RN LTC

45 Fayette County Hospital; United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

45 Fayette County Hospital is seeking a Licensed RN for Long-Term Care to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for residents in a skilled nursing setting. You will oversee CNAs and support staff, educate families, and ensure continuity of care across shifts in a 6:00pm–6:00am schedule with weekend/holiday rotation.

Responsibilities include pain management, medication administration, accurate documentation, and collaborative discharge planning.

Qualifications

• ADN required.
• BLS or CPR certification required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assess and reassess resident pain and needs.
• Administer medications and treatments per protocol.
• Review physician orders and take appropriate actions.
• Document care, assessments, and changes in condition.
• Coordinate discharge planning with the care team.
• Educate residents and families about plan of care and pain management.
• Respond to call lights promptly and ensure continuity of care across shifts.

Skills

Pain management

Nursing care

Medication administration

Documentation

Team coordination

ADL assistance

Education

ADN

Job description

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RN LTC Job Description

Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the nursing care of residents within the skilled nursing setting. Responsible for ensuring continuity of care of the residents between shifts by providing direct care as well as supervising the care given by CNAs, LPNs/LVNs and supportive staff members. Participates in resident and family teaching. Maintains role as resident advocate with a focus on the facility’s mission.

6:00pm - 6:00am with weekend and holiday rotation. Pay starting at $30.56 per hour + shift and weekend differential.

• Adequately assesses and reassesses pain.
• Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.
• Educates the resident and family regarding pain management.
• Administers medications and treatments according to protocol.
• Clarifies and reviews physician’s orders and takes appropriate action.
• Assesses residents on admission and at least quarterly, as well as when conditions change.
• Documents appropriately including Minimum Data Sets.
• Coordinates discharge planning with all team members.
• Documents completely and thoroughly.
• Assures that documentation reflects changes in patient condition and notification to appropriate individual has occurred.
• Enhances patient care and efficiency of unit by optimizing workflow of all team members.
• Delegates to other members and holds them accountable for delivery of quality patient care.
• Provides education and constructive feedback to team members.
• Notifies physician of changes in resident’s condition and follows through until appropriate action is taken.
• Documents changes in resident's condition.
• Orders ancillary testing and prescriptions.
• Performs general patient care and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) procedures.
• Plans and evaluates care in collaboration with appropriate disciplines for assigned patients.
• Leads and participates in daily care to modify plan of care.
• Identifies patient problems on integrated flowsheets and documents against the plan of care.
• Responds to patient's call light and other indicators for assistance promptly and courteously and follows through to meet patient's needs.
• Teaches patients and family members about the plan of care and documents education.
• Keeps both patient and significant others informed.

Requirements ADN (Required)BLS or CPR certification (within 90 days of hire) - Sarah Bush Lincoln, RN-Registered Nurse - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

Estimated Compensation Range $30.56 - $47.37 Pay based on experience.

When you come to work for Sarah Bush Lincoln or Fayette County Hospital Long Term Care, you have our commitment to help make this the best work experience of your life. Career development is available through continuing education and on-site training, so come grow with us! We are striving to be the employer of choice in the area. Employees reap the benefit of our work culture which is steeped in professional and personal development programs. We have developed a solid benefit package to help retain our employees, while providing them opportunities to grow their careers. We support on-site classroom learning programs and internet courses, and we have a generous tuition reimbursement program-- all designed to help staff achieve their goals.