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Chip and Dale Homes Inc. is a Non-Profit Organization providing residential and day program services for adults with intellectual disabilities.
Applications are now being accepted for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who will be working at one of our group homes caring for four adults with complex medical needs. This position will report to a Chip and Dale Homes Program Coordinator.
Duties Include:
Provide medical care within the full scope of practice as it is outlined for Licensed Practical Nurses.
Offer direct nursing care for medically fragile adults
Offer direct nursing care for complex medical, nursing and intervention therapies due to disabilities and/chronic diseases
Provide a holistic approach of health and healing along with nursing care for medically fragile adults
Assist in physical assessments
Administer medications, gastric tube feeds
Monitor and administer tracheotomy care including suctioning
Administer urostomy care, catheter care, diabetic care and specialized diets
Monitor and manage nursing care plans
Advocate on behalf of the individual's health care needs
Qualifications:
LPN
Current license with SALPN
Minimum 2 years experience preferred
Essential Skills
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Computer use
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate
Specific Skills
- Shop for food and household supplies
- Provide personal care
- Prepare, cook and serve meals
- Perform light housekeeping and cleaning
- Launder clothing and household linens
- Drive household vehicle
- Assist clients in water (i.e. pool)
- Administer bedside and personal care
- Feed or assist in feeding
- Administer medications
- Aid clients with bathing and other aspects of personal hygiene
Type of Clientele
- Persons with an intellectual disability
Work Location Information
- Work in employer's/client's home
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Security and Safety
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Driver's validity licence check