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Job Description Charge Nurse Job Title: Charge Nurse Reports To Assistant Director of Nursing Summary: The Charge Nurse is responsible for staff assignment and provides overall supervision of resident care activities by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: -Complete all required record-keeping forms/charts upon the resident's admission, discharge, transfer, etc. File in the resident's chart and/or forward to the appropriate department. -Receive verbal orders from the attending/alternate physician and transcribe the physician's order sheet. -Initiate resident Plans of Care on admission. -Chart TPRs, blood pressure, and blood glucose as required. -Order prescribed medications, supplies, and equipment as established by the facility's policies and procedures. -Review physician's orders and transfer/preadmission information for completeness. -Prepare/administer medications as ordered by the physician. -Answer telephone inquiries as outlined in the facility's established policies and procedures. -Chart licensed nurses’ notes In an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided as well as the resident's response to the care. -Forward new diet orders, and/or diet changes to the dietary department. -Transcribe physician's orders to resident's charts, Medication Administration Records, Treatment Administration Records and RNA sheets to assure that they remain current. -Verify the Identification of the resident before administering medication or treatment. -Requisition and arrange for diagnostic and therapeutic services as ordered by the physician. -Assure that narcotic records are current at all times -Admit, transfer and discharge a resident. Assist in arranging transportation and packing as necessary. -Check resident charts for a specific treatment, medication orders, and schedules daily. -Administer professional services such as catheterization, tube feeding, suction, applying and changing dressings/bandages, packs, colostomy and drainage bags, taking blood, sputum, and urine specimens, care of the dead/dying, etc., as established by the facility's policies and procedures. -Make rounds with the physician and assist with examination and treatment. -Review medication sheet for completeness of information, accuracy in the transcription of physician orders and adherence to stop-order policies. -Assist in carrying out restorative and rehabilitative programs to include self-help/care. -Perform routine charting as required. -Report all discrepancies in physician order, diet, or charting to the RN Supervisor Cr Assistant Director of Nurses. -Check food in residents' rooms that is brought in by the resident's family or visitors in accordance with the facility s established policies and procedures. __ -Initiate restraint assessment on all new admissions. -Monitor and document the behavior of residents on psychoactive medications. -Record Intake and Output, and complete monthly evaluations as per the facility's policy and procedure. -Following completion of an approved competency check with an RN or LVN may reinsert a G-Tube on an established track only. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree from an accredited school of nursing preferred. Some supervisory experience highly desirable. Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have good Excel skills and knowledge of Werd. Certificates and Licenses: Current nursing licensure in the state in which practicing. Supervisory Responsibilities: _. Directly supervises employees in nursing services. Carries out supervisory responsibilities In accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include Interviewing, hiring, and training employees ' planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $21.78 - $41.25 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Paid sick time
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care

Physical setting:

• Long term care
• Nursing home
• Rehabilitation center

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Night shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Extended hours
• Holidays
• Overtime

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Baldwin Park, CA 91706: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• LVN (Required)
• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• LPN (Preferred)

Work Location: One location