Community Living Center Registered Nurse (RN)

Responsibilities

• Delivers safe care to assigned patients, while developing technical competencies
• Recognizes overt abnormal signs and symptoms and/or changes in patients' condition and responds appropriately
• Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment and initiates follow-up as needed
• Includes the patient and family/significant other in developing the initial plan of care and establishing goals
• Revises plan of care according to evaluations of patient's responses and outcomes
• Uses the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and the Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) software per policy
• Ensures that all JHACO standards for professional nursing care are met during performance of care
• Completes appropriate medical record forms in compliance with VA guidelines and policies on each patient
• Demonstrates sensitivity to cultural diversity, race, gender, and other individual differences in the workforce, in the Veteran population, and in the community

Qualifications

• Holds a diploma, Associate Degree or Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited program, college, or university and hold a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in any State; a Bachelor’s degree is preferred
• Has been practicing actively as an RN in an acute or long-term setting for at least the last two years
• Is capable of providing complex and comprehensive nursing care for adult medical and surgical patients
• Has and maintains current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• No health or physical disability restrictions that interfere with performance of assigned duties