(RN) Registered Nurse- Full-Time

Castle Healthcare•Montpelier, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Lakeland Rehabilitation & Nursing is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse to provide direct nursing care to residents and supervise nursing assistants’ day-to-day activities. The RN helps ensure care meets applicable federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations, as well as the Director of Nursing’s requirements, to maintain high-quality care at the facility. The RN works with nursing and support staff to plan shift services and activities, provides leadership to assigned nursing personnel, and carries out resident admissions, transfers, and discharges. The role includes documenting care and resident responses, administering physician-ordered medications, receiving and recording telephone orders, completing required reports and records, and providing professional nursing services as needed. The RN also supports resident privacy, confidentiality, safety, and a calm, welcoming environment.

Requirements

Current, unencumbered state Registered Nurse 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 applicable to nursing care facilities.
Current CPR certification.

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 forms and charts upon residents’ admission, transfer, or discharge.
Receive and transcribe telephone orders from physicians and record them on the Physician’s Order Form.
Document nursing notes informatively and descriptively, reflecting care provided and residents’ responses.
Complete and submit accident or incident reports as required.
Perform routine charting in accordance with established documentation policies and procedures.
Prepare and administer physician-ordered medications.
Maintain effective working relationships with interdepartmental personnel and other facility departments.
Help maintain a warm, welcoming, positive, and calm atmosphere throughout the unit and shift.
Receive and give nursing reports at the beginning and end of shift duty.
Make rounds with physicians as necessary.
Provide professional services as required, including catheterization, tube feedings, suction, dressing and bandage changes, care involving packs, colostomies and drainage bags, blood collection, massages, range-of-motion exercises, and care for the dead and dying.
Monitor assigned personnel to ensure they follow 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 privately and that personnel knock before entering residents’ rooms.
Perform other duties as assigned.