RN Charge Nurse - Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital TCU in Bradford, Massachusetts at Whittier Health Network

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit/SNF - Haverhill MA
RN Charge Nurse
$42-$47/hour
20 Bed Transitional housed within our Rehabilitation Hospital
Regular Schedule will be M-F days (40 hours) with availability to pick up extra shifts

We are seeking a Charge Nurse to oversee and lead our clinical team on our Transitional Care Unit housed within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital on Ward Hill in Haverhill Ma.

Essential Duties: To provide exceptional care to all residents including but not limited to:

• Under the direction of the Unit Manager, manages the nurse desk and clinical staff on the unit
• Obtain report from nurse being relieved and records sufficient information to implement appropriate follow up action as necessary
• Provides report to nurse coming on duty, including sufficient information for follow-up action if necessary
• Conducts patient rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action
• Administers and documents medication, enteral nutrition and treatment per physician order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily
• Performs comprehensive assessments of each resident on unit
• Develops care plan based on each resident's assessment
• Obtains physician orders and any revisions for all treatment and medications needed
• Assesses on a weekly basis the skin condition, stage, size, site, depth, color, drainage and odor of condition
• May conduct staff meetings; coordinate services rendered by nursing personnel with those rendered by personnel of other departments.
• Observes infection control policies and procedures relating to nursing services.
• Directs and supervises activities of professional and non-professional nursing personnel
• Supports and participates in In-services Education Programs.
• Renders immediate assistance to any resident in need
• Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants providing direct patient care
• Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit
• Counsels nursing assistants and communicates clearly with Director of Nursing if issues arise
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to assure that high quality resident care is maintained
• Prepares nurse assistant assignments and explains all pertinent resident care
• Supervises distribution of nourishments
• Supervises the removal of all postural supports
• Orders, receives and documents medication according to facility procedure
• Supervises response to residents calls for assistance and responds to call lights as necessary
• Insures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate

Prerequisites:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, RN strongly preferred
• Current and active Nurse license in the state of Massachusetts. RN strongly preferred
• Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with AHS or ARC standards
• Minimum of three (3) years recent clinical experience preferably in Gerontological or Rehabilitative Nursing.
• Prior supervisory experience a plus

Benefits available:

• 401k
• Paid Sick
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holiday
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Hospital and Accident policy
• Critical Illness
• Christmas Club
• Flexible Spending Accounts-Health Savings Account