Adult Family Care LPN

Aging Services of North Central Massachusetts provides comprehensive information and quality services so that older people individuals with disabilities and their families are empowered to make personalized choices to ensure a life of dignity safety and respect.

The values of ASNCM have been determined by its employees and are the foundation of our culture.

Collaboration we communicate and coordinate with others internally and externally to make a positive difference for our consumers and their families.

Compassion we work with heart to be kind caring and willing to help our consumers in their journey.

ConsumerCentric we are committed and persistent in ensuring that our services and experiences are of high quality resulting in positive consumer impacts.

Empowerment we strive to make our consumers stronger and more confident to control their lives with personalized choices and claim their rights to a life of safety dignity and respect.

Integrity we adhere to the highest standards of professionalism ethics and personal responsibility worthy of the trust our consumers place in us.

General Description:

The Adult Foster Care (AFC) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) works collaboratively with the AFC Care Manager (CM) and AFC RN to conduct initial and ongoing inhome assessments of consumers caregivers and the AFC home to determine eligibility for the program. The AFC LPN in conjunction with the AFC CM and AFC RN is responsible for developing the AFC care plan supporting and training caregivers and ongoing maintenance of the AFC program for the consumer and caregiver.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conducts initial and ongoing assessments of AFC consumers caregivers and AFC home.
• Develops implements and regularly reviews the AFC plan of care.
• Receives direction and supervision as needed from AFC RNs and Clinical Nurse Director.
• Conducts an orientation to the AFC program for each caregiver.
• Monitors the health status of all consumers.
• Creates reviews and maintains paper and electronic case records and ongoing tracking mechanisms.
• Participates in discharge planning and implementation case discussions and meetings.
• Learns and adheres to program standards.
• Represents the agency in a professional positive manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• It is required that this individual has a current license as a Licensed Practical Nurse from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
• They should have experience and interest in the elderly population and/or community health. They should possess: good communication organization and management skills; good nursing assessment skills; good judgement and decision making skills; and excellent documentation
• Knowledge of basic medical mental health social service delivery systems as well as acceptable record keeping practices is essential.

A valid drivers license and a legally insured and registered motor vehicle are required.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

PHYSICAL:

• Visual speaking auditory and mobile capacity necessary:
• Capacity to see computer screen read written material and drive a car.
• Capacity to hear and speak on the telephone.
• Capacity to communicate verbally with consumers caregivers supervisors and managers.
• Capacity for fine manipulation in the frequent use of office equipment such as computers copy machines fax machines telephones calculators etc.
• Capacity to drive in allweather to visit consumers in their homes
• Capacity to navigate uneven terrain in allweather to visit consumers in their homes
• Capacity to climb stairs
• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Occasional reaching and grabbing objects with both hands twisting of hand and wrist and pushing and pulling of objects.
• Occasional bending squatting and twisting to perform work functions.
• Occasional capacity to lift up to 25 pounds.

MENTAL:

• Ability to understand and/or interpret complicated program instructions and laws.
• Capacity to learn complicated computer software
• Capacity to deal rationally and calmly with varying personalities
• Capacity to work well in fast paced rapidly changing environment.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

• Work is split between indoor office work and traveling outdoors to meetings trainings and consumers homes.
• Must be able to tolerate odors and pollutants including but not limited to smoke air fresheners pet dander personal odors etc. from a variety of inhome conditions.
• This position requires an onsite presence
• Must be able to tolerate byproducts of office machine operation.
• Must be able to tolerate heat and cold of seasonal changes and indoor temperatures.