Full-time KMA needed!! Sign-on bonus!!

Same day pay available

Benefits include:

• Vacation, Sick time
• Health, Dental, Vision
• 401 k

Come join our team of dedicated staff at River Haven Nursing and Rehabilitation. We are located in a historic river front community that has a lot to offer. There is a great mixture of country living and city conveniences here to satisfy all your needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF POSITION:

• Administer medications to residents adhering to the 5 rights 
• Use electronic medical record for documentation
• Follow facility policies and procedures, including to but not limited into: HIPAA, infection prevention, and reporting to management
• Answer signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents' needs and ensures call lights are within reach of resident
• Ensures that residents' who are unable to call for help are checked hourly
• Give direct care such as bathing, dressing, and grooming 
• Explain procedures before performing any care
• Assist residents as necessary in their activities of daily living
• Assist residents with bowel and bladder functions
• Assist with safe lifts, repositionings, and transfers to the bed, chair, shower, and/or wheelchair
• Handle linens according to infection control guidelines
• Assist with feeding while accurately recording intake and outputs
• Review and implement daily nursing needs as outlined by the resident care plan 
• Record temperatures, blood pressure, pulse rates, respiration rates, height, and weight
• Monitors resident's activities and reports any irregularities of resident performance to nurse managers
• Clean instruments and equipment before, during, and after use making note of contamination 
• Provide post-mortem care as instructed
• Participatesand attend periodic in-services and staff meetings.
• Understand and adheres to all resident rights 
• Perform additional duties as assigned

EDUCATION / REQUIREMENTS:

Kentucky Medication Aide (KMA) certification obtained and verified by the Kentucky Board of Nursing. Active cardiopulmonary pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aide that must be maintained. 2 years prior experience preferred.