POSITION PURPOSE: The Team Leader performs the duty of administering all non-injectable medications to assigned residents, provides treatments as delegated, supervises assigned staff, and performs other duties as assigned below.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:

• Demonstrates good faith effort to support, maintain, and improve the health and quality of life 
• for residents.

Demonstrates knowledge and interest in the provision of care for persons with Alzheimer’s and other dementias and has the ability to work effectively with this population.

Supervise and assign staff on shift.

Receives call-ins and arranges for staff replacement.

Assists care givers in the provision of resident care including dressing, grooming, bathing, nutritional intake, toileting and incontinent care.

Facilitates to degree possible resident involvement in self-care.

Provides and ensures appropriate administration of oral medications in accordance with service plan and Physician’s orders to insure optimum of resident comfort and health.

Maintains current knowledge of medications administered and manner of administration.

Informed of resident’s health history and current condition(s) and service plan.

Participates in service planning as requested.

Reports resident change of condition in accordance with established policy and procedure.

Communicates resident need for transportation for medical purpose to Team Leader Captain.

Practices basic infection control techniques.

Assures house medical and medicine supplies are maintained and readily available.

Ensures appropriate use and destruction of classified drugs with the Health Services RN.

Participate in development, knowledgeable and supportive of resident service plan goals.

Maintains confidential nature of work.

Practices medical transcription as delegated.

Documents vitals and performs alert charting as required.

Keeps medication supply areas organized and tidy.

Orders medications from resident’s pharmacy of choice.

Assigns or attains resident vitals per physician orders and service plans.

Schedules resident lab draws.

Schedules resident physician and other appointments as requested.

Completes and assists to conduct investigations in resident incidents and communicates incidents to Physician and interested parties.

Provides wound care and treatments as delegated and with return demonstration of ability.

Performs delegated and/or assigned nursing tasks per Oregon Administrative Rules.

Documents nursing interventions and responses to care.

Other duties as assigned.

NON ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS include the following:

All aspects of the job are essential.

UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS:

Exposure to Blood/Body fluids is possible.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Preferably has successfully completed an Oregon State Board of Nursing approved training program for the administration of non-injectable medication.

Demonstrated ability to administer oral medications and perform treatments accurately in accordance with requirements and as delegated.

Reads, speaks and writes the English language.

Performs detailed assignments, works under pressure.

Relates positively to residents, staff and visitors.

Has the ability to prioritize tasks and work efficiently.

Has strong supervisory and team leading skills with the ability to motivate staff to achieve defined and optimal goals.

Written evidence of current CPR training is on file.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Able to ambulate, bend, stoop, kneel, squat and move a maximum of 40 pounds during routine care of an assigned Group of Residents for an 8 hour shift.

Visual and auditory activity within normal limits with or without prosthetics.

Frequent walking.

Push and pull wheelchairs and other equipment occasionally.

Must function independently, have flexibility and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel and support agencies and maintain a calm environment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.