Registered Nurse - Charge Nurse - BCHCRLS

Registered Nurse - Charge Nurse

Overview:

• Job Category: Non-Acute - Nursing - Travel
• Skills:1 year of LTC and Med/Surg experience is required
• Education: RN License - required Primary Source Verification - required AHA BLS - required IV certification - preferred
• Certifications & Licenses: IV certification - RN License

The primary role of the Registered Nurse - Charge Nurse is to provide direct nursing care to the residents, and to supervise and assist the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. Such supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services or Nurse Supervisor to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

Essential Duties (include but are not limited to):

• Cooperate with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
• Participate in facility surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies as may be requested.
• Periodically review the resident’s written discharge plan.
• Participate in the updating of the resident’s written discharge plan as required.
• Assist in planning the nursing services portion of the resident’s discharge plan as necessary.
• Admit, transfer, and discharge residents as required.
• Complete injury/incident reports as necessary.
• Completing medical forms, reports, evaluations, studies, charting, etc., as necessary.
• Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations.
• Complete and file required record keeping forms/charts upon the resident’s admission, transfer, and/or discharge.