JOB DETAILS: Job Name- Registered Nurse REPORTS TO: RN Nurse Supervisor/Unit Manager/ADON/ADON-Unit/Center Nurse Executive. Specialty- RN - Rehab skilled nursing Patient Ratios: Varies 1:10 to 1:15 Job Type- Travel & contract both Radius rule for travel candidate- Travel RN' permanent home address should be 50-mile away or greater from the facility' address to be considered as a Travel RN. Job Type- Local contract only Must Have Skills/Experience: Active BLS/CPR, Active RN state license & 1+ year of RN experience. Work location- Onsite at 1008 Thompson St Jersey Shore PA 17740 Shift- 3:00 PM to 11:30 PM Shift Details: 10 of 14-day work schedule typically means that an employee works for 10 days and then has 4 days off within a 14-day period Including Every other weekend. Weekend Hours: EOW (Every other weekend) required. Call Requirements: N/A Weekly Guaranteed Hours: 32/week. Overtime Hours- If needed by the Facility. Contract duration- 12 week (s) of contract Bonus- Will be a discussion with Agency Recruiter. POSITION SUMMARY:
- Under the direction of the RN Nursing Supervisor, Unit Manager, ADON or ADON - Unit, or Center Nurse Executive (Nurse Leader), the Registered Nurse (RN) delivers efficient and effective nursing care while achieving positive clinical outcomes and patient/family satisfaction.
- He/she operates within the scope of practice defined by the State Nurse Practice Act and delegates aspects of patient care to LPNs and CNAs consistent with their scope of practice.
- The RN manages patient care by performing nursing assessments and collaborating with the nursing team and other disciplines, patients and families to develop effective plans of care.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES: Assessment:
- Collects, validates, synthesizes, and records objective and subjective data.
- Prioritizes data collection based on patient needs.
- Analyzes all data.
- Identifies actual or potential problems or needs based on data analysis.
Care Planning:
- Establishes realistic and measurable short- and long-term goals for the identified health
- problems and needs.
- Develops individualized interventions to achieve goals.
- Determines timelines within the care plan.
- Conducts a systematic and ongoing evaluation of patient outcomes.
- Reviews and revises plan of care as indicated.
Implementing Care:
- Performs nursing functions and provides care within scope of practice.
- Coordinates and delegates care as appropriate.
- Verifies that medical orders are accurately transcribed.
- Administers medications and performs treatments per physician orders.
- Communicates and documents interventions and patient response.
Managing patient care:
- Delegates care responsibilities to staff considering:
- Complexity of care.
- Competency of staff.
- Center policies.
- State's practice act.
- Supervises staff to ensure that delegated tasks and interventions are implemented
- appropriately and per policy.
- Evaluates and adjusts the plan of care to achieve patient goals and minimize re-
- Hospitalizations.
- Actively participates in Utilization Management or Interdisciplinary Care Management.
- Meeting to facilitate appropriate discharge planning:
- Communicates team's recommendations for discharge to the attending physician, patient and family.
- Prepares patient/family for discharge including patient and family education.
- Communicates patient information with assigned staff during and between shifts.
- Participates in shift-to-shift communication between incoming and outgoing nursing staff.
- Uses Point Click Care (PCC) according to the Business Processes.
- Performs drug count when beginning and ending shift and whenever necessary.
- Collaborates with physicians in rounds and examination of patients, as needed.
- Collaborates and coordinates with other departments to provide timely effective care
- consistent with individual's needs, choices and preferences.
- Contributes to an environment that is respectful, team-oriented, and responsive to the
- concerns of staff, patients and families.
- Enhances nursing practice by attending all mandated in-service programs and other GHC and outside professional education programs.
- Assists with the orientation of newly hired nursing staff.
- Promotes a culture of safety to ensure a healthy practice and living environment.
- Maintains confidentiality and protects sensitive Protected Health Information (PHI) at all
- Times.
- Stays and works beyond scheduled shift if needed to meet state staffing requirements and/or needs of patients.
- Performs other duties as requested.
COMPLIANCE:
- Complies with applicable legal requirements, standards, policies and procedures including but not limited to those within the Compliance and Ethics Program, Standard/Code of Conduct, Federal False Claims Act and HIPAA.
- Participates in required orientation and training programs.
- Promptly reports concerns and suspected incidences of non-compliance to supervisor, Compliance
- Liaison or to the Compliance Officer via the Integrity Hotline.
- Cooperates with monitoring and audit functions and investigations.
- Participates, as requested, in quality assurance and process improvement activities.
SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL/VOCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing is required.
- Must be currently licensed by the State Board of Nursing.
- Experience is preferred in rehabilitative or geriatric nursing.
- This position requires that the employee is able to read, write, speak and understand the spoken
- English language to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our patients and visitors at the work site when responding to their medical and physical needs.
- Must provide verification of TST (tuberculin skin test) as required by state law and in
- accordance with Company policy. TSTs will be administered at the work site if required.
- Maintains current BLS/CPR certification (All SNFs and Behavioral Centers; ALFs/ILFs as required by State).
- JOB SKILLS:
- Current physical assessment skills and comprehensive knowledge of nursing principles
- required, including the ability to recognize and identify symptoms and manage emergency situations.
- Knowledge of medications, their proper dosage, and expected results.
- Ability to coordinate, delegate and supervise nursing functions, problem solve and make
- decisions as necessary.
- Ability to create a patient-centered environment.
- Ability of communicate in English both orally and in writing.
- Basic knowledge of computer use.