Registered Nurse - Long Term Care + Sign-on Bonus!

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation in Allentown, PA, seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) to join their interdisciplinary team. The RN will promote and restore resident health by completing the nursing process, providing emotional and psychological support to residents, and collaborating with team members. Qualifications include an Associate's Degree in Nursing and a Registered Nurse license. Experience in long-term care is preferred. The work environment emphasizes holistic care and team collaboration. Competitive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily.
• Associate's degree in nursing or diploma required.
• Registered Nurse license is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Promotes residents' health by completing the nursing process.
• Provides physical and psychological support to residents.
• Documents resident care services accurately.

Skills

Holistic care

Team collaboration

Delegation

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

Medical equipment usage

Job description

To learn more text \"RN - Good Shepherd\" to 484-894-1659

A 99-bed facility, Raker Center is open to residents ages 18 and older with primary diagnoses including, but not limited to, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, quadriplegia or multiple sclerosis. An interdisciplinary team seeks to help residents maintain as much independence as possible for the longest amount of time. The team consists of attending physicians, neurologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, RNs and LPNs, social workers, chaplains, and physical, speech, occupational and recreational therapists.

Job Summary

Promotes and restores residents' health by completing the nursing process. Collaborating with physicians and interdisciplinary team members. Provides physical and psychological support to residents and families. Delegates and evaluates care rendered by LPNs and CNAs to meet resident care needs.

Essential Functions

• Identify resident care requirements
  • Utilize the Nursing Process as a framework to deliver care by establishing or contributing to a plan of care with the resident
  • Establish and contribute to prioritization of goals with the resident and interdisciplinary team
  • Identify nursing diagnoses
  • Identify teaching objectives appropriate to care standards
  • Evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and resident progress toward goals as resident condition changes
  • Continuously identify actual and potential problems after implementation of nursing interventions
  • Communicate plan of care and residents’ progress to interdisciplinary team
  • Delegate plan of care to other licensed and unlicensed associates within their scope of practice
  • Establish rapport with potential and actual residents and other persons in a position to understand care requirements
  • Provide holistic care that addresses physical, emotional, cognitive, social, and spiritual needs
• Establish a compassionate environment
  • Provide emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to residents, families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary team members
• Promote resident independence
  • Establish care goals with residents
  • Educate residents, family members, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self‑care skills
  • Demonstrate competence in providing care to residents
• Assure quality of care
  • Adhere to therapeutic standards
  • Measure health outcomes against resident goals and standards
  • Continually recommend appropriate adjustments to resident plan of care
  • Comply with organizational and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state boards and other governing agencies
  • Participate in performance improvement activities by directing and assessing care provided to residents by RNs, LPNs, CNAs, agency personnel, students, and other associates
• Resolve resident problems & needs
  • Utilize interdisciplinary team strategies
  • Utilize established communication methods to ensure resolution of resident problems and needs
  • Communicate resident status to interdisciplinary team members
• Document resident care services
  • Document delivery of service, changes in resident condition, and resident response to nursing interventions in the resident medical record and other departmental records according to policies and procedures
  • Ensure documentation of care rendered by other staff members
  • Review, transcribe, communicate, and implement physician orders
• Maintain confidentiality
  • Comply with HIPAA
  • Ensure that all resident and organizational information is kept confidential
• Maintain safe & clean environment
  • Comply with Infection Control policies, procedures, and regulations
  • Comply with policies and procedures on storage and disposal of controlled substances, toxic and non‑toxic chemicals, and other wastes
  • Coordinate with health care support personnel
• Ensure resident safety
  • Demonstrate skills and knowledge in compliance with the policies and procedures on medication and treatment administration
  • Ensure CNAs and other staff members’ compliance on resident appropriate transfers, feeding, and personal hygiene
  • Respond to resident medical and psychological concerns, potential or actual injury and distress
  • Comply with the policies and procedures on handling resident abuse
• Ensure operation of equipment
  • Demonstrate knowledge and skills on appropriate usage of equipment according to manufacturer’s instructions necessary in the delivery of care to residents
  • Include troubleshooting malfunctions and requesting maintenance orders for repairs
  • Participate in evaluation and recommendation of new equipment
• Demonstrate financial accountability
  • Ensure availability and inventory of stock supplies
  • Utilize equipment and/or supplies as needed to accomplish job results
  • Demonstrate time management skills through prioritization and delegation of tasks
  • Comply with nurses’ roles on reimbursement for resident care services
• Maintain professional & technical knowledge
  • Identify professional education needs and opportunities
  • Attend educational workshops
  • Complete mandatory educational requirements
  • Review professional publications
  • Participate in professional organizations
  • Share new knowledge and learned skills with team members
  • Attend unit meetings
  • Participate in committees, projects, and performance improvement activities
  • Be willing to support principles and practices that are consistent with high quality nursing care and resident services
  • Follow accepted policies and procedures
  • Adhere to professional code of ethics
• Maintain cooperative relationships among health care teams
  • Demonstrate knowledge in the organizational structure through compliance with the chain of command to present issues and concerns regarding resident care
  • Participate in team problem‑solving methods
  • Hold each team member accountable for resident and team outcomes
  • Demonstrate positive conflict resolution skills with all associates
  • Participate in team meetings and recommend suggestions for improvement
  • Treat all associates with dignity and respect
  • Accept and give shift report in a timely manner
  • Demonstrate self‑awareness and emotional maturity
  • Demonstrate skill and ability to effectively work with persons from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds
• Contribute to organizational team effort
  • Accomplish related results as needed
  • Attend meetings as requested by organizational leaders
  • Represent positively the profession and organization at work and outside the facility
  • Promote and participate in organizational goals
  • Respond to changes in a consistent and positive manner

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Education
  • Associate's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• Work Experience
  • Previous long‑term care, med‑surg, or rehabilitation experience preferred
• Licenses / Certifications
  • Registered Nurse license required
  • Basic Life Support / CPR as a healthcare provider, per the American Heart Association required