Registered Nurse

Description

Position Summary:
Provides skilled nursing care to patients in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, hospice, and/or home health settings. Coordinate care with the patient, family, and referring agency, and assume responsibility for the coordination of care. Provides service in accordance with the agency philosophy, standards, and policies.

Essential Functions:
• Responds to a request for initial assessment within 24 hours.
• Develops a written plan of care for each patient, assessing the physical and psychological needs of the patient and documenting the findings.
• Assesses patient's condition, initiates plan of care, re-evaluates and updates as necessary.
• Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Educate the patient and family regarding pain management.
• Performs patient care responsibilities, considering needs specific to the standard of care for the patient's age.
• Demonstrates knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on the age of the patient and the patient's clinical position.
• Provides skilled nursing care as needed.
• Obtains all necessary physician orders and collaborates with the physician as the patient's needs dictate.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Initiates case conferences to discuss multidisciplinary team responsibilities, patient progress, plans for continued care, new problems, etc.
• Follows up with obtaining lab results and notifying the physician of any significant results.
• Re-evaluates the need for continued care on an ongoing basis; initiates recertification as
necessary.
• Promotes patient/family/caregiver education using various verbal and written communication techniques that take into account the patient/family cultural, ethnic, and/or personal needs or preferences.
• Supervises Home Health Aides on an as-needed basis.
• Initiates needed referrals to other disciplines and/or community resources.
• Obtains needed supplies and equipment to provide care.
• Knowledgeable of current federal, state, and agency regulations concerning patient care.
• Adheres to all Agency, payroll, billing, and documentation policies and procedures.

Non-Essential Functions:
• Attends all required training, in-services, and staff meetings.
• Strives to maintain a safe working environment through the prevention of accidents, the
preservation of equipment, the achievement of safe working practices, by practicing proper
infection control measures, and understanding the use of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• Maintains a positive and professional demeanor toward residents, visitors, families, and
coworkers.
• Adheres to all policies and procedures of Bedrock at Home.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills:
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to
understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at
inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Reading Comprehensive - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of
alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Attributes:
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Requirements

Experience and Education:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

• Experience working in hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, hospice, and home health settings is a plus.

• Current Nevada licensure as a Registered Nurse.

• Current CPR card, HIV certificate, Physical Exam, and TB (2-step or Quantiferon), free from communicable diseases statement

• Valid state driver's license and reliable automobile and proof of current automobile insurance.

Time spent in physical exertion: Standing (1/3-2/3), walking (over 2/3), sitting (under 1/3), using hands to finger, handle or feel (over 2/3), reach with hands and arms (over 2/3), climb and balance (1/3-2/3), stoop, kneel, crawl (2/3), talk or hear (over 2/3), taste or smell (under 1/3). Lifting up to 10 pounds (over 2/3), up to 25 pounds (1/3); up to 50 pounds (under 1/3); up to 100 pounds (under 1/3).