Registered Nurse

JOB REQUIREMENTS

This position provides nursing services for residents to assure the highest degree of quality resident care is maintained at all times within a safe environment; assists with activities of daily living, offers emotional and social support, and attends resident's overall physical comfort and wellbeing; also provides communication between medical providers, family members, and facility team for coordination of care.

• Assesses the condition of residents; monitors for changes in condition and responds with appropriate action.
• Communicates resident needs or condition changes to physician, family and other staff.
• Reviews resident care plans; completes documentation.
• Coordinates with other staff and is involved in care plan staffing, individual or group sessions, family interactions, education of resident and family to ongoing treatment programs and discharge planning.
• Performs various treatments including dressing changes, catheter care and/or insertion, etc.
• Reviews and administers medications.
• Documents nursing assessment interventions, individual's responses, effectiveness of treatments, complications, etc. Communicates with physician and family as needed.
• Reports significant change in resident condition to RN Supervisor and/or physician as appropriate.
• Receives and implements physician's orders.
• Compiles information requested for physician reviews.
• Prioritizes, organizes and directs care of residents/participants through assigned individuals and duties.
• Reviews the work of others.
• Provides direct patient care including repositioning, hygiene, assessing skin needs, etc.
• Receives information from prior shift; reports information to following shift.
• Verifies narcotics counts at shift beginning and ending.
• Requests medications from pharmacy; enters new medication orders; transcribes orders; faxes orders to pharmacy; pulls medication to return.
• Assists with the training and orientation of new Household Assistants.
• Provides backup assistance to other department personnel as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Previous experience working with the elderly or Disabled Population Groups Preferred
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• Previous Experience Or Training in Behavior Management or Rehabilitative Principles.
• Previous experience in a lead role.
• Must possess or obtain CPR/First Aid certification upon hire.