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Charge RN Nights

Woodland Pond • Full-time • New Paltz, NY, US • $36 - $46 / hour • 1m ago

Job Details

Job Location: Woodland Pond Inc - New Paltz, NY

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $36.49 - $46.49 Hourly

Job Shift: Night

Description

Position Summary
The Charge RN is responsible to maintain the nursing philosophy, objectives, and standards of quality nursing care; and ensure compliance with standards, codes, rules and regulations, and the policies set-forth by Woodland Pond

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (*CF indicates Critical Function)

Administrative Functions:

Notifies the Director of Nursing and Administrator on Call as required (*CF)
Participates actively with IDT and follows-through on actions determined by the Team
Is responsible for every resident in the Health Center (*CF)
Serves as a resident advocate and ensures resident rights are maintained
Supports the medical staff
Works collaboratively with all departments at Woodland Pond
Works with staff in the planning of the units services, programs, and activities
Ensures consistency between all units in nursing care
Ensures staff comply with polices and standards of care (*CF)
Ensures completeness of Accident and Incident reports
Serves as a leader and resource for nursing staff
Participates in investigations as assigned (*CF)
Ensures safe quality care is provided to the residents daily, and essential information is communicated to provide appropriate continuity of care from admission to discharge (*CF)
Is a liaison with residents, families, and other departments to adequately plan for and provide resident care
Guides LPNs and CNAs responsibilities (*CF)
Ensures accurate, appropriate, and complete documentation by all nursing staff

Care Plan, Kardex, MDS, and Assessment

Ensures accuracy of each
Completes timely as assigned
Effectively communicates the plan of care
Ensures that resident care plan is followed (*CF)

Communication

Ensures appropriate and ongoing communication to the resident, family, staff, MD, IDT, etc. (*CF)
Uses communication to enhance quality of resident care and staff working environment

Personnel/Staff Development

Assists with employee evaluations, employee praise, and discipline as necessary (*CF)
Actively participates with staff education
Promotes an environment of learning
Ensures staff attends mandatory in-services and meets minimum continuing education requirements
Conducts routine staff audits to ensure care is being delivered per care plan and medical staff orders (*CF)
Ensures work consistency among staff
Promotes a positive, friendly work environment

Equipment and Supplies

Ensures appropriate are available and monitors that supplies are utilized appropriately to avoid waste
Is cost-effective

Policy and Procedure Manuals

Ensures staff awareness of manuals, including other departments (e.g. SDS, emergency protocols)
Uses manual and assists other staff on using policies as necessary (*CF)

Quality Assurance

Constantly strives to enhance the resident and staff experience
Reports and completes necessary paperwork for each resident incident/accident/change in condition (*CF)

Safety/Infection Control

Ensures staff compliance with standards and regulations
Reports potential outbreaks and takes appropriate measures to control/eliminate infection control exposures

Staffing Coverage

Required to ensure appropriate coverage for the nursing department 24/7, including weekends, holidays, and off-shifts (*CF)
Works beyond normal working hours, or in other positions temporarily when necessary (e.g. administers medications) (*CF)
Is subject to callback during emergency conditions
Takes RN on-call as needed

Other Specific Requirements

Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, and be enthusiastic
Must work harmoniously with others
Seeks out new methods and principles to incorporate into the nursing practice
Creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment (*CF)
Able to make independent decisions
Able to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures necessary to provide quality care
Promotes teamwork and collaboration among Woodland Pond staff members

Ongoing education

Must continually strive to enhance knowledge, and ensure evidenced-based nursing is being practiced
Encouraged to attend an out-of-facility continuing education seminars
Completes all required training and in-services
All other duties as assigned

Qualifications

GENERAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Maintains high standards for work areas, attitude and appearance
Understands that honesty and ethics are essential in the performance of duties
Willing to learn and grow
Demonstrates maturity in judgment and behaviors
Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to and communicate with primarily the geriatric population
Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span
Able to assess data reflecting the residents status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each residents requirements relative to their age-specific needs
Able to work a flexible schedule
Maintains predictable and reliable attendance

Qualifications

RN graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Minimum two years of clinical nursing experience preferred
Holds a current, unencumbered RN license to practice in the State of New York
Proficiency with computers and standard office software
Valid CPR certification

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