Day Shift Registered Nurse

Job Title: Full-Time Day Shift Registered Nurse

Location: Skilled Nursing

Department: Nursing

Reports to: Unit Manager/ADON

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

In keeping with our organization’s goal of improving the lives of the Residents we serve; the Charge Nurse plays a critical role in providing superior customer service and nursing services to all Residents on the assigned unit as well as in the facility as a whole. The Charge Nurse assists the Director of Nursing, Unit Managers, and/or the Assistant Director of Nursing in the planning, development, and overall operation of the assigned unit, which ensures Residents receive quality care 24 hours a day.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Assess Residents conditions to implement intervention and develop Care Plans. Accurately record Residents observations in electronic medical record and follow through on Care Plans. Assure facility medical records policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Make regular rounds of Residents independently and with a physician; observe and evaluate Residents’ symptoms, progress, and reactions to treatments and medications and implements interventions, as necessary.
• Provide care to Residents by performing a variety of treatments within the scope of the individual nurse, including changing dressing, cleansing and/or irrigating wounds and incisions, performing Foley Catheter irrigations, IV therapy, and administering tube feedings, chest tubes and peritoneal dialysis.
• Request and assure supplies and medical equipment are available to perform care and treatments as required by the Residents.
• Schedule appointments, physicians, therapy, and consults if necessary.
• Monitor and assist CNAs with personal Residents care duties such as bathing, feeding, and assisting with ambulation, and other routine accommodative services for Residents comfort and well-being.
• Supervise the CNA’s during the shift, ensuring that the shift runs smoothly and resident care is excellent.
• Receive report from outgoing Charge Nurse and make rounds to see each Residents daily and as needed.
• Administer medications to Residents within regulatory standards, Nursing Department Policies, and standards and procedures and as prescribed by the physician; notify appropriate clinical and/or nursing personnel of medication contraindications.
• Advise Residents and/or responsible persons regarding changes in medications, treatment plans, and Resident condition.
• Manage and document emergency care of Residents, coordinating communications to physicians, responsible persons, DON and Administrator, hospital personnel, emergency transport, and other appropriate personnel.
• Preform comprehensive and focused nursing assessments in conjunction with changes in condition and scheduled programs.
• Assist with new admissions, re-admissions and assist with the transfer of Residents to different rooms within the assigned unit. Requests and assures supplies and equipment are available to perform care and treatment as required by the patient prior to or at the time of admission. Assure completion of weekly, periodic and discharge summaries.
• Perform quality improvement activities as assigned by management.
• Monitor rate of accident/incidents occurrences and infection rate on the unit and develop suggestions for corrective action.
• Report Residents and staff complaint and all unusual occurrences to the Director of Nursing or Administrator and any allegation of Abuse/misappropriation or neglect to the Administrator immediately.
• Participate in periodic regulatory surveys by the State of Michigan and participates in the preparation of the Plan of Correction response…