JOB SUMMARY: Duties include resident admission process and orientation of new residents. Perform various nursing duties as ordered by provider, to include distribution of medications and treatments. Provide leadership skills and supervision for nursing aides and medication aides during shift. Prepares residents charts for clinic appointments. Contracts provider as resident needs arise. Perform Haaland Home Clinic duties. Cares for and arranges for transfer of residents that require emergency care. Assist in screening and coordinate transfers of residents to another facility.
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS: Basic care environment that is staffed 24 hour a day with licensed personal. Daily contact with physicians, staff, geriatric residents, and the community.
TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Requires full range of body motion, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination. Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time. Occasionally lifts and carries items weighing up to 50 pounds. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. Requires working under stressful conditions or irregular hours. Requires some exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, hazardous material and other conditions common to a health care environment.