Registered Nurse Job Green Bay area,Wisconsin USA,Nursing

Position: REGISTERED NURSE

Position Title
: Registered Nurse

Location
:
Park View Health Center

Status
:
Full and Part-Time

Hours per Week
: 8 to 40

Work Hours
:

Day Shift: 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM
PM Shift: 2:30 PM to 10:30 PM ($3/hour shift differential)
Night Shift: 10:30 PM to 6:30 AM ($2/hour shift differential)
Working Every Other Weekend ($2/hour weekend differential)

Purpose and Summary

Ensures residents receive the necessary care and services, through a multi-disciplinary approach, to attain or maintain their highest practicable physical, mental and psychological well-being. Provides residents with the nursing care and assessment for establishing interventions within a plan of care and an environment which promotes maintenance or enhancement of their quality of life; all in accordance with Park View Health Center’s policies and procedures, Federal and State regulations, the Nurse Practice Act, Standards or Nursing Practice, and the nursing assessment process.

Essential

Functions

Delivers skilled nursing care, administers medications as ordered, transcribes physician orders, and ensures that direct care is provided skillfully, safely, completely and accurately.

Manages, directs, and provides assignments to the certified nursing assistants by providing guidance-driven leadership in delegating direct nursing care tasks as appropriate. This includes assigning neighborhood tasks, monitoring the productive work flow of the neighborhood to ensure resident care is completed, providing clear communication with appropriate direction to the neighborhood team of CNAs, and providing follow‑up guidance with education as needed.

Completes accurate nursing assessments in a timely manner. Identifies resident changes in condition, and directly assesses and observes residents with a change in condition. Documents within the medical record the observation and assessment of the resident change in condition. Follows up with appropriate changes to nursing short‑term care plan and nursing comprehensive care plan. Completes follow‑up assessments for identified resident and neighborhood concerns.

Additional

Essential Duties

Accurately and timely documents resident assessments, pertinent resident focused information, weekly resident progress notes, resident/POAHC/Guardian notification, and notification of the resident’s physician/physician extender within each resident medical record.

Critically thinks through resident concerns and forms problem‑solving solutions by identifying interventions on resident short‑term care plans, consulting with interdisciplinary team members, discussing concerns directly with residents and resident family members, and offering assessment information to RN neighborhood supervisors or the RN shift supervisor for further assessment for care planning interventions.

Maintains effective and professional communication with physicians, physician extenders, community healthcare entities (hospitals, clinics etc.), all interdisciplinary departments, supervisor’s and administration to provide assessment information and communicates requests for consultation or guidance for resident focused concerns and changes in condition.

Understands the nursing department chain of command and reports acute incidences or concerns in a timely manner to RN Shift Supervisor and the RN Neighborhood Supervisor, if applicable.

Demonstrates ability to organize and prioritize daily assignments by effectively completing assigned nursing tasks within scheduled shift to include medication pass, resident assessments, documentation and transcription of physician orders.

Accurately and thoroughly completes transcription of newly signed physician orders, physician visits, consultant visits and documents the information within the resident’s medical record.

Demonstrates flexibility in work hours and work assignments as assigned by maintaining the ability to adapt to a changing work environment and frequent interruptions. Staff nurses will work every‑other‑weekend and be assigned to a Holiday rotation schedule.

Monitors neighborhood supplies used for resident care to ensure appropriate quantities are maintained within each neighborhood; this includes but is not limited to…