Registered Nurse

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Registered Nurse

Minimum Qualifications:

Possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.

Preferred Qualifications:

One year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

Experience with the geriatric population in a long-term care setting.

Experience with serving the Veteran population.

Responsibilities/Duties:

The Registered Nurse coordinates, directs and provides professional nursing care activities to residents of the Home under the direction and supervision of the Nurse Supervisor and Director of Nursing.

• Conducts nursing assessments; and obtains, records, and updates individuals’ health information and vital signs, using standard instruments and procedures.

• Prepares, implements, and modifies nursing care plans; prepares individuals for and/or assists with examinations and treatments; and administers medications and nursing procedures to individuals, as prescribed.

• Observes, monitors, and records individuals’ symptoms, conditions, and care, including diet and physical activity; and identifies and reports individuals’ responses to medication or changes in health status.

• Serves as the nursing representative on a treatment team; provides information on nursing needs; and consults and coordinates with treatment teams and other health care disciplines to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate individuals’ care.

• Makes clinical rounds to assess individuals’ nursing care needs and observe and participate in the provision of nursing services.

• Provides health teaching, counseling, and education to individuals, families, and other groups; and develops health improvement programs.

• Implements infection control protocols and procedures and provides related consultation and instruction to staff.

• Maintains and updates charts, records, and other documentation, consistent with agency, State, and federal requirements; and may collect data and perform related activities to support medical research.

• Monitors inventories and ensures that standards for medications, solutions, supplies, and equipment are maintained to meet nursing care needs.

• Delegates responsibility for appropriate nursing activities, skills, and/or procedures to nursing and direct care staff; and makes clinical rounds to assess individuals’ nursing care needs and observe and evaluate the provision of nursing services.

• Acts as liaison to outside agencies and providers to ensure continuity of care and the necessary follow-up for individuals; advocates for individuals’ needs; and may provide instruction to providers on individuals’ discharge plans.

• May perform the full range of supervisory duties over Graduate Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and direct care staff; provide information to Registered Nurse Supervisors; and prepare or contribute to the preparation of reports and performance evaluations for lower-level staff involved in nursing care activities.