Full-Time Position Open:

• 2 days PM Shift / 2 days NOC Shift
• PM 3pm-11pm / NOC 11pm-7am

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible and accountable for the provision of direct, age specific, resident care to those assigned to his/her care for each established shift. The RN provides resident care according to the nursing processes of the facility and is responsible for the coordination of the team approach to meet each resident’s individual needs. The RN provides clinical leadership for the other nursing staff as assigned and performs related duties as required. The RN supervises the LVN’s, C.N.A.’s, and other ancillary nursing personnel involved in the delivery of resident care.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: 1. Performs assigned resident care duties in a manner that provides for the physical, psycho-social, and spiritual needs of the chronically ill and technologically dependent resident, incorporating cultural and ethnic factors.

2. Completes initial and ongoing assessments in a timely manner, incorporating functional/development age factors into the assessment process.

3. Correctly differentiates between normal and abnormal clinical findings and intervenes in accordance with clinical standards of practice and per physician orders.

4. Works collaboratively with the resident/family and interdisciplinary team members to develop an individualized plan of care for each resident.

5. Demonstrates sound clinical judgment in the implementation, and evaluation of the nursing aspects of interdisciplinary resident care plan of care.

6. Proficiently and accurately evaluates, assists with treatments, and reports resident condition changes to the attending physician, family, interdisciplinary team members, and Clinical Manager.

7. Directs and coordinates the care of each resident to meet their overall individualized needs.

8. Administers medications in a proficient manner, including IV therapy and pain management. Is able to accurately calculate dosage and solutions appropriate to resident’s age, as needed, including IV therapy, IV pain management, and TPN/PPN. Is able to provide care and treatment to residents with Central Lines, PICC lines, and peripheral IV’s.

9. Provides treatment administration in a proficient manner per direction from the physician, which includes but is not limited to: wound packing, irrigation, indwelling catheter care, etc.

10. Proficiently provides and manages the care of technologically dependent residents, including but not limited to:

a. Ostomies such as, but not limited to: tracheostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, gastrostomy etc.

b. Enteral feeding tubes

c. Suctioning