Registered Nurse RN

PURPOSE OF YOUR JOB POSITION:

The primary purpose of your job position is to provide direct nursing care to the residents, and to supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. Such supervision must be in accordance with current federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing Services or to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY:

As RN you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties with the RN scope of practice defined by the Ohio Nurse Practice Act/ ORC Chapter 4723.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS SATEMENT:

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties you will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or is an essential function of the position.

Personnel Functions

• Participate in employee performance evaluations, determining your units staffing requirements, and making recommendations to the Director of Nursing concerning employee dismissals, transfers, etc.
• Inform the Director of Nursing of staffing needs when assigned personnel fail to report to work.
• Report absentee call-ins to the Director of Nursing
• Review and evaluate your department’s work force and make recommendations to the Nurse Supervisor.
• Develop work assignments and/or assist in completing and performing such assignments.
• Provide leadership to nursing personnel assigned to your unit.
• Make daily rounds of your unit to ensure that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Report problem areas and Plan of Action to the Director of Nursing.
• Ensure that all nurse aide trainees are under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Meet with your shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or to improve services.
• Ensure that unit personnel, residents, and visitors follow the department’s established policies and procedures at all times.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other departments within the facility to ensure that nursing services and activities can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit.
• Review complaints and grievances made or filed by your assigned personnel. Make appropriate reports to the Director of Nursing as required or as may be necessary. Follow facility’s established procedures.
• Ensure that departmental disciplinary action is administered fairly and without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, sex, religion, handicap, or marital status.
• Receive/give the nursing report for the unit upon reporting in and ending duty hours.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.

Miscellaneous

• Provide data to the Quality Assurance & Assessment Committee as requested.

Education

• Must possess, as a minimum, a Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Current CPR.

Experience

• On-the-job training provided

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