- Provides services to residents in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act, facility policies and accepted professional standards of practice. The nurse is accountable for providing services utilizing a comprehensive base of nursing theory and the nursing process, and communicates/documents observations and assessments. Provides oversight, education and training of unlicensed nursing staff ; NA, CNA, CMA.
- Manages and Oversees Nursing Department
- Collects data related to resident's status/ condition, including physical, psychosocial, and environmental parameters. Reports condition and treatment changes to families, physicians, and other appropriate disciplines, as well as documenting in resident charts.
- Updates service/care plan to reflect resident status at all times. Incorporate analysis of data and current scientific findings.
- Implement nursing interventions as defined in the service/care plan. Interventions reflect current nursing practice substantiated by research and are aimed at achieving realistic outcomes. Performs interventions in a safe manner according to facility policies and procedures and current standards of practice.
- Modifies and updates the care/service plan to reflect progress towards outcomes.
- Performs ongoing staff training and development in regard to medication administration and competency evaluation. Provides ongoing staff competency findings.
- Provides direct care.
- Assures, collects, documents, vital, weights, health, and safety of all residents.
- Modifies and updates MARS to reflect change.
- Orientates new employees.
- Takes On Call Rotation
- Communicate with physicians in a timely manner to ensure that safe care is practiced.
- Assures that monthly MARS and TARS are accurate, implemented, and updated as necessary.
- Completes assessments as required; 90 days per resident or as changes in conditions arise.
- Assists residents with medication administration according to facility policies and procedures and established standards of practice to all applicable regulations and Nurse Practice Act; as well as state health department.
- Qualifications/Specific Requirements
*Duties and job descriptions subject to change*
- Active Licensure as a Registered Nurse
- Previous nursing/management experience required.
- Have a passion for working with the elderly population.
- Ability to make appropriate judgement calls during crisis situations.
- Ability to use critical thinking.
- Ability to communicate with residents, families, visitors and other employees.
- Must have strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be a minimum of twenty-one (21) years of age.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language and follow oral and written instructions.
- Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
- Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and the general public.
- Must possess the ability and willingness to work harmoniously with professional and non-professional personnel.
- Must be willing to spend a minimum of 40% of time on the floor with residents, visitors, families and other employees.
- Must have patience, tact, cheerfulness disposition and enthusiasm.
- Requires use of gloves and/or personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Must be able to manage difficult resident behaviors through use of critical thinking and observing body language.
- Physical and Sensory Requirement (with or without aid of mechanical device)
- Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
- Must be able to speak and write the English language in an understandable manner.
- Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
- Must be able to see and hear OR use prosthetics that will enable these sense to function adequately so that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
- Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
- Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability.
- Must be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset and at times hostile people in the facility.
- Must be able to stoop, turn, bend, stretch, crawl, kneel, reach overhead, horizontally and down and lift, push, pull and move a minimum of fifty (50) pounds.
- Requires frequent standing and walking.
- Must be able to smell, discriminate speech, speak clearly, discriminate color and possess intact peripheral vision.
- Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents/tenants.
- Requires use of hands, arms, legs, feet, torso, eyes, nose and mouth.
- Requires balancing and rapid mental-muscular coordination.
- Requires frequent work with dust, powders, sprays, mists, vapors, odors and chemicals.
- Requires ability to read/define body language of non-verbal residents, families, visitors and employees.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $38.00 - $40.15 per hour
Expected hours: 32.0 – 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person