RN Long Term Care

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our RN you will assume responsibility for facilitating communicating and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical emotional and spiritual needs of the patient advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.

Every day you will promote optimal patient health well-being and safety through the nursing process adhering to patient care standards guidelines and the State Nurse Practice Act and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.

To be successful in this role you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate high-quality patient care strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive mission-driven environment.

• Assess patients physical psychosocial cultural and spiritual needs through observation interview review of medical records & clinical data. Evaluates patients response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
• Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including but not limited to IVs incision/wound care medication administration catheterization and specimen collections.
• Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records. Document ongoing status interventions patient response and outcomes in an accurate timely manner. Use information technology to communicate manage knowledge mitigate error and support decision-making.
• Promote advocate and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
• Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness needs and ability. Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.

Job Requirements

• Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement
• RN License in state of employment
• Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently and/or up to 10lbs. constantly

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing
• One (1) year experience

Schedule: Part time (day)

Where Youll Work

St. Francis Nursing Center in Colorado Springs is a 24-hour Skilled Nursing Facility where we create a safe comfortable and compassionate home for our residents. We are committed to providing excellent physical mental and spiritual care to enable our residents to have a high level of independence and be able to enjoy all that our center has to offer. Our dedicated team has access to the resources and tools required to provide our residents with the best quality of life while also experiencing a professional environment where our staff can thrive and continue to excel in their career. Surrounded by wildlife our 110-bed facility offers a picturesque Colorado setting and an atmosphere filled with encouragement laughter kindness and teamwork. If you are passionate about providing the highest quality of care and enriching the lives of residents we invite you to apply to our team!