Licensed Practical Nurse - Pool
Company: EASTERSEALS ARKANSAS
Location: Little Rock
Posted on: February 14, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Description: Summary: To deliver
care to individuals in an ICF/IID residential setting utilizing the
nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention,
implementation, and evaluation and in collaboration with other
professional disciplines to ensure effective care delivery and
achievement of desired outcomes of individuals served. Essential
Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties
may be assigned. Consults and coordinates with health care team to
assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individual’s nursing care
plan. Ensures physician orders are properly documented and followed
accurately. Draws labs as ordered by physician and documents in
accordance with policies and procedures. Provides nursing care
according to policies and procedures in accordance with the Nurse
Practice Act and with the Office of Long Term Care regulations for
ICF/IID facilities. Prepares and administers (orally,
subcutaneously, or through an IV) and records prescribed
medications. Follows procedures for counting, documenting, and
storing medications, including narcotics, received from the
pharmacy and from the individual’s parent/guardian upon admission
and/or return to the facility. Follows procedures for counting,
documenting, and disposing of medications, including narcotics.
Documents and reports adverse reactions to medications or
treatments to Medical Director or designee, DON and
Director/Administrator as defined in policies and procedures.
Records and reports medication errors and incidents/accidents as
soon as made aware of the error, incident, or accident. Records an
individual’s medical information, change in status, and vitals when
there is an emergent change in the individual’s status. Reports
emergent changes in individual’s status to the Medical Director or
designee, On-Call RN, and Director/Administrator. Completes and
documents assessment of individual prior to individual leaving the
facility and when the individual returns to the facility and when
there is an incident/accident involving the individual. Accurately
charts response to plan of care and care given in the medical
record including monthly vitals of individual. Maintains the
medical record of individual served. Assists Habilitation staff, as
needed, in providing personal care (changing, bathing, feeding,
etc.) to individuals. Assists, as needed, in transporting (driving
ESA van or riding with individual) individuals for clinic
appointments and hospitalizations. Adheres to and enforces facility
infection control policies and procedures. Protects and promotes
rights of individuals served. Communicates with families of
individuals served, other staff, physicians, pharmacies, other
facilities, and support organizations in person and by telephone as
individuals' needs and condition warrants. Reports concerns that
may significantly impact care of individuals served, safety and
security to the DON. Provides nursing functions at Butler Adult
Living Center as assigned. Compliance/HIPAA: While performing the
duties of this job, employee will comply with all federal, state
and local laws and regulations pertaining to Easterseals Arkansas.
Employee has access to all client protected health information
within his/her program. Employee will not attempt to access any
other protected health information unless otherwise approved by
Supervisor or Privacy Officer. Supervisory Responsibilities: None.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual
must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge,
skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
essential functions. Education and/or Experience: Degree from an
accredited LPN program and current LPN License. Competencies:
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. Excellent
organizational skills. Excellent written and verbal communication.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively with
individuals receiving services with diverse ability levels and
employees with diverse experience and knowledge levels. Ability to
be self-directed, creative and to take initiative. Demonstrated
commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Current Nursing License by
the AR State Board of Nursing Valid Arkansas Driver's License
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. Ability to lift
twenty (20 pounds). Moving, lifting, or transferring of individuals
with assists (2 or 3 person) for individuals weighing thirty (30)
pounds or more unless documented differently in individual health
care record. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee
is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk
or hear and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to
stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach
with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or
crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception and ability to adjust focus. 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. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is
frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and be performing
tasks involving blood/body fluids. The noise level in the work
environment is usually moderate. Easterseals Arkansas has
designated this position as a “non-safety sensitive” position under
the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment. Requirements:
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