RN- Perdiem
About The Position
Covenant Living is seeking Registered Nurses to provide care in assisted living, skilled nursing, and memory care. The role ensures quality care through resident assessment and monitoring staff performance, physician contact, care planning, and daily resident assessment. It also includes providing direct resident care in accordance with nursing standards of practice, established procedures, and state and federal regulations for skilled nursing facilities. The Registered Nurse provides routine direction to LPNs and nursing assistants, supports their training and orientation, and communicates with the Director of Nursing about resident and employee activities, concerns, needs, and conditions. The RN observes residents’ health and mental and emotional conditions and communicates significant changes to appropriate staff, physicians, and family members as prescribed.
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse license in the state.
- One year of nursing experience.
- Devotion to professional nursing standards and principles.
- Skill in assessing problems and planning and evaluating solutions in relation to routine supervision of LPNs and nursing assistants and resident needs.
- Understanding, patience, and tact in dealing with people.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Genuine compassion for senior adults and people with disabilities.
- Good human relations skills and ability to monitor and direct the activities of others.
- Availability, when necessary, to work beyond normal working hours, in other related positions temporarily, and on weekends, holidays, or days and shifts other than those for which hired.
Responsibilities
- Provide routine daily direction to LPNs and nursing assistants and monitor their work to ensure high standards of nursing care and satisfactory completion of tasks.
- Assist with orientation of new nursing personnel and reinforce training standards.
- Help motivate LPNs and CNAs assigned to the nursing unit.
- Explain nursing procedures and assist staff to support ongoing understanding and training.
- Communicate regularly with the Director of Nursing about assessments, observations, problem areas, resident and employee activities, concerns, needs, and conditions.
- Observe and evaluate residents’ health and mental and emotional conditions, and communicate significant changes to appropriate staff.
- Notify physicians and family members of significant resident changes when indicated and according to prescribed procedures.
- Provide direct care to residents.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance (for full-time employees).
- Employer-paid group term life and disability insurance (for full-time employees).
- Paid time off and six paid holidays (for full-time employees).
- 403(b) with a 3% employer match (for full-time employees).
- Fitness center use at most facilities.
- Voluntary life and AD&D benefits.
- Tuition assistance and scholarships.
- Employee assistance program.
- Legal services.
- Home and auto insurance.
- Discount purchasing program.
- Pet insurance.
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