PRN LVN at Mesa View Senior Living

Compliance

• Adhere to regulatory standards, organizational policies, and professional codes of conduct governing nursing practice. Maintain licensure and certification requirements, attending continuing education programs as necessary to stay current in nursing practice. Performs emergency medical procedures such as Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and documents data related to patients’ care. Administers blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions and manages patients’ pain relief and sedation, monitoring patients’ responses and changing care plans accordingly. Assesses urgent and emergent health conditions and interprets the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results.
• Other
• Requirements: Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information. Documents work processes and follows HCHD Policies and Procedures as required. Performs other duties as assigned as supervisor or designee ALL DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS MUST BE PERFORMED CONSISTENT WITH THE HCHD PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Qualifications JOB REQUIREMENTS Education Minimum High School Diploma or GED equivalent. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university preferred Work Experience Minimum Minimum one years nursing experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience Preferred Licenses & Certifications Minimum Maintain BLS certification as a condition of employment Maintain ACLS certification as a condition of employment Maintain PALS certification as a condition of employment Maintain current State of Texas Licensed Vocational Nurse License as a condition of employment. Obtain TNCC certification if assigned by Director of Nursing Preferred Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Consistent availability to work twelve hours shifts as a non- exempt employee. Excellent organizational and interpersonal communication skills Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals Ability to communicate information effectively and to respond adequately to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, vendors, and physicians
• Other
• Requirements: Must convey a professional demeanor Must be able to act calmly and efficiently in a busy or stressful situation Ability to communicate effectively in the English language in person, by phone, and in writing Adheres to all policies and procedures, including standards for safety, attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance Must be able to establish and maintain positive working relationships with managers and peers AGE SPECIFIC COMPETENCY (Clinical jobs only) Identify age-specific competencies for direct and indirect patient care providers who regularly assess, manage and treat patients.

Instructions

Indicate the age groups of patients served either by direct or indirect patient care by checking the appropriate boxes below. Next, X Infants (Birth – 11 months) X Adolescent (13 – 19 years) X Toddlers (1 – 3 years) X Young Adult (20 – 40 years) X Preschool (4 – 5 years) X Middle Adult (41 – 65 years) X School Age (6 – 12 years) X Older Adult (Over 65 years) JOB FUNCTIONS Review the employee’s job description and identify each essential function that is performed differently based on the age group of the patient. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Indicate the appropriate physical requirements of this job in the course of a shift.

Note

• reasonable accommodations may be made available for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. Physical Demand Level Occasional Up to 33% of the time Frequent 34%-66% of the time Constant 67%-100% of the time
• Sedentary: Ability to lift up to 10 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one, which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met. Up to 10#
• Negligible
• Negligible
• Light: Ability to lift up to 25 pounds maximum and occasionally lifting and/or carrying such articles as dockets, ledgers and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one, which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met. Up to 25# Up to 10# or requires significant walking or standing, or requires pushing/pulling of arm/leg controls
• Negligible or constant push/pull of items of negligible weight
• Medium: Ability to lift up to 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting/and or carrying objects weighing up to 25 pounds. 20-50# 10-25# Negligible-10#
• X
• Heavy: Ability to lift up to 100 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds. 50-100# 25-50# 10-20#
• Very
• Heavy: Ability to lift over 100 pounds with frequent lifting and/or carrying objects weighing over 50 pounds. Over 100# Over 50# Over 20# List any other physical requirements or bona fide occupational qualifications: Reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions may be made for individuals with disabilities
• Working
• Conditions:
• The worker is subject to hazards: including a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to mechanical parts and chemicals including odors. - The worker at times is required to wear a facemask, gown, and/or gloves - Employees in this job classification have been identified as having the likelihood of occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials, therefore are included in the OSHA Exposure Control Plan with its specifications for preventing contact with the above materials.
• Physical
• Activity
• Requirements: (constant = 67% - 100% of work day, Frequent = 34% - 66% of work day, Occasional = 33% or less of work day.)
• Constant: -
• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium. -
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. -
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time. -
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly of long distances.

Frequent

• -
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles. -
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine. -
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion. -
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Occasional

• -
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion. -
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee or knees. -
• Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees and feet. -
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm as in handling.
• Physical
• Requirements: -
• Heavy
• Work: Exerting up to 65 pounds of push/pulling force to move frequently, and lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally, and lifting up to 40 pounds frequently, and lifting up to 20 pounds constantly, to move patient and/or objects.
• VISUAL
• ACUITY
• Requirements: -
• Clost
• Inspection: This is a minimum standard for use with those whose work deals largely with preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, transcription, computer terminal, extensive reading, visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines (including inspection), using measurement devices, assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
• Intellectual
• AND
• Emotional
• REQUIREMENTS: - Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity. - Adaptability to situations involving the interpretation of feelings, ideas, or facts in terms of personal viewpoint. - Adaptability to influencing people in their opinions, attitudes, or judgments about ideas or things. - Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria. - Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria. - Adaptability to dealing with people beyond givnig and receiving instructions. - Adaptability to performing under stress when confronted with emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations; or situations in which working speed and sustained attention are make-or-break aspects of the job. - Adaptability to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerance, or standards. - Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.