What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurses (RN) or (LPN) - Long Term Care - Days | Nights! position at RSC Healthcare?
Looking for Registered Nurses (RNs) and or Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) with Long Term Care (LTC) nursing experience. The LTC nurse promotes, restores, and maintains resident’s health and wellbeing by collaborating with providers, the interdisciplinary team, and care associates. The LTC nurse's primary role is to provide physical and psych-social support to residents and families.
Responsibilities:
- Developing relationships with the residents and their families using a consistent caregiver approach, supporting the resident’s physical, spiritual, emotional, and clinical needs, and focusing on placing the resident first.
- Performing all clinical duties in accordance with the state nurse practice act and nursing standards of practice
- Promoting resident’s independence by establishing resident care goals, teaching resident/family members to understand a resident’s condition, medication, and self-care skills
- Monitoring a resident clinical and care conditions to identify any changes in status and acting on those changes to ensure patient comfort and safety
- Working alongside the care associates to perform routine nursing care to assigned residents as needed
- Maintaining infection prevention practices, administering medications, and performing treatments per orders.
- Developing and coordinating a comprehensive Holistic plan of care to meet the resident’s clinical and care needs in collaboration with the interdisciplinary and neighborhood team
- Supporting resident’s preferences, routines, and choices in resident’s electronic medical record
- Ensuring that documentation is current, accurate, and timely.
- Participating in care conferences for designated residents as requested by Clinical Manager
Areas of expertise:
- IV therapy
- Wound care
- Catheter and colostomy care
- Gastronomy tube management
- Dining assistance
- Pain management
- Pulse oximetry
- Oxygen
- CPAP
- Palliative care
What you will need:
- Must have an active RN or LPN license in the state of Massachusetts and a graduate from an accredited Registered Nurse program is preferred
- Must have a minimum of 1 years experience - long term care or nursing home experience required
- A passion for caring for seniors/geriatric populations
- Experience with an electronic medical record (EMR) is preferred
- CPR/BLS certification required
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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, Per diem, Temporary
Pay: $45.00 - $52.00 per hour
Expected hours: 24.0 – 40.0 per week
Benefits:
- Health insurance
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Long term care: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $45 - $52