Registered Nurse (RN)

Personalcare Registered Professional Nursing, P.C.•City of Schenectady, NY

About The Position

Personalcare Registered Professional Nursing P.C. is seeking enthusiastic, hard-working Registered Nurses to monitor and evaluate nursing care in accordance with the organization’s philosophy, goals, and objectives. The role is in the Medical Department in the Capital District and includes full-time day-shift positions, full-time night-shift positions, and part-time night-shift work. Available shifts are listed as FT, FT Night (7:00 PM–7:30 AM), and PRN Flex (7:00 PM–7:30 PM). The position reports directly to the Medical Director or another mid-level practitioner. The RN ensures nursing practice complies with established standards, assesses patients and provides comprehensive treatment care, and observes security requirements. The role includes monitoring and documenting patients’ conditions and care, implementing nursing care plans, conducting sick call for minor illnesses and injuries under approved written protocols, and providing health counseling. A two-week orientation period includes on-the-job training and shadowing nursing staff.

Requirements

Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of New York.
Clinical decision-making ability.
Effective communication skills.
Ability to function independently and demonstrate clinical competency.
Ability to gain patients’ trust and build working relationships.
Ability to multitask and a good grasp of patient assessment skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a health care delivery system is a plus.
Previous education and experience may be substituted in many cases.

Responsibilities

Ensure nursing practice complies with established nursing standards.
Assess patients and provide comprehensive treatment care while observing and maintaining security requirements.
Monitor treatment services to avoid inappropriate use or duplication of services, and advise the Health Services Administrator and Nurse Supervisor when such situations arise.
Monitor and recommend methods to improve operational efficiency and cost-containment effectiveness.
Assist the Health Services Administrator or Nurse Supervisor in coordinating or conducting monthly health care staff meetings, as assigned.
Perform other services and duties as assigned by the Nurse Supervisor, Health Services Administrator, head nurse, or corporate staff.
Maintain accurate records of controlled substances, narcotics, and sharps in accordance with applicable state and federal laws.
Provide health counseling to patients.
Conduct sick call for inmate/patients and provide provisional diagnoses and treatment for selected minor illnesses and injuries defined by written protocol and approved by the Director.
Observe, report, and document symptoms, reactions, and progress of inmate/patients, and participate in formulating nursing care plans.
Implement treatment care plans that promote, maintain, and restore inmate/patients’ well-being.
At the beginning of every shift, take vital signs, complete an assessment, and document findings for all inmates/patients housed in the medical and/or mental health unit.