Registered Nurse (RN)

Ranch House Assisted Living•Garden City, KS

23h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to residents and supervises the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. The role ensures that care and supervision comply with applicable federal, state, and local standards and regulations, as well as Community requirements, to maintain a high level of quality care. Other duties may be assigned by an authorized supervisor. The RN coordinates nursing services and shift activities with nursing staff, support personnel, and other resident services. The position includes administering professional nursing services, monitoring residents, completing documentation and reports, supporting resident admission, transfer, discharge, and care planning, and overseeing staff performance and safety. The nurse maintains resident confidentiality and communicates relevant staffing, care, incident, and operational information to supervisors and other departments. The position requires regular worksite attendance, a valid RN license in good standing with the State, basic computer skills, and the ability to communicate in English. The employee must be able to work beyond normal hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary, assist with resident evacuation during emergencies, and perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Physical activities include lifting, carrying, reaching, pushing and pulling, hand manipulation, and movements such as bending, twisting, squatting, kneeling, climbing, and balancing. When assisting residents with lifting or carrying objects over 25 pounds, the employee must use a transfer/gait belt or obtain assistance from another employee.

Requirements

Valid professional RN license in good standing with the State.
Basic computer skills.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Ability to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
Ability to assist with evacuating residents during emergencies.
Ability to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance when assisting residents with lifting or carrying objects over 25 pounds.
Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and hostile people.
Ability to see and hear, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately for the role.

Responsibilities

Direct the day-to-day functions of nursing assistants in accordance with applicable rules, regulations, and guidelines.
Ensure assigned nursing personnel comply with Community policies, procedures, and their job descriptions.
Coordinate shift services, programs, and activities with nursing staff and support personnel; provide required shift reports and recommendations.
Coordinate nursing services with other resident services to maintain each resident’s total care regimen.
Participate in government surveys and inspections when requested.
Review and update residents’ written discharge plans as required.
Explain department policies and procedures to personnel, residents, visitors, and government agencies as needed.
Provide professional nursing services, including catheterization, tube feedings, suction, dressing and bandage care, colostomy and drainage-bag care, blood collection, massages, range-of-motion exercises, and care for the dead and dying, as required.
Perform laboratory tests, blood-pressure checks, and other monitoring required by resident care plans.
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
Complete medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, and other administrative documentation.
Encourage attending physicians to review treatment plans and document and sign orders and progress notes according to policy.
Receive telephone orders from physicians and transcribe them onto the Physicians’ Order Form.
Document nursing care and residents’ responses accurately and descriptively; complete routine charting and accident/incident reports according to policy and submit reports to the RCC or Unit Manager.
Record new or changed diet orders and forward the information to the Dietary Department.
Notify the Nurse Supervisor of staffing needs and report absentee call-ins and no-call/no-shows to the RCC and/or Scheduling Coordinator.
Review and evaluate the department workforce and make recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor.
Develop work assignments and assist with completing and performing them; make rounds to verify staff are carrying out assignments as expected.
Maintain productive working relationships with coworkers and other Community departments.
Review complaints and grievances and report them to the RCC and/or Unit Manager.
Give and receive nurse reports at the beginning and end of each shift.
Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals according to Community policy.
Monitor assigned personnel for compliance with equipment and supply safety procedures, and recommend unit or shift equipment and supply needs to the Nurse Supervisor.
Review care plans daily to ensure appropriate care is being provided.
Maintain confidentiality of resident care information.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when required.