Charge Nurse - Countryside Care - FT (40 Hours) - DAYS

Job Summary

Responsible for providing high-quality, direct patient care in the Countryside Care and Rehabilitation department. Responsible for pleasant and effective communication with the patients, with coworkers, supervisors, and the public.

Duties and Responsibilities

· Ability to follow established standards of nursing practices and implement facility policies and procedures.

· Ability to conduct patient rounds daily, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action.

· Coordinates and supervises patient care as necessary.

· Under the direction of the Director of Nursing, monitors and makes changes in staffing according to the staffing matrix.

· Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions.

· Promotes nursing professionalism, coaches and develops others.

· Ability to identify patients’ problems and emergency situations and initiate immediate "life saving" measures in the absence of a physician.

· Ability to follow, supervise and evaluate the implementation of a Patient's Rights Program.

· Ability to attend staff meeting, in-service classes and committee meetings as assigned.

· Ability to complete report for facility committees as assigned.

· Ability to perform and document comprehensive assessment of each patient.

· Ability to follow facility discharge/transfer procedure and coordinate discharge/transfer with other departments, physicians, and ancillary service providers.

· Ability to assess patient needs and initiate development of individualized care plans.

· Ability to review and revise patient care plans as necessary and as required by regulations.

· Ability to participate in patient care conferences as assigned.

· Ability to count all narcotics, sign for count and exchange keys.

· Ability to prepare and administer medications, tube feedings and treatments as ordered.

· Ability to notify the Director of Nursing, when necessary, of changes in patients' conditions, weight changes, medication errors, medication not available, abnormal lab and x-ray results and any other information as necessary.

· Ability to assume accountability for data contained in the Personnel Policy Manual.

· Actively engage in quality improvement activities.

· Ability to perform other related duties as directed by the Nurse Manager.

· Ability to assist Wound care nurse as needed.

· Ability to verify orders.

· Complete admission and timely manner.

· Perform other duties as assigned.