LVN/LPN or RN (Double Weekend)

Full-time LVN/LPN or RN (Charge Nurse) position with a double weekend schedule: Saturday and Sunday, 6AM–2PM (day shift) and 2PM–10PM (evening shift).

Benefits

• Very competitive pay
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life insurance & long-term disability/AD&D insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Supplemental insurances available (hospital indemnity, cancer policies, legal plans, and more)

Responsibilities

• Follow established standards of nursing practices and implement community programs, policies, and procedures.
• Obtain and provide shift reports; record sufficient information for appropriate follow-up.
• Conduct daily resident rounds, report problems to supervisor, and initiate corrective action.
• Identify safety hazards and initiate immediate corrective action.
• Identify resident problems and emergency situations; initiate emergency care per physicians’ orders in the absence of a physician.
• Supervise direct care associates providing resident care.
• Attend staff meetings, in-service classes, and committee meetings as assigned.
• Review the Glucometer Control Log prior to blood sugar testing.
• Follow staffing guidelines and make nursing assignments based on staff qualifications and resident population characteristics.
• Comply with community processes for pain assessment, management, and documentation; provide treatments and deliver medications per physicians’ orders.
• Administer and document direct resident care, medications, and treatments accurately.
• Provide instruction for appropriate nursing care to licensed nurses and nursing assistants.
• Document resident assessments as assigned per licensure.
• Report untoward findings to the physician and supervisor.
• Observe the 5 RIGHTS of medication/treatment administration.
• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions to the physician, Director of Nursing, and responsible party; document notifications in the clinical record.
• Follow community admission procedures and communicate resident admission to other departments, including rehabilitation.
• Competently perform basic nursing skills as per licensure.
• Follow community discharge/transfer procedures and coordinate with other departments, physicians, and ancillary service providers.
• Supervise response to residents’ calls for assistance.
• Listen to resident, family, or physician concerns and initiate corrective action or report to the nursing supervisor.
• Count narcotics, check emergency kits, and exchange keys each shift.
• Monitor meal trays and nourishment to ensure proper diet is served and residents are assisted as necessary.
• Order, receive, and store medications appropriately.
• Observe community processes related to signing out and administering narcotics, including shift narcotic counts and documentation.
• Notify the physician of changes in conditions, weight, medication errors, unavailable medications, abnormal lab/X-ray results, and other unusual observations.
• Document daily notes on unstable residents, changes in resident condition, Medicare residents, and recently admitted residents.
• Ensure the safety of residents and associates under nursing supervision.
• Observe infection control procedures.
• Perform all duties of a certified nursing assistant when required.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing (required)
• Unencumbered RN or LVN/LPN license (required)
• Proof of current CPR certification (required)
• Minimum 1 year of experience as an RN/LVN in a clinical setting (preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Reliable transportation (required)