Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) |Long Term Care | PRN

Avera • Parkston, SD

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Delivers nursing care to long-term-care residents by developing nursing diagnoses and care plans, establishing care objectives and interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents and their families. The nurse monitors changing conditions and needs, evaluates outcomes, and revises care objectives as appropriate.

The role coordinates resident care with physicians and other healthcare providers, teaches residents and families about conditions, medications, and self-care, and helps maintain a safe and healthy care environment. It also includes coordinating admissions, discharges, and transfers; directing and coordinating the workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personnel; maintaining resident-care equipment and supplies; and maintaining nursing competence.

This is a PRN position at Avera St Benedict Nursing Home, with rotating day, evening, night, and weekend shifts. Listed shift times are 6:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.–6:30 a.m. Pay is $32.50–$48.50, dependent on experience. Shift differentials are available: $3 for hours worked between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., $2 on weekends, and $5 on weekend nights.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license active in the state of practice, required upon hire.
• Ability to work the specified hours.
• Ability to perform the essential job functions, including adequate visual acuity and effective communication; ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds.
• Commitment to applying Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles; promoting compassion, hospitality, and stewardship; and upholding CARE standards.

Nice To Haves

• One to three years of experience working in a clinical or long-term-care environment.

Responsibilities

• Review physician prescriptions and communicate nursing care plans and pertinent information to the healthcare team.
• Coordinate care with other healthcare providers and confer with physicians.
• Provide physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends.
• Obtain medical histories, examine residents, and document physical condition, psychological status, and relevant social factors.
• Develop nursing diagnoses and establish nursing care objectives, interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teach residents and their families about care goals, conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
• Evaluate care by measuring outcomes against standards, reviewing records, noting changing conditions and needs, and modifying care plans.
• Maintain a safe care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and by alerting others to potential concerns.
• Maintain resident-care equipment by following procedures, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and requesting repairs.
• Check and replenish resident-care supplies, anticipate needs, place and expedite orders, verify receipt, and stock items.
• Coordinate admissions, discharges, and transfers to and from the facility.
• Direct, plan, and coordinate the workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personnel.
• Maintain competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
• Work effectively with team members, maintain confidentiality, and comply with applicable safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards.

Benefits

• $3 shift differential for hours worked between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
• $2 weekend shift differential.
• $5 weekend-night shift differential.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed