Registered Nurse -RN

COMMONWEALTH CARE OF ROANOKE•Gainesville, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) at Gainesville Health & Rehab Center provides direct primary nursing care to patients and supervises licensed nurses and certified nursing assistants. This role may also function as a Nursing Supervisor. Key responsibilities include administrative duties such as serving as House Supervisor in the absence of other leadership and participating in quality improvement programs. Clinically, the RN directs patient care, conducts daily patient assessments, documents care, communicates with medical providers, reviews orders and reports, manages complaints, performs physical assessments and wound care, assists in care plan development, and participates in patient admissions, discharges, and transfers.

Requirements

Current RN license in good standing with the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
Demonstrates excellent clinical, customer service and leadership skills.
Current CPR Healthcare Provider certification.

Nice To Haves

Two years of medical-surgical experience as a RN, preferred.

Responsibilities

Serves as House Supervisor in the absence of DON, ADON, and/or RN Supervisor.
Supports and participates in the center’s Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program.
Participates on committees as needed or assigned.
Ability to supervise and direct licensed and non-licensed nursing employees.
Ability to promote and maintain an effective working relationship with physicians/physician extenders, lab, and pharmacy partners to ensure the proper and safe care of patients.
Ability to promote and maintain an effective working relationship with nursing employees, other departments, patients, families, visitors, and other health care centers.
Directs and supervises the delivery of patient care.
Makes rounds to observe and assess patients daily.
Reports any significant change in a patient’s condition to other team members, the physician/physician extender, the patient and legal representative.
Completes required documentation.
Monitors to ensure that nursing care documentation is appropriate, concise, and timely.
Keeps nursing administration and management informed regarding evaluations of patient care.
Participate in clinical rounds with medical providers when indicated to provide pertinent information regarding the patient’s care/condition and will follow through with the physician/physician extender orders.
Reviews physician/physician extender orders, diagnostic and pharmacy reports.
Follows up with pharmacy regarding a change in medication.
Ability to address complaints and follow-up in a timely manner.
Keeps nursing administration/management informed of complaint/follow-up outcomes.
Completes incident/accident reports and performs follow-up to address concerns.
Incident/accidents will be reported to administrative nursing personnel.
Performs physical assessment for patients, recognizes normal and abnormal physiological findings and compared against the patient’s baseline.
Reports findings as indicated.
Performs wound care in accordance with physician/physician-extender orders.
Documents treatments completed.
Assists in the development of the patient’s plan of care and assists updating the plan of care as indicated.
Performs nursing tasks or skills in accordance with standards of practice.
Participates in the admission, discharge and transfer of patients.
Provides direct care to patients when needed including the administration of medication and the provision of wound care.
Provides report for new patient admissions, as indicated, while ensuring that rooms are ready and prepared to receive a new patient admission prior to the patient arriving, as indicated.
Performs other duties, as assigned.