Registered Nurse - Full time

Registered Nurse (RN)

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, $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.

Sullivan County is proud to offer their employees a competitive benefit package. Benefits include:

• Medical - Anthem BC/BS
• Dental - Delta Dental
• Long-Term Disability - County paid
• Employee Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment - County paid
• Voluntary Short-term Disability
• NH Retirement System
• 457 Plan
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Vacation and Sick time
• Referral Bonus
• Shift & Weekend Differentials
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Continuing Education through our online RELIAS program
• Tuition Reimbursement