LVN Charge Nurse

LVN Charge Nurse for a skilled nursing facility. Responsibilities include greeting and assessing admissions, coordinating new admits, orienting residents and families, reviewing charts for treatments, medications, and diets; verifying transportation needs; daily lab reviews and audits; performing daily room rounds; ensuring CNAs administer prescribed treatments; notifying physicians of changes in status; conducting weekly med room, refrigerator, and e-kit audits; performing nursing duties (e.g., tube feeding, catheterization, wound care, specimen collection, blood sugar monitoring, insulin administration); admitting/transferring/discharging as needed; directing day-to-day nursing staff in line with regulations and company standards; maintaining census reports and required forms; following up on weekend supervisor tasks; scheduling and leading staff development; retaining qualified staff; reporting suspected fraud to administration; and calculating daily staffing needs (PPD).