RN Registered Nurse (PER DIEM)

Masonicare; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Masonicare at Greenridge Place in Rocky Hill, CT seeks a Registered Nurse for per diem shifts to support Assisted Living residents on a flexible schedule.

Under supervision, the RN assesses residents, plans and coordinates care, educates staff and families, and ensures timely documentation and coordination with physicians and home health when needed.

Qualifications

• Education: Associates Degree from an accredited nursing program; BSN preferred.
• Experience: Sufficient nursing experience in a clinical setting.
• Licensure: Current CT RN license; CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and ongoing nursing assessments to establish comprehensive resident care plans.
• Develop, implement and evaluate resident plans of services.
• Transcribe and implement physician orders in a timely manner.
• Provide education, supervision and counseling to residents and families regarding AL procedures and care needs.
• Coordinate the plan of services and maintain continuity of care with other professionals.
• Document accurate, timely, and comprehensive information.
• Conduct supervisory visits of care staff as required.
• Arrange and participate in educational programs and meetings to enhance professional skills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Reassess residents at least every 120 days or as condition changes.

Skills

Clinical Nursing

Patient Education

Supervisory/Leadership

Education

Associates Degree from an accredited nursing program

BSN preferred

Job description

RN Registered Nurse (PER DIEM)

Masonicare at Greenridge Place - Rocky Hill, CT

Per Diem

Under the direction of the Supervisor of Assisted Living, assumes the professional responsibility and accountability for a group of residents, providing and coordinating care which is focused on achieving the residents optimal functional level of health within the framework of supportive and restorative care, health counseling and teaching, case finding and referral. Understands the Mission, Vision and Values of Masonicare, and Masonicare Assisted Living.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• 1. Performs initial and ongoing nursing assessments utilizing the nursing process to establish a comprehensive goal directed resident plan of services.
• 2. Develops, implements and evaluates resident plan of services.
• 3. Transcribes, implements and evaluates physician orders in a timely manner.
• 4. Provides education, supervision and counseling to resident and family regarding AL procedures and other care needs.
• 5. Provides coordination of the plan of services and maintains continuity of care with other professionals.
• 6. Documents accurate, pertinent and comprehensive information in a timely and concise manner.
• 7. Conducts supervisory visits of resident care assistants, companions and homemakers as required.
• 8. Arranges and participates in educational programs, inservices, meetings and workshops and utilizes current literature to enhance professional skills and knowledge.
• 9. Perform other duties as assigned.
• 10. Assessments, completed as often as necessary based on client's condition but not less frequently than every one hundred and twenty (120) days, and prompt action when a change in the client's condition would require a change in the client's service program.
• 11. Referral to appropriate professionals or agencies, whenever the client's condition necessitates, including the provision of current clinical information ensuring that if the client's condition is no longer chronic and stable, services of an licensed home health agency are engaged or other appropriate arrangement are made.
• 12. Planning for clients who shall no longer receive or require the services of the assisted living services agency.
• 13. Implementation or delegation of responsibility for the availability of nursing services on a twenty-four (24) hour basis. *This may include On-Call responsibilities.
• 14. Nursing services, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
  • a. client teaching
  • b. wellness teaching
  • c. health promotion
  • d. disease prevention
  • e. Responsible for medication administration and delegation of supervision of self-administered medications as specified in subdivision (4) of the subsection.
• 15. All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education: Associates Degree from an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred

Experience: Sufficient nursing experience in clinical setting

Licensure: Current RN license in the State of Connecticut; CPR Registration certification