LPN/RN

Location

Ashland, OH | United States

Job description

Spring into a new career with Crystal Care of Ashland..

Crystal Care is seeking Dedicated, Reliable LPN/RN for our Day Shift or Night Shift Position to Join our TEAM!

NEW COMPETITIVE WAGES

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Driven, Passionate, Caring Nurse? If this is you, this is the Team you want to Join!

When you join the Crystal Care of Ashland, you will quickly catch the team spirit. Coworkers and residents become family, the workplace becomes a home, and a touch of spontaneity and fun keeps everyone smiling. Our core values promote an environment of respect, courtesy, and professional excellence where you can dedicate yourself to a career you love.

What we Offer...

· Competitive wages

· Experience pay

· Affordable Medical, Dental, and Vision, Short Term and Long Term 

· Supportive team members/environment

· Employee Recognition Programs

· Personal Time Off that starts IMMEDIATELY!!

Essential Job Functions:

· Follow established standards of nursing practices and implements facility policies and procedures.

· Interpret existing policies and procedures to nursing assistants, restorative personnel, residents, families and physicians.

· Supervise and evaluate all direct resident care and initiates corrective action as necessary.

· Obtain report from nurse he/she is relieving and records sufficient information to implement appropriate follow-up action as necessary.

· Provide report to nurse coming on duty, including sufficient information for follow-up action if necessary. Conduct resident rounds daily, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and to initiate corrective action. Knowledgeably and competently perform basic nursing skills.

· Identify resident problems and emergency situations and initiates an immediate plan of action according to nursing home policies and procedures.

· Follow, supervise and evaluate the implementation of the Residents Right Program.

· Follow admission procedures and communicates resident admissions to other departments, physicians and ancillary service providers.

· Provide clinical supervision of nursing assistants responsible for providing direct resident care.

· Notify responsible party and documents any changes in resident condition.

· Follow staffing guidelines and makes nursing assignments according to qualifications of staff and characteristics of the resident population.

· Receive medication delivery from pharmacy, checks and documents medications received.

· Counsel nursing assistants and recommends disciplinary action, when necessary, to the D.O.N.

· Participate in the employee evaluation process by providing information on the clinical performance of nursing assistants to the D.O.N. or designee.

· Complete report for facility committees as assigned.

· Administer and document comprehensive assessment of each resident.

· Perform and documents comprehensive assessment of each resident.

· Develop an accurate comprehensive care plan based on each resident’s comprehensive assessment.

· Document resident care provided and resident’s response or lack of response to care provided.

· Notify physician, when necessary, of changes in residents’ conditions, weight, medication errors, medication not available, abnormal lab/x-ray results and any other unusual observations.

· Administer PRN medications and treatments as necessary.

· Document progress notes as assigned.

· Document on unstable, Medicare and newly admitted residents daily.

· Personally obtain continuing education relating to the long term care field of nursing.

· Supervise response to residents’ calls for assistance.

· Supervise and participates in resident rounds at least every two hours or more often if needed.

· Follow facility discharge/transfer procedure and coordinates discharge/transfer with other departments, physicians and ancillary service providers.

· Answer all call-lights in a timely manner.

· Complete documentation relating to resident’s discharge/transfer.

· Possess clear written and verbal communication skills.

· Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Nursing.

· Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at anytime.

Job Type: Full-time / Part-time

Physical Setting:

· Long term care

Schedule:

· 12 hour shift

· Day shift

· Night shift

Supplemental Pay:

· Signing bonus

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