Registered Nurse - PRN

Westminster at Lake Ridge, 12191 Clipper Dr., Lake Ridge, VA 22192, USA

We're looking for Register Nurse PRNs to work in our Senior Living Community in Lake Ridge, VA.

Wage Rate: $34.38 to $42.97 per hour commensurate with experience.

• On-Call
• Onsite CPR Training
• Well-being Model
• Certified Dementia Practitioner Training
• Free Use of Community Pool and Fitness Center
• Training and Growth Opportunities
• Tickets to Work

* Available for select employees

About Westminster at Lake Ridge:
Westminster at Lake Ridge is a premier Continuing Care Retirement Community serving older adults in three levels of service:
Independent Living, Assisted Living, and a Health Center. Our team of roughly 270 total employees serves a population of over 400 total residents on 62 acres that back up to the Occoquan reservoir. Westminster at Lake Ridge is certified as a Great Place to Work. We are CARF Certified, and Sage certified.

This position is primarily responsible for directing and evaluating all resident care given by the nurses within the Ingleside community. Additional duties include administering disciplinary action and nursing care reporting.

Bachelor’s degree in nursing with Registered Nurse certification required, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation training required. Incumbent should be able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written and oral form, possess high-quality verbal and written communication ability, strong interpersonal and leadership skills, and be knowledgeable on general nursing principles. Must be proficient in the operation of computer applications and Care System paging systems.

• Provides resident care in the form of treatment, medication, and diagnostic procedures as delegated by the Director of Nursing or designate physician
• Completes purposeful rounds throughout the Health Center, Assisted Living and Memory Support Assisted living neighborhoods. Addresses issues noted to include safety/infection control with licensed staff for follow up.
• Makes rounds on all residents. Ensure that action is taken on clinical, environmental and safety issues. Follows up with the charge nurses, physicians, and other departments as necessary in resolving issues pertaining to the residents and/or staff.
• Ensures that medications are distributed and additional treatments to all residents within the Nursing Center and Assisted Living Units.
• Ensure staff on assigned units follow infection control standards set by Ingleside, CDC and jurisdictional guidelines.
• Maintain alertness to clinical signs and symptoms that indicate progress or indicate adverse reactions to prescribed treatments.
• Reports changes in resident condition to Unit Coordinator, physician and residents responsible party according to facility policy and appropriate rules and regulations. Initiates follow-up action as necessary.
• Observes, evaluates, and documents resident condition changes. Documents resident care provided and residents response or lack of response to care provided.
• Identifies resident problems in emergency situations and initiates immediate measures as appropriate to the situation.
• Administers and documents medications, enteral/parenteral nutrition, treatment as prescribed by the physician, administers PRN medications and treatments per facility policy.
• Counts narcotics and follows emergency kit procedures.
• Assists with admission/transfer/discharge procedures, coordinating with other departments, physicians, and ancillary service providers.
• Supervises delivery of meals/proper diet, distribution of nourishment, application of postural supports and restraints.
• Assists nursing assistants with…