KC - RN/LPN (Full-Time, Nights 6p-6a)

McCrite Plaza•Kansas City, KS

About The Position

The Charge Nurse assesses residents’ health problems and needs, develops and implements nursing care plans, and maintains medical records. The position provides clinical supervision to Nursing Assistants (CNA and CMT/L1MA) who deliver direct resident care. The role reports to the Unit Nurse Manager and is full-time, with a listed night schedule of 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.; hours are set by the Unit Nurse Manager, and the nurse must be able to work any shift as directed. The Charge Nurse performs resident assessments and rounds, administers and documents medications and treatments, maintains care plans and clinical notes, coordinates admissions, discharges, and transfers, and responds to changes in residents’ conditions and emergencies. The position also assigns and supervises nursing assistants, communicates with residents, families, physicians, and staff, and participates in meetings, education programs, care conferences, and committee work. The role is primarily based in residents’ rooms and other facility rooms. It involves lifting, transporting, and supporting residents; frequent interaction with residents, families, and staff; vigilance for resident safety; and potential exposure to infectious diseases, including Hepatitis B viruses. The position requires a Missouri RN or LPN license and CPR certification. Similar-environment experience is preferred but not required.

Requirements

Current RN or LPN licensure in the state of Missouri.
CPR certification.
Ability to understand, observe, and enforce infection-control procedures.
Ability to follow facility safety policies and procedures, recognize potential physical, chemical, and electrical hazards, and take corrective action as appropriate.
Ability to safeguard residents’ health information privacy.
Ability to speak and read English and follow oral and written directions.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, residents, and staff.
Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop, stretch, crawl, crouch, kneel, balance, finger, grasp, push, pull, reach, and walk.
Ability to lift and move people or objects, including lifting and carrying 35 to 50 pounds, and to exert sustained force to draw, drag, or tug objects.
Ability to work in residents’ rooms and other facility rooms, interact with residents, families, and staff under varying conditions, remain alert to resident safety, and work around potential infectious-disease exposure.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in a similar working environment is preferred, but not required.

Responsibilities

Conduct daily resident rounds, report problems to the Unit Nurse Manager, and initiate corrective action.
Receive shift reports from the nurse being relieved and provide adequate handoff information to the incoming nurse.
Count narcotics, check the emergency kit, and exchange keys.
Order medications as needed; administer PRN medications and treatments; receive pharmacy deliveries, verify medications, and document receipt.
Document weekly progress notes and daily skilled notes as needed, and update resident care plans when documenting notes.
Supervise nursing assistants providing direct resident care; counsel them and recommend disciplinary action to the Unit Nurse Manager when necessary.
Provide information to the Unit Nurse Manager about nursing assistants’ clinical performance for employee evaluations.
Prepare nursing assistant assignments and explain pertinent resident care.
Supervise the application and removal of postural supports and restraints and the distribution of nourishments.
Follow staffing guidelines and make assignments based on staff qualifications and resident population characteristics.
Change residents’ linens and turn residents as necessary.
Prepare, administer, and document medications and treatments according to physician orders, and accurately record care provided.
Conduct and document comprehensive resident assessments; document care and residents’ responses; promptly report condition changes to a physician, the Unit Nurse Manager, and the responsible party, and take follow-up action as needed.
Follow admission, discharge, and transfer procedures and communicate these events to other departments, physicians, and ancillary service providers.
Participate in facility education programs and coordinate student activities with the DON.
Attend assigned staff meetings, in-service classes, and committee meetings, and complete facility committee reports.
Participate in resident care conferences as assigned.
Supervise responses to residents’ requests for assistance.
Listen to resident, family, or physician concerns and initiate corrective action or report concerns to the Unit Nurse Manager.
Develop accurate comprehensive care plans based on assessments and review and revise them as necessary and required by regulations.
Quickly identify special nursing problems and emergencies, and initiate immediate life-saving measures in the absence of a physician.
Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
Operate computers and software used to record, store, and analyze resident information; use copy, fax, and printer machines.
Perform other related duties as directed by the Unit Nurse Manager.
For evening duties, check dinner trays for correct diets and resident assistance, and supervise evening nourishments.
Be able to work any shift as directed by the Unit Nurse Manager.