Registered Nurse; RN

The purpose of this position is to supervise, provide and coordinate nursing care in compliance with facility policies and procedures and to assess residents’ care needs and take appropriate action.

• Must have current license.
• License must be free of any encumbrances
• Must not have any disqualifying findings barring employment as stated by State or Federal regulations.

• Take appropriate action to assure adequate staffing to provide resident care.
• Supervise and assess resident care and take appropriate action.
• Implement facility procedures to provide resident care.

• Follow established standards of nursing practices and implement facility policies and procedures.
• Interpret existing policies and procedures to nursing assistants, restorative nursing assistants, residents, families and physicians.
• Competently perform basic nursing skills.
• Provide supervision to Nursing Assistant providing direct resident care.
• Attend staff meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, rehabilitation meetings, in- service classes and committee meetings as assigned.
• Assume responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit.
• Perform comprehensive assessment of residents as assigned.
• Notify physician, when necessary, of changes in residents’ conditions, weight, medication errors, medication not available, abnormal laboratory/X-Ray results and any other unusual observations.
• Consistently work cooperatively with residents, nursing staff, physicians, families, consultant personnel, community agencies and ancillary service providers.