Charge Nurse - LVN/RN at Mount Pleasant

Focused Post Acute Care Partners; Mount Pleasant (TX); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Excellent compensation

6 Holidays

Life Insurance

Health Plans

Vision

Dental

Generous PTO

Job summary

Focused Post Acute Care Partners in Mount Pleasant, TX is seeking a Charge Nurse to lead nursing care for residents. You will supervise licensed and non-professional staff, implement physician orders, and ensure safe, high-quality patient care in a collaborative team setting.

The role requires a current LVN/RN license, CPR certification, and the ability to follow written and verbal instructions in English. DailyPay is offered as a voluntary benefit.

Qualifications

• Must have a current LVN/RN license.
• CPR certification required.
• Ability to understand, remember and carry out verbal or written instructions in English.
• Ability to complete assignments in a timely manner.
• Ability to be flexible and positive with intermittent interruptions.

Responsibilities

• Current LVN license.
• Ensure resident safety.
• Plan, organize, and direct nursing functions of patients.
• Makes nursing assignments appropriate to staff skill levels.
• Maintain acceptable standards of patient care.
• Document nursing history and changes.
• Communicate with patient/family and health team to carry out care plan.
• Use and adhere to infection-control policies.

Skills

English instruction comprehension

Timely completion

Flexibility with interruptions

Team rapport

Communication with patients/family

Education

LVN/RN license

Tools

CPR certification

Electronic medical records (EMR)

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Focused Care at Mount Pleasant - Mount Pleasant, TX 75455

Work today, get paid today! Weve partnered with DailyPay, a voluntary benefit to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Focused Post Acute Care Partners FPACP is a dynamic company with an expectation of excellence in the delivery of long-term care to every patient every day. We are looking for a Charge Nurse to join our great team!

At FPACP, we take pride in our culture and ROCKIN recognition program ROCKStar (Recognizing Outstanding Care and Kindness). This program is used across the organization for team members, residents, family members, volunteers, and business partners. The gamification component is a fun and competitive way team members level up monthly, getting one step closer to attending the annual FPACP Gala.

POSITION SUMMARY

To provide nursing care to residents as prescribed by the physician and in accordance with standards of nursing practices, regulations and directed by the Director of Nursing. To lead or direct licensed and non-professional staff in the delivery of direct resident care and support functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a current LVN/RN license
• CPR certification required
• Ability to understand, remember and carry out verbal or written instructions in English
• Ability to complete assignments in a timely manner
• Ability to be flexible and positive with intermittent interruptions

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Current LVN license.
• To ensure resident safety.
• Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients in the unit
• Makes nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees
• Maintains acceptable standards of patient care
• Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution
• Creates a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel
• Accurately and promptly implements physicians orders
• Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures
• Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality
• Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors
• Obtains and documents nursing history from the patient and/or significant other that is comprehensive of the present condition and prior problems
• Performs basic assessment of the patient, indicating adequate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology
• Records vital signs notes changes and pursues more-specific investigation as needed
• Assesses for and notifies physician and other appropriate parties of changes in condition
• Uses assessment information to develop a care plan before the end of duty time that communicates enough information for incoming personnel to adequately care for the patient
• Uses care plans as a basis for providing safe and therapeutic care to patients
• Consistently follows established standards, policies, and procedures in providing nursing care
• Accepts accountability for clinical care of assigned patients, including supervision of nonprofessional personnel
• Communicates with the patient and his or her family and other members of the health care team in carrying out the goals of the care plan
• Performs competently those technical skills considered basic to the type of care given in that unit
• Responds appropriately in urgent and/or emergency situations
• Supports standards of nursing care through adherence to existing policies and procedures
• Seeks guidance when encountering nursing procedures and responsibilities that have not been mastered
• Promotes positive public relations with patients, residents, family members, and guests
• Uses tactful, appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations
• Use appropriate work place behavior and adhere to dress code at all times
• Utilize electronic medical record charting; point click care

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Have the ability to safely perform movements such as pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, kneeling, reaching, and lifting up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations

AA/EEO/M/F/D/V

We offer great benefits to our valued team members!

• Excellent compensation
• 6 Holidays
• Life Insurance- Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Health Plans
• Vision
• Dental
• Generous PTO
• DailyPay Available
• Much More