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About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of a state approved school of Nursing with current license to practice as an RN or LPN in South Carolina.
• Experience in geriatric nursing with Charge Nurse or Supervisory experience.
• Good physical and mental health, considerate, understanding and enjoys working with elderly people.

Responsibilities

• Reports to nursing unit assigned to receive report from nursing personnel of pervious shift and assumes charge duty of unit.
• Completes narcotic and other control drug count with nursing personnel of previous shift and sign medication nurses 8-hour audit and receiving responsibility record.
• Administers and documents medication as given.
• Observes for and reports any medication reactions to Charge Nurse or to Physician, as applicable.
• Renders nursing care to residents within an assigned unit.
• Maintains records reflecting residents condition, medication and treatment as given.
• Establishes a good rapport with residents, families, and co-workers.
• Supervises all non-professional personnel in giving quality nursing care.
• Encourages non-professional staff in constantly improving quality of nursing care.
• Assist as a team member to develop resident care plans as assigned, and assists implementing the plan on the unit.
• Accepts and processes written and phone orders from physician.
• Assist in providing direct resident care (i.e., personal care, bath, elimination needs, O.O.B. regime, etc.).
• May be required to perform treatment of residents requiring attendance (i.e., changing of dressings, insertions and irrigation of catheter, tube feedings, R.O.M. exercises and other treatments as ordered by physician).
• Reports any changes in residents condition to Physician and Director of Nursing services as necessary.
• Attends specific in-service programs when scheduled.
• Makes work assignments to nursing aides based upon an evaluation of the aides abilities and experience.

Benefits

• $5,000 sign on Bonus available.
• Additional Shift pay on the hour from 3:00 PM to 7:00 AM.