Registered Nurse (Rn)

Purpose of this position

The purpose of this position is to supervise, provide and coordinate nursing care in compliance with facility policies and procedures and to assess residents' care needs and take appropriate action.

Qualifications

• Must have current license.

• License must be free of any encumbrances

• Must not have any disqualifying findings barring employment as stated by State or Federal regulations.

Delegation of authority

• Take appropriate action to assure adequate staffing to provide resident care.

• Supervise and assess resident care and take appropriate action.

• Implement facility procedures to provide resident care.

Primary Functions and Responsibilities

• Follow established standards of nursing practices and implement facility policies and procedures.

• Interpret existing policies and procedures to nursing assistants, restorative nursing assistants, residents, families and physicians.

• Competently perform basic nursing skills.

• Provide supervision to Nursing Assistant providing direct resident care.

• Attend staff meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, rehabilitation meetings, in- service classes and committee meetings as assigned.

• Assume responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit.

• Perform comprehensive assessment of residents as assigned.

• Notify physician, when necessary, of changes in residents' conditions, weight, medication errors, medication not available, abnormal laboratory/X-Ray results and any other unusual observations.

• Consistently work cooperatively with residents, nursing staff, physicians, families, consultant personnel, community agencies and ancillary service providers.