- Salary
- $42 – $47/hr
- Location
- Bradford, MA
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Healthcare
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- ApplyToJob
Description
Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit/SNF - Haverhill MA
RN Charge Nurse
$42-$47/hour
20 Bed Transitional housed within our Rehabilitation Hospital
Regular Schedule will be M-F days (40 hours) with availability to pick up extra shifts
We are seeking a Charge Nurse to oversee and lead our clinical team on our Transitional Care Unit housed within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital on Ward Hill in Haverhill Ma.
Essential Duties: To provide exceptional care to all residents including but not limited to:
Prerequisites:
Benefits available:
RN Charge Nurse
$42-$47/hour
20 Bed Transitional housed within our Rehabilitation Hospital
Regular Schedule will be M-F days (40 hours) with availability to pick up extra shifts
We are seeking a Charge Nurse to oversee and lead our clinical team on our Transitional Care Unit housed within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital on Ward Hill in Haverhill Ma.
Essential Duties: To provide exceptional care to all residents including but not limited to:
- Under the direction of the Unit Manager, manages the nurse desk and clinical staff on the unit
- Obtain report from nurse being relieved and records sufficient information to implement appropriate follow up action as necessary
- Provides report to nurse coming on duty, including sufficient information for follow-up action if necessary
- Conducts patient rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action
- Administers and documents medication, enteral nutrition and treatment per physician order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily
- Performs comprehensive assessments of each resident on unit
- Develops care plan based on each resident's assessment
- Obtains physician orders and any revisions for all treatment and medications needed
- Assesses on a weekly basis the skin condition, stage, size, site, depth, color, drainage and odor of condition
- May conduct staff meetings; coordinate services rendered by nursing personnel with those rendered by personnel of other departments.
- Observes infection control policies and procedures relating to nursing services.
- Directs and supervises activities of professional and non-professional nursing personnel
- Supports and participates in In-services Education Programs.
- Renders immediate assistance to any resident in need
- Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants providing direct patient care
- Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit
- Counsels nursing assistants and communicates clearly with Director of Nursing if issues arise
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to assure that high quality resident care is maintained
- Prepares nurse assistant assignments and explains all pertinent resident care
- Supervises distribution of nourishments
- Supervises the removal of all postural supports
- Orders, receives and documents medication according to facility procedure
- Supervises response to residents calls for assistance and responds to call lights as necessary
- Insures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate
Prerequisites:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, RN strongly preferred
- Current and active Nurse license in the state of Massachusetts. RN strongly preferred
- Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with AHS or ARC standards
- Minimum of three (3) years recent clinical experience preferably in Gerontological or Rehabilitative Nursing.
- Prior supervisory experience a plus
Benefits available:
- 401k
- Paid Sick
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holiday
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Hospital and Accident policy
- Critical Illness
- Christmas Club
- Flexible Spending Accounts-Health Savings Account
Skills
Patient CareCompliance