Job Location : Bonners Ferry,ID, USA
Job Details
Job Location: Bonners Ferry, ID
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Description
SCHEDULE: 72-80 hrs per pay period; Full-time Nights; 12 hr shifts
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/REQUIREMENTS:
* Assigns staff appropriately for resident care during the shift.
* Replace/find non-scheduled staff when shortages occur.
* Receive and communicate pertinent shift reports to an oncoming shift of what transpired in resident care and conditions.
* Promote positive problem solving as situations arise with the shift personnel.
* Completes assessments of residents as needed.
* Prioritizes findings of assessments and initiates appropriate care treatments.
* Notifies physicians of problems or concerns of residents.
* Performs procedures and treatments ordered for residents within the Nurse Practice Act.
* Administers ordered medications and is alert to difficulties, complications and/or side effects. Reports the findings appropriately.
* Documents medication given, or if refused, why and responses to medication (PRN).
* Completes rounds on the unit every two (2) hours and PRN to assess resident care.
* Appropriately uses the following equipment: enteral feeding pumps, SVN equipment, pulse oximeter, glucose monitor systems, nurse call and alarms systems and suction equipment.
* Documents problems or concerns of residents in Nurse's Notes.
* Documents treatments and assessments of monitored conditions.
* Documents behaviors and moods in clinical records.
* Communicates with families of resident's treatment plans and status changes.
* Acts as a liaison between families and physicians.
* Completes death care for residents.
* Monitors the physical environment of the department and notifies by appropriate means the departments responsible.
* Completes occurrence reports and implements monitoring of resident conditions as necessary.
* Disciplines shift personnel as necessary.
* Adheres to the Policies and Procedures of the facility.
* Communicates to supervisor any complaints, problems, occurrences, deterioration of resident status or personnel problems in a timely manner consistent with the problem.
* Receives and places confidential information with courtesy, accuracy and respect at all times.
* Ability to respond properly and follow Facilities Plan in an emergency situation and/or disaster.
* Protects and ensures in actions, communications and in written form all Resident's Rights.
Qualifications
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:
* Minimum graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
* Current Idaho professional LPN license.
* Current CPR/BLS certification required
* ACLS certification required within 2 months of hire.
* Completion with passing score on the hospital pharmacological exam.
* One (1) year medical/surgical or Geriatric patient care experience.
* IV Certified by the State of Idaho preferred.
* Long-term care experience preferred.
* Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.