RN, Healthcare Nursing, Nursing Home

Overview

We are seeking a full-time night shift RN (12 hour shifts)

$5,000 sign on bonus

Wage DOE: $39.98-$53.80 + $4.00/hour night shift differential

• Essential Duties — Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.
• Personnel Functions
  • Make daily rounds of the CNA's to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report findings to the Director.
  • Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
  • Report known or suspected incidents of fraud to the Administrator.
  • Ensure that departmental computer workstations left unattended are properly logged off or the password protected automatic screen-saver activates within established facility policy guidelines.
• Nursing Care Functions
  • Consult with the resident, his/her family, and the resident's physician in planning the resident's care, treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary.
  • Notify the resident's attending physician and next-of-kin when there is a change in the resident's condition.
  • Visit residents on a daily basis in order to observe and evaluate each resident's physical and emotional status.
  • Provide direct nursing care as necessary.
  • Start IVs, obtain sputum, urine and other specimens for lab tests as ordered.
  • Take TPRs, blood pressures, etc., as necessary.
  • Admit, transfer and discharge residents as necessary.
  • Report problem areas to the Director.
  • Keep the Director informed of the status of residents and other related matters through written/oral reports.
  • Medication passes and treatment schedules to ensure that medications are being administered as ordered and that treatments are provided as scheduled.
  • Review medication cards for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of physician orders, and adherence to stop order policies.
  • Inspect the nursing service treatment areas daily to ensure that they are maintained in a clean and safe manner.
  • Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
  • Meet with residents, and/or family members, as necessary. Report problems to the Director.
  • Inform family members of the death of the resident.
  • Call funeral homes when requested by the family.
• Safety and Sanitation
  • Assist the Director and/or Infection Control Coordinator in identifying, evaluating, and classifying routine and job-related functions to ensure that tasks in which there is potential exposure to blood/body fluids are properly identified and recorded.
  • Ensure that all personnel performing tasks that involve potential exposure to blood/body fluids participate in appropriate in-service training programs prior to performing such tasks.
  • Ensure that an adequate supply of personal protective equipment is on hand and readily available to personnel who perform procedures that involve exposure to blood or body fluids.
  • Ensure that personnel follow established procedures for the use and disposal of personal protective equipment.
  • Monitor your shift's personnel to ensure that they are following established safety regulations in the use of equipment and supplies.
  • Ensure that nursing service work areas (i.e., nurses' stations, medicine preparation rooms, etc.) are maintained in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Ensure that all resident care rooms, treatment areas, etc., are maintained in a clean, safe, and sanitary manner.
  • Ensure that nursing service personnel follow established handwashing and hand hygiene procedures.
  • Ensure that nursing service personnel follow established infection control procedures when isolation precautions become necessary.
  • Ensure that all personnel wear and/or use safety equipment and supplies (e.g., back brace, mechanical lifts, etc.) when lifting or moving residents.
• Care Plan and Assessment…