Registered Nurse RN

Overview

Turtle Creek Rehabilitation and Wellness Center offers the very best in post-acute rehabilitation services. Turtle Creek has earned a reputation for providing excellent and compassionate nursing care. We are seeking motivated and compassionate RNs to join our team!

The RN promotes and restores residents' health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to residents, friends and families, and will supervise assigned team members.

• Identify resident care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual residents and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
• Monitor and chart information to ensure the health and well-being of the resident, including the administration of medications and overseeing staff.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, friends, and families.
• Promote residents  independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching residents, friends, and family to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
• Assure quality of care by measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards and making or recommending any necessary adjustments.
• Resolve resident problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations and calling for assistance from health care support personnel.
• Protect facility residents and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Document resident care services by charting in resident and department records.
• Maintain resident confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

• At least one year of experience in a long-term care environment is highly preferred.
• Graduate of an approved college/school nursing program.
• Current state license as a professional RN.