residents/patients
• Applying and interpreting State and agency laws and regulations governing geriatric nursing
  practices
• Assisting in the development and implementation of patient care plans within a team nursing
  concept
• Oral and written communication

Ability to:

• Listen, observe, assess and respond to medical emergencies
• Evaluate, analyze, make independent decisions and follow up regarding client health problems