Registered Nurse (RN) | Long Term Care
Avera Oahe Manor
About the role
Delivers nursing care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, and friends to understand residents conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; and teaching healthcare requirements.
Responsibilities
- Reviews physician prescriptions and communicates the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team.
- Counsels residents, families, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answers questions; provides information and resources.
- Evaluates resident's care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measures health outcomes against resident care standards; reviews resident's records; notes changing conditions and needs; re-evaluates care objectives; modifies nursing care plan.
- Maintains safe, secure, and healthy resident care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adheres to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerts others regarding potential concerns.
- Keeps resident care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshoots breakdowns; maintains supplies; performs preventive maintenance; calls for repairs.
- Keeps resident care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.
- Coordinates admissions, discharges and transfers to and from the facility.
- Directs, plans and coordinates workflow of nursing assistants and other nursing personal.
- Maintains competence in nursing capabilities outlined by leadership.
Requirements
The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing
- Active license in the state of practice
Skills
Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Board of Nursing
- An active license in the state of practice
Benefits
Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.