Registered Nurse 1-2-3

State of Louisiana; Pineville (LA); On-site; USD 62,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift Differential

Longevity Pay

Special Entrance Rate

Job summary

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center seeks a dedicated Registered Nurse to coordinate nursing services across programs and ensure high-quality patient care. The role requires an active Louisiana RN license or equivalent multi-state license and involves leading staff, administering medications, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team.

The position offers day and night shifts, with part-time options available, and includes premium pay and shift differentials.

Qualifications

• Current Louisiana RN license or a temporary permit or multi-state NLC/eNLC license to practice as an RN.
• For official job specs, refer to the Louisiana State Civil Service.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate nursing care and lead assigned staff in patient care and activities.
• Refer patients to appropriate community agencies and physicians as needed.
• Assess patient acuity, perform reassessments, and monitor care.
• Administer medications and monitor for adverse reactions.
• Communicate health concerns to the IDT and coordinate transitions of care.

Skills

RN license (Louisiana)

NLC/eNLC license

Job description

PSSC 26-160-RJ The mission of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is to support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to reach treatment goals and to return to more integrated community living settings. Pinecrest Supports and Services Center specializes in the treatment of people with comorbid intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical, behavioral, and psychiatric support needs.

About This Job

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center (PSSC) is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join our dynamic team. This role is essential in ensuring high-quality care and coordination of nursing services across our programs. If you're a compassionate, organized, and team-oriented nursing professional ready to make a meaningful impact in a supportive environment, we encourage you to apply!

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse. The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties

• Provides for the coordination of nursing care. Performs all nursing duties required of a professional nurse, ensuring people have the best possible health. Leads assigned staff in accomplishing required patient care and staff activities.
• Refers people to other appropriate community agencies and physicians as necessary.
• Determines proper assignment of staff based on patient acuity of illness. Provides skilled assessment, reassessment, and monitoring for people served.
• Provides nursing treatments as ordered by the physician.
• Administers medications, assesses for signs and symptoms of adverse reaction, and assesses the efficacy of medication administered. Interprets complex data related to physical assessments, skilled observation and diagnostics and implements interventions based on these interpretations.
• Evaluates nursing care delivered by other members of the nursing team in assigned area on a shift and provides on-site directions.
• Assists in developing, reviewing, revising, and implementing nursing plans of care. Ensures that nursing plans of care are carried out by appropriate staff.
• Communicate on-going health concerns, result of health treatment, consultations and diagnostics to the person’s interdisciplinary team. Works with the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to establish, review and revise person centered health objectives.
• Communicates with consultants to ensure continuity of care. Provides communication to transitions teams to ensure continuity of care across the continuum of health care.

Position-Specific Details

Department: LDH Pinecrest – Nursing Dept.

Appointment Type: This position may be filled by Detail to Special Duty, Probation, Job Appointment, Promotion, Demotion, or Lateral Transfer. Preference may be given to permanent classified employees of Pinecrest Supports and Services Center.

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Registered Nurse 1, 2 or 3, depending on the level of education and experience of the selected applicant. NOTE: Failure to fully complete the education and work history sections of the application can result in an applicant being hiring at the lower level of the position in which any are applying.

Work Schedule: Day Shift: 5:30AM – 6PM Night Shift: 5:30PM – 6AM Part Time Shift are available

Compensation

Compensation: Depends on Qualifications. This position receives premium pay of $10.00 per hour, and also receives Shift Differential, Longevity Pay, and may receive additional pay options. This position has a Special Entrance Rate

• Registered Nurse 1 $29.84hr. – $39.01hr.
• Registered Nurse 2 $31.93hr. – $41.74hr.
• Registered Nurse 3 $34.17hr. – $44.67hr.

Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports the recruitment, hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities. For more information on employment resources for individuals with disabilities, see the Louisiana Employment Resources Guide at http://www.laworks.net/Downloads/LRS/EmploymentResourceGuide_2018.pdf (Download PDF reader)

Pinecrest Supports and Services Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer

There is no guarantee that everyone who applies to this posting will be interviewed.

Contact Information

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Robert L. Jones

Pinecrest Supports & Services Center

P.O.Box 5191

Pineville, LA. 71360

[e-mail]

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring and retention of individuals with disabilities. Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State Of Louisiana Employees Are Eligible To Participate In Various Retirement Systems (based On The Type Of Appointment And Agency For Which An Employee Works). These Retirement Systems Provide Retirement Allowances And Other Benefits For State Officers And Employees And Their Beneficiaries. State Retirement Systems May Include (but Are Not Limited To):

• Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others