Charge Nurse

Key Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Direct, administer, and record care given to residents
• Communicate with family members regarding resident progress
• Assist visiting physicians in rounds as needed
• Draw blood and obtain fluids for lab work as needed
• Record and monitor all progress of residents and communicate with physicians according to facility policies
• Assist in dining area and with feeding as needed
• Monitor work of other nursing staff in unit to ensure thoroughness and assist with tasks as needed
• Use telephones to communicate with physicians, arrange transportation for doctor appointments, and contact families
• Make rounds to ensure cleanliness and proper care to residents
• Coordinate care of residents in accordance with their care plans
• Effectively manage all nursing staff assigned to unit
• Complete various reports as needed
• Monitor personal and staff compliance to all State and federal requirements including blood borne pathogens, hazardous materials, infection control, and fire safety
• Monitor personal and staff compliance to resident's rights
• Assure that all medications and treatments are administered as ordered and in a timely fashion according to facility policies and schedules
• Replace nursing staff that call in sick with additional staff
• Help provide nursing services when sufficient staff cannot be attained

Qualifications

• Valid Kansas nursing license in good standing with the State
• Basic computer skills
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language
• Must be able to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary
• Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations
• Must be able to perform essential position functions with or without reasonable accommodation
• Must use a transfer/gait belt or obtain assistance of another employee when assisting residents with lifting or carrying objects in excess of 25 pounds
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and at times hostile people within the community
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure requirements of this position can be fully met

Physical Requirements

• Lift up to 10 lbs: Constantly
• Lift 11 to 25 lbs: Frequently
• Lift 26 to 50 lbs: Occasionally
• Lift over 50 lbs: Occasionally
• Carry up to 10 lbs: Constantly
• Carry 11 to 25 lbs: Occasionally
• Carry 26 to 50 lbs: Rarely
• Reach above shoulder height: Frequently
• Reach at shoulder height: Constantly
• Reach below shoulder height: Constantly
• Push/Pull: Constantly
• Grasping: Constantly
• Handling: Constantly
• Torquing: Frequently
• Fingering: Constantly
• Twisting, bending, crawling, squatting, kneeling, crouching, climbing and balancing may be required
• Employees may be required to operate an automobile and various games