Pay Range: $29.50/hr - $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).
- Charting/documentation to be completed according to facility schedule. In accordance, document anything unusual or any change in condition and/or treatments for all residents.
- Responsible for the performance of the following nursing measures to ensure quality of care:
- a. Maintenance of resident personal hygiene.
- b. Maintenance of adequate hydration.
- c. Promotion of normal elimination patterns.
- d. Maintenance and promotion of maximum range of motion.
- e. Promotion of normal sleep patterns.
- f. Protection from accidents, neglect, or abuse.
- g. Maintenance of infection control.
- h. Promotion of resident socialization.
- i. Promote resident self-esteem and preservation of human dignity. Offer encouragement to resident to function at maximum level.
- Assist residents in psychosocial acceptance of their limitations.
- Assist in the evaluation of nursing staff supervised on the unit.
- Coordinate nursing service with other services: Dietary, Social Services, Activities, Physical therapy, etc.
- Participate in mandatory in-service training as mandated by State rule and facility policy.
- Inform nursing staff, as indicated, of facility policies and procedures.
- Draw blood for lab work, as ordered, if applicable per facility policy.
- Assist in the orientation of new employees on the unit/hall as necessary.
- Assure that a clean, safe environment for residents and staff exists on the unit.
- Adhere to facility safety and infection control policies and procedures.
- Maintain confidentiality of resident information.
- Carefully observe all new admission orders, new orders, incident reports, memos, to promote timely care and implementation of necessary interventions.
- Make rounds to directly supervise the serving of the residents as well as to observe residents while they are eating, offering substitutes in the event a resident does not accept the meal.
- Monitor for provision of proper diet as ordered.
- Monitor utility, linen and shower rooms for order and cleanliness.
- Other duties as assigned.
Physical, Sensory, and Communication Requirements:- Ability to read and write in English, ability to communicate with residents, families, personnel and support agencies and ability to remain calm under stress.
- Bending, lifting, walking, grasping, fine hand coordination, ability to distinguish smells, tastes and temperatures, ability to discern colors, ability to hear and respond to pages.
