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  Record medical and administrative information in accordance with established charting and documentation policies and procedures.
• Maintain the Daily Census Report and submit to Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Maintain an up-to-date roster of residents for your assigned unit.
• Answer telephone, page calls; deliver messages to residents, etc., as necessary.
• Maintain a current listing of emergency phone numbers for your assigned unit.
• Maintain and forward daily tardy and absentee reports to the Business Office.
• Record appropriate resident identification data on designated medical records, wristbands, ID cards, etc., as required.
• Transcribe physicians’ orders to care plans, medication cards, treatment plans, etc., as required.
• Record vital signs as directed.
• Forward new diet orders and/or diet changes to the Director of Dining Services.
• Keep nursing service personnel informed of residents’ appointments.
• Assist in arranging for and making resident appointments for diagnostic and therapeutic services.
• Notify the resident’s responsible party when there is a change in the resident’s condition as instructed.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents. Assist in arranging for transportation, packing residents’ belongings, escorting them to discharge/transfer area, loading, etc., as necessary.
• Assist in the completion of necessary medical and administrative records upon the resident’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
• Forward completed charts of discharged residents to the Medical Records/Health Information Department.
• Direct visitors to resident rooms, office areas, etc., as necessary.

Education and Experience

• Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma.
• Must have two (2) years experience in similar position.