Wellness Nurse (Fri, Sat & Sun)

Position Summary

The Wellness Nurse provides nursing care and supervision to residents in the community. This includes direct resident care, conferring with other disciplines, referring to community resources and/or utilizing resource materials as needed. This position participates in care conferences and staff meetings, completes paperwork in a timely manner, and communicates with health care providers, Eskaton support staff, and other community persons as needed or directed.

Essential Job Functions

• Promotes the success of others.
• Demonstrates appropriate physical assessment skills for initial and follow-up appraisal of resident status.
• Possesses an adequate knowledge of clinical disease entities.
• Demonstrates ability to perform nursing treatments and procedures as prescribed for assigned residents.
• Performs those treatments in an appropriate manner.
• Demonstrates adequate knowledge of specialized diets and medications commonly prescribed to residents and assists with administration and management as needed.
• Demonstrates knowledge and awareness of rehabilitative and preventative aspects of care and ensures resident safety, comfort, and protection.
• Supervises and directs care given to residents by Resident Care Associates and Resident Medication Assistants in an appropriate manner.
• Ensures continuity of care by appropriately directing, coaching, and counseling the support staff.
• Participates in the training of all care staff.
• Affords assistance to physicians or physician extenders in making rounds and assessments of residents (if applicable).
• Marketing to community and assisting with tours as needed.
• Documents resident status changes, resident instruction, resident/family response, and specific plan for ongoing care.
• Maintains written care plans reflecting resident status in a timely and accurate manner.
• Completes pre-placement and routine functional evaluations/assessments per Eskaton policy.
• Follows documentation procedures as required by RCFE regulations.
• Uses accurate medical terminology.
• Maintains all records related to staff education and training in the community.

Care Management

Communicates information regarding residents at team meetings, and coordinates care provided to the residents. Establishes short term and long-term goals for total resident care and management.

Qualifications

• Education: Valid California Licensed Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse license. Current CPR certification.
• Training And Experience: Minimum two years recent skilled or assisted living nursing experience preferred. Prior supervisory experience.
• Knowledge And Abilities: Possesses an in-depth knowledge of comprehensive nursing care which includes clinical disease entities, the physical assessment skills required for initial and follow-up appraisal of all assigned residents, resident treatments, specialized diets, and medication regime for individuals. Must also be aware of the rehabilitative and preventative aspects concerning each resident, their safety, comfort, and protection, the usual performances indicated for disease prevention and restorative measures, the ability to document professional nursing services provided with a realistic plan for reaching short and long term goals, and to be able to make decisions regarding safety needs of residents including adequate equipment.