Rn Jobs in Port St Lucie

About The Position

Requirements

• Nursing degree from an accredited college or university.
• Training in rehabilitative and restorative nursing practices.
• At least 2 years of experience; long-term-care facility experience is preferred.
• Current, unencumbered, active RN license in the state.
• Current CPR certification.
• Maintain required continuing education and licensing and remain in good standing with the State Board of Nursing.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English, including technical procedures and policy and procedure manuals.
• Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to make independent decisions, solve practical problems, communicate effectively, and work tactfully with residents, families, personnel, visitors, and government representatives.
• Leadership, supervisory, planning, organizational, and teamwork abilities.
• Knowledge of nursing and medical practices and of laws, regulations, and guidelines applicable to nursing-care facilities.
• Knowledge and skills to provide care appropriate to residents’ age-related needs.
• Ability to move intermittently during the workday, cope with mental and emotional stress, and work effectively with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, or hostile people.
• Ability to push, pull, move, or lift at least 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and carry or move that weight at least 50 feet.
• Must meet the facility’s general health requirements, including a medical and physical examination.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of and experience with PCC.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Nursing Services with directing daily nursing-service operations and maintaining nursing policies, procedures, manuals, records, and quality-assurance activities.
• Coordinate nursing services with other departments and participate in facility surveys, committee meetings, discharge planning, and care-plan activities.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents; complete required reports and documentation; and communicate department policies and resident information as required.
• Help ensure adequate licensed-nurse and nursing-assistant staffing, develop work assignments, delegate responsibilities, monitor attendance and work performance, and report personnel issues to the Director.
• Make nursing rounds, evaluate residents’ physical and emotional status, provide direct nursing care as necessary, and report changes in condition to physicians and next of kin.
• Monitor medication administration, treatment schedules, medication records, and compliance with medication and supply procedures.
• Participate in resident assessments and care plans, review care plans and nursing notes, and help ensure care is consistent with residents’ needs, plans, and wishes.
• Participate in staff orientation and in-service education, maintain professional knowledge, and support clinical supervision of nurse aide trainees.
• Promote safety, sanitation, hand hygiene, infection control, emergency preparedness, and appropriate use of personal protective equipment.
• Recommend and monitor nursing-service equipment and supply needs, maintain adequate supplies, and support safe equipment operation and preventive maintenance.
• Report suspected fraud, unauthorized access to facility information systems, privacy violations, occupational exposures, and safety hazards as required.