Pay Range: $25hr - $45.50/hr (ranges based on nursing license, experience, and shift)
Shifts: 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, 10pm-6am
**Must be able to work every other weekend**
Professional Qualifications:
- Must be a graduate of a School of Nursing and hold a current license by the State of Indiana in good standing.
- Must be knowledgeable of nursing skills and practices.
- Must possess health certificate/examination as required by State agencies.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Movement throughout facility most of the day, at times moderate to heavy lifting.
- Ability to maintain a professional attitude, including such areas as confidentiality, concern for all people, cooperativeness, and conscientious use of time.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
- Must have the ability to organize, communicate with and lead people of varied levels of experience and training.
- Possess integrity, leadership qualities, an interest in working with people and an enthusiasm for nursing.
- Exhibit understanding, patience and tact in dealing with residents, their families, visitors, and employees.
- Ability to maintain good working relationships with employees, physicians, and other medically related staff.
- Alertness and skill in recognizing and identifying resident symptoms and exhibit resourcefulness in emergency situations.
Essential Job Functions:
- Responsible for total care of all assigned residents on his/her unit and supervision of direct care staff to ensure residents' needs are met.
- Ensure that restorative nursing care measures are performed as indicated and ordered.
- Help to maintain the self-respect, personal dignity, and physical safety of each resident.
- Maintain open communication with nursing management regarding conditions on the nursing unit and concerns related to staff, residents, and visitors.
- Explain treatment goals and expectations to the resident and family/representative, in an effort to obtain feedback and cooperation.
- Supervise/manage personnel on assigned hall/unit(s)..
- Verify that medical records are properly maintained and updated.
- Review daily assignments of nursing staff on the unit/hall to assure that assigned duties are consistent with ability, training, and within scope of practice.
- Assist and instruct nursing staff on unit/hall in special treatments and nursing care.
- Ensure that all ordered treatments are carried out as ordered.
- Ensure that lab work and x-rays are conducted according to physician order and results are reported to the physician in a timely manner.
- Make rounds with physicians and assist with examinations, as indicated.
- Assess residents on unit/hall, upon admission, as well as when indicated for problems/concerns or change in condition. Take necessary action, including emergency measures.
- Initiate and update the nursing care plan for residents on the unit/hall and participate in the interdisciplinary care plan conference, as requested, or assigned.
- Responsible for the security of narcotic and controlled substances.
- Ensure that supplies are stocked on the unit per facility practice.
- Assist staff in delivery of direct resident nursing care.
- Assist with the discharge plan for resident. Instruct the resident and/or family member(s)/ representative; and assess understanding of information provided.
- Receive report from off-going charge nurse. Give thorough report to on-coming nurse at change of shift.
- Count narcotics at beginning and end of each shift and maintain accurate narcotic records.
- Make rounds on all residents with careful attention to those reported as in need of increased monitoring.
- Administer and document all medications at appropriate times.
- Notify medical providers as necessary regarding orders and visits.
- Confer and collect all data from staff (re: resident care problems, needs, turning and positioning, intake output, etc.). Notify medical provider of recognition of signs and symptoms of early disease or complication(s).
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