Residential Living Assistant, Sr. jobs in Lebanon, PA

Luther Ridge located in Pottsville PA offers Assisted Living. The healthcare center offers care for 135 residents who rely on us for life enrichment and quality of care.

We offer an array of employment opportunities for all types of professional interests. We offer competitive wages and benefits, tuition assistance and professional advancement programs.

Come join our enthusiastic team! It's not just our promise, it's our passion.

Shift - Days w/ various hours

Essential Elements of the Position:

• Provides leadership to and supervises the operations of the assisted living community.
• Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the community.
• Ensures that all licensed nurses comply with the facility's written procedures for the administration, storage and control of medications and supplies. Monitors medication passes and treatments, and reviews medication administration records for completeness, accuracy and adherence to stop order policies.
• Makes rounds of the nursing unit to ensure that all nursing service team members are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards; monitors nursing care to ensure that all residents are treated fairly and with kindness, dignity and respect; ensure nursing care being provided and that they reflect that the care plan is being followed and the residents' response to care.
• Ensures that the nursing service work areas and all resident care rooms, treatment and common areas are maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner. Reports all occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infection materials and hazardous chemicals and any other work injuries in accordance with the facilities policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
• Participates in facility surveys made by authorized government agencies.
• Assists in developing methods for coordinating nursing services with other resident services to ensure continuity of the residents' total regimen of care.
• Provides direct nursing care as necessary; starts IVs, obtain sputum, urine, and other specimens for labs; monitors and obtains vital signs.
• Authorizes the use of restraints when necessary and in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures.
• Keeps the Inter-Disciplinary team informed of the status of residents. Participates with other Inter-Disciplinary Team members, the residents and their family members in the care conference process to develop, implement, evaluate and update the residents' comprehensive plan of care.
• Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge of residents as needed.
• Assists with the development, implementation, and evaluation of residents' care plans. Reviews resident care plans for appropriate resident goals, problems, interventions and revisions based on nursing needs. Assists in the evaluation of each resident's physical and emotional status. Consults with the residents, family members, and physicians in planning the resident's care, treatment and rehabilitation as necessary.
• Reviews residents' medical and nursing treatments to ensure that they are provided in accordance with the residents' care plans and wishes.
• Reports and assists in the investigation of any abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property as evidenced by documentation. Reviews complaints and grievances made by a resident and makes a written/oral report indicating the actions taken to resolve the issues.
• Participates in various organizational committees as requested by the Director of Nursing.
• Educates residents and their families to nursing care and other related services as necessary.
• Attends and participates in continuing education programs designed to keep current with changes in the nursing profession, as well as to maintain licensure requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language. Must be able to 2 years of experience.
• Must have taken the 100 hour course and taken competency test.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
• Must be knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
• Must possess leadership and supervisory ability and be willing to work harmoniously with and supervise other personnel.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle difficult residents.