Registered Nurse - Full time

Registered Nurse (RN)

$2,500 SIGN ON BONUS* Join our dynamic team at Sullivan County Health Care as a Registered Nurse (RN). We offer fantastic benefits, generous paid time off and the opportunity to be part of an organization you can be proud of! Come be a part of our award-winning team that works hard to uphold our motto: "ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, WE MAKE LIFE BETTER". Scope of position: This is a specialized professional and administrative position with responsibilities to ensure delivery of appropriate high-quality nursing and restorative care within the facilities policies and procedures.

Examples of duties:

• Accurately receives, transcribes and carries out physician's orders.
• Administer medications and treatments as ordered by the physician and make proper documentation and notifications; order and maintain all pharmaceuticals for the units.
• Observe each resident on a continuing basis alert to changes in mental and physical well-being; notifies the Supervisor of pertinent observations and discusses the need to notify physician; and receive Resident Status Report from off-going shift, and give on-coming shift a detailed report of each resident's current status and events of the shift.
• Assign and measure nursing staff resident care consistent with abilities, job description, scope of practice and supervises the care given; and assist direct-care staff with nursing care as necessary and as time allows.
• Accompany physician on resident rounds.
• Admit, discharge and transfer residents, completing documentation and notifications as necessary.
• Communicate with residents' families in order to resolve resident concerns and problems to notify family members of new orders, and to obtain consent when necessary.
• Assume responsibility for the management of assigned unit(s) during his/her shift under the direction of the Nursing Supervisor (NS), Director of Nursing Services (DON) or the Assistant Director of Nursing Services (ADON).

Follow State and Federal Regulations regarding the storage, usage and documentation of controlled medications including counting at the change of shift; notifies appropriate Supervisor if discrepancies are present.

Typical qualifications:

Registered Nurses License in the State of NH required. Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required.

Supplemental information:

• Shift differential: $2/hour - 2nd shift
• Shift differential: $2/hour - 3rd shift
• 20% of base rate of pay Weekend premium all shifts

Equal Employment Opportunity Mandatory post offer physical, drug testing and Criminal records check required (County paid). * Full time positions only, paid in multiple payments over a specified period.