Floor RN/LPN

Indiana Fitness Works•Clinton, IN

About The Position

The Floor RN/LPN is responsible for total care of assigned residents on a unit and supervision of direct care staff to ensure residents’ needs are met. The role includes assessing residents, administering and documenting medications and treatments, maintaining care plans and medical records, coordinating with medical providers and other services, and supporting residents’ safety, dignity, and well-being. The nurse also supervises, assists, and instructs nursing staff and helps maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment. The position offers shifts from 6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm, and 10pm-6am, with the requirement to work every other weekend. Pay ranges from $30 to $50 per hour based on nursing license, experience, and shift.

Requirements

Graduate of a School of Nursing.
Current nursing license in good standing from the State of Indiana.
Knowledge of nursing skills and practices.
Health certificate or examination as required by State agencies.
Ability to move throughout the facility for most of the day and perform moderate to heavy lifting at times.
Ability to maintain professionalism, confidentiality, concern for others, cooperation, and conscientious use of time.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Ability to organize, communicate with, and lead people with varied levels of experience and training.
Integrity, leadership qualities, interest in working with people, and enthusiasm for nursing.
Understanding, patience, and tact when dealing with residents, 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 resourcefulness in emergencies.
Ability to read and write in English and communicate with residents, families, personnel, and support agencies.
Ability to remain calm under stress.
Ability to bend, lift, walk, grasp, and perform fine hand coordination.
Ability to distinguish smells, tastes, and temperatures; discern colors; and hear and respond to pages.
Must be able to work every other weekend.

Responsibilities

Provide total care to assigned residents and supervise direct care staff to ensure residents’ needs are met.
Ensure restorative nursing measures and ordered treatments are performed.
Maintain residents’ self-respect, personal dignity, and physical safety.
Communicate with nursing management about unit conditions and concerns involving staff, residents, and visitors.
Explain treatment goals and expectations to residents and their families or representatives and seek their feedback and cooperation.
Supervise and manage personnel on assigned halls or units.
Verify that medical records are maintained and updated.
Review staff assignments to ensure duties align with staff members’ abilities, training, and scope of practice.
Assist and instruct nursing staff in special treatments and nursing care.
Ensure lab work and X-rays are completed as ordered and results are reported to the physician in a timely manner.
Make rounds with physicians and assist with examinations as indicated.
Assess residents upon admission and when concerns or changes in condition arise, and take necessary action, including emergency measures.
Initiate and update nursing care plans and participate in interdisciplinary care plan conferences as requested or assigned.
Maintain security of narcotic and controlled substances; count narcotics at the beginning and end of each shift and maintain accurate records.
Ensure supplies are stocked on the unit according to facility practice.
Assist staff in delivering direct resident nursing care.
Assist with discharge planning, instruct residents and family members or representatives, and assess their understanding.
Receive report from the off-going charge nurse and provide a thorough report to the on-coming nurse at shift change.
Make rounds on residents, paying close attention to those needing increased monitoring.
Administer and document medications at appropriate times.
Notify medical providers as needed regarding orders and visits; report signs and symptoms of disease or complications.
Collect information from staff about resident care problems and needs, including turning and positioning and intake and output.
Complete charting and documentation according to the facility schedule, including unusual events, changes in condition, and treatments.
Promote resident hygiene, hydration, normal elimination and sleep patterns, range of motion, infection control, safety, socialization, self-esteem, dignity, and maximum function.
Assist residents with psychosocial acceptance of limitations.
Assist in evaluating nursing staff supervised on the unit.
Coordinate nursing services with dietary, social services, activities, physical therapy, and other services.
Participate in mandatory in-service training and inform nursing staff of facility policies and procedures as indicated.
Draw blood for lab work as ordered, if applicable under facility policy.
Assist with orientation of new employees on the unit or hall as necessary.
Maintain a clean and safe environment and follow facility safety and infection control policies and procedures.
Maintain confidentiality of resident information.
Review new admission orders, new orders, incident reports, and memos to promote timely care and implementation of interventions.
Make rounds to supervise meal service and observe residents while eating; offer substitutes when a resident does not accept a meal.
Monitor that residents receive their ordered diets and that utility, linen, and shower rooms are orderly and clean.
Perform other duties as assigned.