LPN License Practical Nurse
Transistions Healthcare Gettysburg
Gettysburg, PA
Full-time
Nursing
Posted on February 5, 2021
Transitions Healthcare Gettysburg is looking for a qualified Nurse to oversee residents of our Skilled Nursing Facility. Transitions Healthcare Gettysburg offers the opportunity to utilize your full set of Clinical skills in a dynamic and ever changing environment along with a chance to build a meaningful relationship with residents and their families.
Sign on bonus being offered until 2/28/21.
Responsibility Highlights include:
- Assists in care planning for residents with need for advanced preparation of resident care.
- Timely completion all paperwork requested by Nursing Office (monitors, pharmacy reviews, etc).
- Interacts with various disciplines in the facility to ensure maintenance of proper resident care and to exchange information regarding resident therapy and progress.
- Communicates changes in condition to MDS Coordinator, supervisor, restorative coordinator and other necessary parties.
- Writes summaries of reasons why residents are being attended to, notes problems, and progress to assist physician in obtaining the proper care for the resident from consulting outside physicians.
- Performs initial assessment of new admissions and returnees from hospital, prepares documents for doctors’ orders and orders medications as necessary.
- Makes rounds to observe first hand the conditions of the residents.
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse in good standing with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- Two (2) years experience in institutional resident care preferred.
- CPR and AED certification
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