Pediatric Floor RN/LPN

Indiana Fitness Works Inc.•Shelbyville, IN

4d•$35 - $57

About The Position

The Pediatric Floor RN/LPN is responsible for the total care of assigned residents on the unit and supervision of direct care staff to ensure residents’ needs are met. The role includes assessing residents, implementing and updating care plans, administering medications and treatments, responding to changes in condition, maintaining accurate documentation, and coordinating nursing services with other departments and medical providers. The nurse also supports residents’ dignity, safety, hygiene, hydration, mobility, socialization, and overall quality of care. The position includes supervising and supporting nursing staff, maintaining secure and accurate controlled-substance records, communicating with residents and families about treatment and discharge plans, and ensuring that facility policies, safety practices, and infection-control procedures are followed. The listed shifts are 6 a.m.–2 p.m., 2 p.m.–10 p.m., and 10 p.m.–6 a.m.; employees must work every other weekend. Pay ranges from $35 to $56.50 per hour, depending on nursing license, experience, and shift.

Requirements

Graduate of a School of Nursing.
Current license in good standing from the State of Indiana.
Knowledge of nursing skills and practices.
Possess a health certificate or examination as required by State agencies.
Able to read and write in English and communicate with residents, families, personnel, and support agencies.
Able to organize, communicate with, and lead people with varied levels of experience and training.
Able to maintain a professional attitude, including confidentiality, concern for others, cooperation, and conscientious use of time.
Able to maintain good working relationships with employees, physicians, and other medically related staff.
Integrity, leadership qualities, interest in working with people, and enthusiasm for nursing.
Understanding, patience, and tact in dealing with residents, families, visitors, and employees.
Alertness and skill in recognizing and identifying resident symptoms, with resourcefulness in emergencies.
Able to remain calm under stress.
Able to move throughout the facility for most of the day and perform moderate to heavy lifting at times.
Able to bend, lift, walk, grasp, and perform fine hand coordination.
Able 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 for assigned residents and supervise direct care staff to ensure residents’ needs are met.
Ensure restorative nursing care measures are performed as indicated and ordered.
Promote 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 feedback and cooperation.
Supervise and manage personnel on assigned halls or units.
Verify that medical records are properly 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 ordered treatments are carried out.
Ensure lab work and x-rays are conducted as ordered and results are reported to physicians promptly.
Make rounds with physicians and assist with examinations as indicated.
Assess residents on admission and when concerns, problems, or changes in condition arise; take appropriate action, including emergency measures.
Initiate and update residents’ nursing care plans and participate in interdisciplinary care plan conferences as requested or assigned.
Maintain security of narcotics 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 providing direct resident nursing care.
Assist with resident discharge planning, provide instruction to residents and families or representatives, and assess their understanding.
Receive reports from off-going charge nurses and provide thorough reports to on-coming nurses at shift change.
Make rounds on all residents, with particular attention to those needing increased monitoring.
Administer and document medications at appropriate times.
Notify medical providers as necessary regarding orders and visits.
Collect information from staff about resident care problems and needs, including turning and positioning and intake and output; report signs and symptoms of disease or complications to medical providers.
Complete charting and documentation according to the facility schedule, including unusual events, changes in condition, and treatments.
Support resident hygiene, hydration, normal elimination, range of motion, sleep, protection from accidents, neglect, and abuse, infection control, socialization, self-esteem, dignity, and maximum functioning.
Assist residents in psychosocial acceptance of their 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 required by State rule and facility policy.
Inform nursing staff of facility policies and procedures as indicated.
Draw blood for lab work when ordered and applicable under facility policy.
Assist with orientation of new employees on the unit or hall as necessary.
Maintain a clean and safe environment for residents and staff and follow facility safety and infection-control policies.
Maintain confidentiality of resident information.
Observe new admission orders, new orders, incident reports, and memos to support timely care and implementation of interventions.
Make rounds to supervise meal service and observe residents while eating; offer substitutes when residents do not accept a meal.
Monitor provision of diets as ordered and monitor utility, linen, and shower rooms for order and cleanliness.
Perform other duties as assigned.