RN - Registered Nurse - Riverview North

RIVERVIEW HEALTH GROUP•Detroit, MI

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Registered Nurse (RN) Join Riverview Health and Rehab - North and work with our passionate and innovative healthcare team! The Registered Nurse, working on 8-hour shifts, provides plans, coordinates, and manages nursing care, nursing service and health education to nursing home residents. The RN cares for residents under the direction and supervision of the Director of Nursing. This position requires patience, compassion and a desire to care for seniors in a gentle and empathetic manner. About Riverview Health and Rehab - North Our passion is to combine innovative ideas with compassionate medical care and state of the art programs to create a place of healing and hope for those who need rehabilitation and nursing care. Riverview Health specializes in geriatrics and works closely with hospitals and physicians to create a collaborative environment of care and medical expertise for our communities. Our Mission: The mission of Riverview is to be a premier health and rehabilitation center by exceeding the expectations of our Residents, Families of Residents, and Employees.

Requirements

Must have a current state license to practice as a registered nurse (RN); current CPR certification and additional certifications in nursing specialties desired.
Demonstrates knowledge of basic nursing practice with an interest in gerontological nursing; 2 years experience in a long term care setting preferred.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations; ability to communicate orally and through written reports and other documents relating to resident, staff, and others; ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of executives, managers, clients, customers, and the public.
Ability to define and solve problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical journals and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Promotes and protects residents’ rights; assists residents to make informed decisions; treats residents with dignity and respect; protects residents’ personal belongings; reports suspected abuse or neglect; avoids the need for physical restraints in accordance with current professional standards; and supports independent expression, choice, and decision-making consistent with applicable laws and regulations.
Demonstrates willingness to try new tasks; generates new ideas for change; evaluates and recognizes priorities; challenges others to learn; keeps current and integrates new information; communicates and models organizational values; and fosters high performance.
Applies process improvement methods and techniques, and identifies processes for improvement in daily work.
Demonstrates understanding of fire and emergency procedures; participates in fire and disaster drills; demonstrates understanding of safety and security procedures; applies safety and security precautions; demonstrates understanding of hazardous materials plan; and demonstrates proper use of equipment.
Applies handwashing principles during daily work; demonstrates understanding of isolation precautions; recognizes signs and symptoms of infection and complies with the employee health program; demonstrates understanding of the process for identifying and handling infectious waste; maintains personal hygiene; complies with OSHA standards in the work place; and demonstrates understanding of cross contamination.
Enters or records data timely and accurately; protects confidentiality of resident information (in accordance with HIPAA policies); protects data against loss or destruction; reports suspected violation of security/confidentiality issues; logs onto the system using own password; logs off the system when leaving the work station; reviews data and identifies trends; and deletes passwords of employees no longer needing access to software programs.
Attends inservice training programs, and attends continuing education required for maintenance of certification.
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. The employee must be able to assist by lifting and/or transferring residents weighing between 100 to 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision.

Responsibilities

Coordinates the nursing care of residents on the unit assuring all residents are assigned a nurse aide capable of providing care to the resident
Supervises nursing care provided by nursing assistants and others for whom they are administratively or professionally responsible
Provides safe and accurate medication related interventions to residents
Administers and documents medications and treatments according to each resident’s medication schedule using current standards of medication pass technique
Provides treatments per the physician order including wound care, urinary catheterization, oxygen care, tracheostomy care, etc
Performs nursing assessments regarding the health status of residents.
Notifies the physician of changes in status and promptly implements and documents new orders
Develops a plan of care based on assessment when implementing nursing care
Follows the policies and procedures of the facility
Performs other duties or functions as directed by the Director of Nursing