Registered Nurse (RN)

Castle Healthcare•Fort Wayne, IN

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to residents and supervises the day-to-day activities of nursing assistants. The role ensures care and staff activities comply with applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations, and supports the Director of Nursing in maintaining high-quality care. The RN coordinates shift activities, supports nursing personnel, completes resident documentation, administers medications and treatments, and helps maintain a safe, confidential, and supportive care environment.

Requirements

Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse state license.
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 pertaining to nursing care facilities.
Current CPR certification.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.
Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
Must meet the facility’s general health requirements, including medical and physical examinations.
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.
May need to assist with evacuating residents during emergencies.

Nice To Haves

Experience in long-term care is preferred.

Responsibilities

Direct the day-to-day functions of nursing assistants and provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to the unit or shift.
Plan shift services, programs, and activities with assigned nursing staff and support personnel, and provide written and oral reports or recommendations as required.
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required, and complete the associated recordkeeping forms and charts.
Receive and transcribe telephone orders from physicians and record them on the Physician’s Order Form.
Document nursing care and resident responses in nurse’s notes, complete routine charting, and follow established documentation procedures.
Complete accident and incident reports and submit them to the Director as required.
Prepare and administer medications as ordered by physicians.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with interdepartmental personnel to support resident needs and nursing services.
Help maintain a warm, supportive, calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
Receive and give nursing reports at the beginning and end of shift duty hours, and make rounds with physicians as necessary.
Provide professional nursing services as required, including catheterization, tube feedings, suction, dressing and bandage care, packs, colostomy and drainage bag care, blood collection, massage, and range-of-motion exercises.
Monitor assigned personnel to ensure they follow safety regulations when using equipment and supplies.
Maintain the confidentiality of resident care information, including protected health information, and report known or suspected unauthorized disclosure.
Ensure nursing care is provided privately and that nursing personnel knock before entering residents’ rooms.
Provide IV and IV site care as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.