Registered Nurse (RN)

Castle Healthcare • Indianapolis, IN

21h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct nursing care to residents and supervises the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. Supervision must comply with applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations, as well as requirements from the Director of Nursing, to maintain the highest quality of care. The RN provides nursing services and leadership for an assigned unit or shift, coordinates with nursing and support personnel, maintains resident records, administers medications and treatments, and helps ensure resident privacy, safety, and confidentiality.

Requirements

• Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the state.
• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Knowledge of nursing and medical practices and procedures, and of laws, regulations, and guidelines applicable to nursing care facilities.
• Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Ability to function independently and demonstrate flexibility and personal integrity, and to work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 25 pounds to a height of at least 5 feet and carry or move that weight at least 50 feet.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in long-term care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Direct the day-to-day functions of nursing assistants.
• Meet with assigned nursing staff and support personnel to plan shift services, programs, and activities.
• Prepare written and oral reports or recommendations concerning shift activities as required.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
• Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to the unit or shift.
• Complete and file required records and charts upon resident admission, transfer, or discharge.
• Receive and transcribe physicians’ telephone orders and record them on the Physician’s Order Form.
• Write informative, descriptive nurses’ notes reflecting care provided and residents’ responses.
• Complete accident and incident reports and submit them to the Director as required.
• Perform routine charting in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Prepare and administer medications as ordered by physicians.
• Maintain effective working relationships with facility personnel and other departments to support nursing services and resident needs.
• Maintain a warm, positive, and calm atmosphere throughout the unit and shift.
• Receive and give nursing reports at the beginning and end of shift duty hours.
• Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
• Provide professional services as required, including catheterization, tube feedings, suction, dressing and bandage changes, packs, colostomy and drainage bag care, blood collection, massages, range-of-motion exercises, and care for the dead or dying.
• Monitor assigned personnel to ensure they follow established safety regulations when using equipment and supplies.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident care information, including protected health information, and report known or suspected unauthorized disclosures.
• Ensure nursing care is provided in privacy and that nursing personnel knock before entering residents’ rooms.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Full benefits for eligible employees, including health, tele-health, mental health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Daily Pay option available to all employees from their first day.
• Voted a Great Place to Work by employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed