RN Full-Time Night Shift - Western Nebraska Veterans' Home Scottsbluff

About the role

The work we do matters! This position involves providing professional nursing care for individuals residing in the Western Nebraska Veterans' Home. The role includes clinical direction, direct patient care, and coordination with interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional nursing care for ill, injured, or disabled persons.
• Coordinates and provides nursing care under the supervision of a Nursing Director/Associate or Nurse Supervisor.
• Trains nursing or direct care staff in appropriate nursing care standards and techniques.
• Makes patient rounds, closely monitors the condition of patients, and implements appropriate nursing interventions.
• Administers medications and supervises the administration of medications by licensed or certified staff members.
• Evaluates and reports patient symptoms, progress, and reactions to medications.
• Communicates necessary information to physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and other treatment staff members.
• Writes a variety of reports on patient progress, medication use, and initiates and completes patient-focused actions.
• Ensures patient records are kept current and transcribes physician's orders and records medications.
• Participates in the evaluation of patient progress as part of the interdisciplinary team and develops, implements, evaluates, and revises nursing care plans.
• Serves as a Nurse Supervisor or Nursing Director/Associate in their absence.

Requirements / Qualifications

• A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Nebraska or authority based on the Nurse Licensure Compact to practice as a registered nurse in Nebraska.
• Knowledge of nursing theory and practice, accepted standards of care, policies and procedures governing nursing care, sanitation and infection control standards, techniques of providing quality nursing care, standards for charting medical records, current medications, their uses and reactions, and Nebraska regulations pertaining to nursing scope of practice.
• Skills in coordinating and providing nursing care.
• Ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians; consult with clinical specialists; instruct others in patient care; maintain accurate medical records and write periodic reports; communicate effectively with medical professionals, direct care staff members, and other facility staff members; follow oral and written instructions in exact detail, maintain a helpful and empathetic attitude toward patients; participate on an interdisciplinary team; utilize sound and effective professional nursing judgment.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally and push/pull occasionally up to 50 lbs. on a daily basis; to frequently bend at the waist and neck and frequently twist at the waist and walk or stand up to 50% of the shift.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement, and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation. Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer!

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or genetics.