Charge Nurse RN

About the job

Orchard View Post Acute in Lewiston is hiring a part-time charge nurse RN. The posting describes a registered nurse who oversees the facility's daily nursing work during the shift and helps the Director of Nursing with managing the nursing staff.

Orchard View Post Acute is a long-term care facility.

What you'll do

• Help the Director of Nursing Services direct daily nursing activities and keep nursing policies, procedure manuals and reference materials current
• Make sure enough licensed nurses and certified nursing assistants are on duty for your shift, make work assignments and make daily rounds of the nursing department
• Delegate authority to charge nurses and take part in staff evaluations, complaints and staffing recommendations
• Visit residents daily to check their physical and emotional status, give direct nursing care when needed, start IVs, collect specimens and take vital signs
• Watch medication passes and treatment schedules, and make sure RNs and LPNs on your shift follow medication procedures
• Work with residents, families and physicians on care planning, and let the physician and next-of-kin know when a resident's condition changes
• Admit, transfer and discharge residents and complete accident or incident reports
• Attend facility committee meetings, help prepare their reports and take part in quality assurance and government inspections
• Help plan in-service training, safety standards, infection control and equipment upkeep for the nursing department
• Take part in resident assessments and written care plans

What you need

• A nursing degree from an accredited college or university
• Training in rehabilitative and restorative nursing
• 2 or more years of experience, preferably in a long-term care facility
• A current, unencumbered, active RN license in the state, with good standing kept at all times with the State Board of Nursing and continuing education kept up
• Current CPR certification
• Able to read, write, speak and understand English, and to work with fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions
• Leadership and supervisory ability and sound independent judgment
• Able to push, pull, move or lift at least 25 pounds to a height of 5 feet and carry it at least 50 feet, and to help evacuate residents in an emergency
• A medical and physical exam that meets the facility's health requirements

Preferred

• Knowledge of and experience with PCC
• Experience in a long-term care facility

Schedule

• Part-time