Staff RN - Second Shift

The job functions of the Staff RN include:

Administrative Duties

• Responding in a timely manner to communications from all sources
• Reporting problems, discrepancies, and concerns to supervisors
• Following and enforcing policies and protocols for resident care
• Complying with all code of conduct policies and personnel programs
• Communicating the mission, ethics, and goals of UCC Homes
• Documenting Medicare servicves as assigned
• Completing accidents and incident reports and related charting
• Completing electronic and manual documentation accurately
• Receiving and transcribing doctor orders
• Ordering, preparing, and administering medications and treatments
• Ensuring controlled substance records are accurate, reporting and reconciling discrepancies
• Ensuring that Residents' Rights are protected
• Resolving resident concerns and complaints
• Reporting allegations of resident abuse, neglect, or misappropriation
• Completing resident assessments
• Ensuring ongoing assessments of residents' overall conditions, observing for side effects, pain, emotional status, changes in condition, etc.; notifying physician as appropriate
• Writing preliminary resident care plan based on admissions assessment
• Assisting as an LPN or CNA on the nursing schedule to ensure staffing requirements are met per regulations

Requirements:

• Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Pennsylvania.
• Must possess willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
• Must possess the ability/willingness to learn basic computer skills.
• Must be able to summarize and relate information concerning a resident's condition.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel, and the general public.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must meet the general health requirements set forth by the policies of this facility which include a medical and physical examination.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 3 feet and be able to carry such weight a minimum distance of 25 feet.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
• Using a mechanical device, must regularly be able to push, pull, or move weight in excess of 100 pounds a distance of 300 feet.
• Must be able to relate to and work with persons who exhibit emotional instability, confusion, or at times, hostility.
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.