Salary: $34.91 Hourly
Location : Health Care Center 1051 Clark St. Reedsburg, WI 53959
Job Type: Non-Exempt
Job Number: 2111
Department: Health Care Center
Opening Date: 04/19/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Description
The best place you've ever belonged:
Whether you're looking for a new chapter, a change of pace, or a helping hand, Sauk County Health Care Center is where you can build a more rewarding career.
Here's what you'll do when you join us:

• Promote & restore resident health and independence
  
• Provide support to residents & families
  
• Assure the highest quality of care
  
• Assist with admissions
  
• Administer treatments & medications

If you have these qualifications, we'd love to chat:
Associates degree in Nursing
Registered Nurse (RN) License
Essential Duties

• Promote or restore resident's health by completing the nursing process and collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.

• Provide physical and psychological support to residents and their families.

• Promote resident's independence by establishing a resident centered model approach to all aspects of nursing care.

• Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards of practice; measuring health outcomes against resident's goals and standards; following nursing home's philosophy and standards of care set by the state board of nursing, state nurse practice act and any other governing agency.

• Administer prescribed treatments and medications to residents by all approved routes while monitoring for resident's physical and mental response to medications and treatments.

• Assist with admission of new residents by determining resident's special nursing needs and assigns tasks to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) as appropriate.

• Provide assistance and guidance to nursing assistants on procedures, treatments, and equipment. Evaluate CNAs work performance and completes performance evaluations. Recommend subordinates' discipline/discharge.

• Accompany physicians on medical rounds and update physicians regarding resident's medical conditions.

• Document resident information into the Electronic Charting System (ECS) to provide continuity of care and will also enter information into the Minimum Data Set (MDS) system as needed and/or requested.

• Assist in developing resident care plans and assures adherence by the interdisciplinary team on a daily basis.

Additional Tasks

• Record weekly and/or monthly, resident progress or change in condition in order to maintain resident's. clinical record.

• Monitor and record vital signs. Records resident procedures, treatments and medications as required by state and federal regulations.

• Assist residents with transfers, repositioning, and other ADLs, and help to answer call lights on the unit in a timely manner.

• Prepare accident/incident reports for residents and staff.

• Participate in in-service training to maintain knowledge of current facility, state and federal regulations and requirements.

• Assure policy and procedure adherence by staff of facility.

• Transcribe physician orders.

• Order and stock pharmaceutical supplies and medication.

• Account for narcotics and resident money and valuables.

And other duties as assigned.
Minimum Training and Education
Required: Associate's degree in Nursing
Licenses/Certifications: Registered Nursing (RN) License or Practical Nursing License (LPN)
Preferred: Bachelor's degree in Nursing
Nursing experience with the geriatric population
2 years of nursing experience
Any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
Become a part of the Sauk County team!
Sauk County offers an exceptional, comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, eleven paid holidays, and a generous pension plan through the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). Additional voluntary life, supplemental, dental, vision, accident, and short-term disability plans are available as well as deferred compensation. Further benefits include vacation and sick leave accrual and a wellness program.
Have Student Loans? Work for Sauk County and get assistance! Working for a government entity gets you a spot on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer.
Our work-life benefits are designed to enhance your life and the communities we serve.