Assisted Living Nurse Lead - LVN

Buckner Retirement Services Community: The Stayton at Museum Way, by Buckner
Location: Fort Worth, TX - Onsite
Address: 2501 Museum Way, Fort Worth, TX 76107
Shift: Days plus call rotation
Job Schedule : Full-Time - Hourly

We are seeking an Assisted Living Nurse Lead LVN to join our community committed to delivering outstanding service to our residents.

As an AL Nurse Lead, you will play a n important role in all phases of nursing care that meets or exceeds Buckner quality, service, and hospitality standards.

Join our team and inspire happiness in the lives of others!

What you'll do:


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+ Performs timely and accurate resident assessments utilizing assessment tools, reports assessment to supervisor and charts in resident records.

Monitor and ensure compliance with resident plan.

Administers and supervises care prescribed by physicians.

Participate in physician visits to residents, record visits in charts.
+ Provides oversight of medication management to ensure MAR's are correct and that the residents receive medications timely and accurately.

Administers prescribed medication to residents.

Works with consultant pharmacist as needed to ensure community maintains compliance.

Manages pharmacy re-orders in ways that align with community policies and regulatory requirements.
+ Makes daily rounds to observe delivery of services, resident status, meal service, meal service process and quality of care provided to residents.

Engage in conversation with staff to share successes and opportunities for improvement, as needed.

Demonstrate expected behaviors so staff have opportunities for visual and verbal learning.
+ Maintain current proficient working knowledge of and comply with all local, state and federal licensing requirements; meet with managers regularly to review resident care.

Maintain resident medical records and ensure charting is performed in a timely manner and in accordance with state regulations.
+ Assist leadership in strategic planning and direction for nursing services operations; evaluate results, identify opportunities, initiate improvements, and measure performance against objectives.
+ Administers intramuscular and subcutaneous injections; performs in-house testing procedures; takes and records vital signs.
+ Assist in maintaining current health plans according to a schedule rotation and documenting acute episodes or significant changes in resident status.
+ Participate in investigations following allegations of inappropriate behavior by staff.

Assist associates to develop action plans to efficiently close skill gaps and to develop new skills.

Assist associates to learn to exhibit 5STARS behaviors toward others.
+ Provide support and provide care in Assisted Living and Memory Care as needed in addition to role in healthcare services including processing new admissions, blood sugar and insulin administration, and administration of narcotics.
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