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King's Daughters is Hiring a Kingsbrook Registered Nurse Near Ashland, KY
Job Summary
The Registered Nurse assumes responsibility and accountability for long term care nursing services delivered to residents of a designated unit for one shift. The Registered Nurse provides direct care, administers treatments and medications, organizes and distributes daily assignments to direct care staff consistent with staff competency and each individual resident’s comprehensive resident assessment and plan of care. Supervises direct care staff and makes decisions about resident care needs during shift within scope of clinical competence, consistent with facility policies and procedures. Routinely exercises independent judgment in completing essential job functions.
Duties & Essential Functions
Makes daily rounds on assigned unit at least at beginning and end of shift to observe, examine or interview residents, to verify information from ongoing shift to monitor regulatory compliance and to determine staff assignments.
Develops and distributes resident care assignments to direct care staff. Assignments should match resident needs with skills of direct care staff and maintain consistency to the extent practicable. Adjust assignments according to availability of qualified staff. Changes assignments if necessary during shift to meet resident needs.
Directs daily assignments and evaluates the work of other caregivers, i.e, LPN’s, SRNA’s, CMT’s, Restorative Nursing Assistants, Preceptor Nursing Assistants, etc. Using independent judgments makes recommendations including but not limited to the care of residents, discipline, discharge and promotion regarding LPN’s, SRNA’s, CMT’s, Restorative Nursing Assistants, Preceptor Nursing Assistants.
Provides orientation to unit and unit routines to new team members.