LPN or RN Charge Nurse

Virginia Information Technologies Agency•Roanoke, VA

2d•$68,835 - $90,633•Onsite

About The Position

This position involves monitoring and supervising direct care staff (C.N.A.) in their health-related duties, providing education and counseling as needed, and conducting staff meetings and in-services. The Charge Nurse will consult with the Nursing Supervisor/Unit Managers on issues and perform daily rounds on high-risk residents or those with wounds for brief changes and turning & repositioning. The role may also involve acting as Unit Manager, covering Assisted Living Units or any Nursing Unit, observing and evaluating residents' physical and emotional status, assessing resident needs for physicians and specialists, and implementing physician's orders. Responsibilities include monitoring unit cleanliness, ensuring proper equipment storage, completing all required documentation (incident/accident reports, charting, referrals, assessments, admissions, shift reports, medication/treatment documentation), documenting resident behaviors, and updating health changes via nursing notes and shift reports. The Charge Nurse will also verify medication accuracy with the pharmacy, prepare and administer medications and treatments, manage unit medications and equipment, maintain a neat work area, monitor and request necessary nursing supplies, ensure medication refrigerators are up-to-date, assist with in-house activities, coordinate with activity staff, and ensure proper safety measures are followed. Additionally, the role involves monitoring the cleanliness and working order of resident items like dentures, glasses, and hearing aids, and reporting needed repairs.

Requirements

Must have completed a Practical Nursing program and obtained certification.

Nice To Haves

RN pay range is $87,214 - $90,633

Responsibilities

Monitors/Supervises direct care staff (C.N.A.) in performance of health related duties.
Educates and/or counsels staff as needed.
Holds staff meetings and gives in-services as required.
Consults with Nursing Supervisor/Unit Managers on issues when necessary.
Performs daily rounds of high risk residents or residents with wounds for brief changes per facility policy and turning & repositioning per standards.
Acts as Unit Manager when needed.
May be required to cover Assisted Living Unit or any Nursing Unit.
Observes and evaluates the physical and emotional status of all residents and takes necessary action.
Assesses residents for physician and specialist needs.
Consults with physicians, receives, records and implements orders as required or schedules appointments as directed.
Makes rounds with physicians when necessary.
Monitors unit for cleanliness and ensures equipment not in use is stored properly.
Completes all required documentation associated with the position, including Incident/accident reports, charting, referrals, assessment, admissions, reports to on-coming staff, chart medication/treatments in resident’s electronic record.
Documents resident behaviors and/or other monitored requirements.
Documents resident health changes via acute care nurse’s notes and shift change nursing report sheet.
Verifies medications from pharmacy for accuracy and notifies pharmacy of errors.
Prepares and administers medication and treatments according to procedure.
Responsible for medications and equipment on the unit and maintains a neat and orderly work area.
Monitors supplies of necessary materials for nursing care and informs Central Supply or Nursing Supervisors of needs.
Monitors medication refrigerator’s ensuring all medications have current order and are in date.
Assists with in-house activities as nursing schedule permits.
Informs staff when ill residents cannot participate in activities and when they can resume activities.
Coordinates with activity staff as needed.
Assures that proper safety measures for residents and personnel are followed.
Ensures residents are clean and well groomed; reports problems to Unit Manager or Nursing Supervisor.
Monitors the cleanliness and working order of resident items such as false or partial teeth, glasses and hearing aides.
Reports needed repairs to appropriate staff.