RN Charge Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

The Charge Nurse position requires an RN license. The position is responsible to the Director of Nursing or designee to provide nursing services on the assigned unit to assure quality of care according to Bethany policies and procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of patient.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of patient.
• Responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocol.
• Maintain compliance with regulations established for professional licensure and for facility licensure.
• Attend shift report and count narcotics at the beginning and end of each shift.
• Accurate pouring and timely administration of all medications and immediate charting of them in accordance with established procedures.
• Carrying out all treatment orders and changing of dressings as ordered by the resident's physician.
• Notify the physician according to policy and procedure.
• Ensure that diets are served as prescribed.
• Order medications as supply demands.  Check and sign in the medications when received in the facility from the pharmacy.
• Monitor bowel schedule for each resident and assign bowel care to CNA's in accordance with the physician's orders.
• Provide daily bowel list and follow-up with PM shift.
• Monitor Hemocults to ensure compliance.
• Monitor Meal percentages.
• Properly note physician's orders, receive telephone orders and handle in accordance with established policy.
• Assure proper catheter care and change catheters according to physician's orders.
• Maintain resident's records in accordance with established procedures, including daily charting when appropriate, weekly summaries, skin assessment, updating according to schedule, nursing care plans, and monitoring proper charting by nurse assistants.
• Verbally communicate daily to nursing assistant’s specific treatments, special orders, and nursing care procedures to be carried out for each resident. 
• Monitor nursing staff for implementation of residents plan for care, expected outcome and the quality of care according to Bethany Home expectations.
• Give complete report on patients' condition, needs, orders, medication, and activity to the on-coming nursing personnel.
• Assist in writing performance evaluations for CNAs under direct supervision.
• Maintain clean nurses' station and medicine cart.
• Must maintain California License in good standing.
• Must attend mandatory in-services and make every effort to attend monthly LN meeting. 
• Any other tasks which might be assigned by the supervisor.          

Supervisory Responsibilities

Manages subordinate supervisors in the Skilled Nursing department. Also directly supervises Certified Nursing Assistants. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education and/or Experience

Completion of a California State Certified School for RN.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Hold a current Registered Nursing License.

BETHANY provides security, support and care of the highest possible quality, at levels appropriate to each individual’s needs. BETHANY manages and develops resources responsibly to assure excellent standards of service. Bethany Home is licensed as a Multi-Level Retirement Community with Independent living, Assisted living including Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Adult Day Care and In-Home Care Services.

Company Description

BETHANY provides security, support and care of the highest possible quality, at levels appropriate to each individual’s needs. BETHANY manages and develops resources responsibly to assure excellent standards of service. Bethany Home is licensed as a Multi-Level Retirement Community with Independent living, Assisted living including Memory Care, Skilled Nursing, Adult Day Care and In-Home Care Services.