RN After Hours - Senior Living (Casual/Part-Time)

Position Functions & Responsibilities

• Gather pertinent clinical information problem based on conversation with community caregiver
• Uses clinical judgment, knowledge and experience to direct conversation and guide decision-making to give self-care advice, refer resident to provider, make an appointment, instruct resident contact emergency assistance, or dispatch appropriate community resource
• Caregiver in meeting nursing and related needs
• Provides health care instructions as appropriate per assessment and plan of care
• Provides education when appropriate
• Reassures the rapid and effective transmission of resident data between all relevant parties
• Promotes evidence-based practice
• Establishes and maintains strong collaborative arrangements with other health care professionals
• Participates in admission avoidance activities dispatching community resources as needed to prevent rehospitalizations
• Completes onboarding, orientation and annual mandatory training
• Ensures positive/professional communication on team
• Customer service resolution; escalates concerns
• Prepares clinical notes and updates primary provider when necessary
• Communicates with provider regarding the resident needs and reports any changes in the resident condition; obtains/receives orders as required
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan
• Extremely skilled at listening and interpreting subtle indications such as tone of voice, hesitations or incomplete responses
• Inspires others and encourage them to seek advice and solutions to problems
• Challenges others to take an active part in developing knowledge, ideas and work practice
• Challenges tradition and accepts joint responsibility for any arising problems and tensions and uses these to inform future practice
• Makes effective use of appropriate learning opportunities for themselves and others and applies learning to practice
• Honors Resident Confidentiality, Rights, Privacy, and Reporting Maltreatment Expectations
• Understands and Accepts Residents’ Diagnosis
• Understands and accepts emotional needs of resident
• Accepts unique resident symptoms and behaviors
• Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act
• Adheres to Emergency Procedure and Response Expectations
• Identifies safety issues and notifies appropriate community resource
• Demonstrates, and can educate on proper procedures: handling, lifting, transfers
• Escalates employee work injury per protocol

Overview of Process, Types of Reports and Forms

• Follow-up Required – Escalating Event
• Can manage safety concerns for residents and clinicians, escalating when appropriate

Qualifications

• Education: Degree in Nursing from an accredited program
• Must be a Registered Nurse
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Current licensure to practice discipline in the state of Minnesota and Wisconsin, or willingness to obtain upon hire
• Experience: Minimum of five years of experience in Senior Living, and/or home and community based senior services
• Experience teaching, training clinical staff