What are the responsibilities and job description for the Travel Nurse RN - Long Term Acute Care - $2,981 per week position at DT-Healthcare Staffing?
DT-Healthcare Staffing is seeking a travel nurse RN Long Term Acute Care for a travel nursing job in Wrangell, Alaska.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty : Long Term Acute Care
- Discipline : RN
- Start Date : 02 / 24 / 2025
- Duration : 13 weeks
- 36 hours per week
- Shift : 12 hours, days, nights
- Employment Type : Travel
DT-Trak is a national medical staffing company that works with federal, state, and commercial hospital systems.
MUST HAVE ACTIVE AK LICENSE to be considered
MUST HAVE FLU VACCINE
Position
Summary
Coordinates a variety of nursing care procedures for residents of various
ages which requires professional knowledge and consideration of specific resident
conditions and treatment. Participates in patient and family teaching and
provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other members
of the healthcare team to maintain standards for professional nursing practice
in the long term care setting.
Guidelines include physician’s orders, standards of care, nursing policies
and procedures, manuals, hospital and long-term care policies.
Position Complexities
Clinical
maintains complete accountability for all actions taken. Consults with the appropriate
manager / supervisor in difficult situations requiring additional input. Able to
react in a calm manner and make sound nursing judgments in an emergency
environment. Accountable for proper
delegation and supervision of CNA / Tech, LPN, and / or Ward Clerk on unit during
shift.
Accountabilities
therapeutic, and efficient care for patients and residents with needs due to
multisystem disease and / or complications of treatment using appropriate
infection control measures; sets priorities for care of patients and residents based
on acuity and / or patients’ preference; anticipates potential problems; adapts
to change on the area by setting priorities for emergencies, changes in status
and unusual occurrences; initiates, manages, and documents the nursing
demonstrates knowledge of equipment use; accurately administers age-specific
medications and therapeutics; carries
out the medical and nursing care plan and coordinates resident care activities
with physicians and other healthcare team members; initiates action to reduce,
facilitates healing by providing nursing care that is individualized, goal
oriented, based on scientific principles and the nursing process; seeks out
resources when beyond the scope of skill, knowledge or experience; explains
test, procedures, and disease process to resident / significant others; follows
through on nursing care plans by teaching and demonstrating skills essential
communicates and interacts with resident / significant others in a positive and
supportive way; provides counseling using emotional, intellectual and
psychological supports and utilizes other healthcare professionals in dealing
with psychosocial problems if needed; takes steps to decrease stress and / or
evaluates resident’s progress or lack of progress towards goals, directing new
documents the resident’s response to care; closes out resident care plan by
Assures confidentiality of resident information.
and nursing process; obtains, interprets and applies age-related patient
information in terms of cognitive, physical, emotional and normal
growth / development needs of the resident; completes thorough Nursing Admission
Databases / initial resident assessment; documents assessment findings that are
consistent with other providers and include review of body systems, laboratory
identifies problems & nursing diagnosis by recognizing the impact of health
problems on residents and families; distinguishes between normal and abnormal
assessments in order to identify resident capabilities and limitations
including psychosocial risks; utilizes resources to assess residents with
conditions that are new, unfamiliar, or not commonly seen.
despite the situation encountered, be it routine or emergent.
decision making and promote understanding by interacting with residents,
family, staff, and community; engages in ongoing evaluation of the
effectiveness of teaching in terms of resident understanding and behavioral
identifies staff, resident, and family needs and develops a plan for education
and / or makes appropriate referrals; develops / implements educational programs
and learning aides in the department (ie. Inservices, special projects,
learning aides, resident care standards); documents education accurately and
completely; provides discharge information; participate in in-services and
completes all mandatory training and competency checks; utilizes opportunities
for incidental teaching with staff members.
members of the healthcare team in a way that is supportive, constructive, and
positive; gives feedback to other staff and healthcare team members in regard
to behavior that does not support achievement; assists in the orientation of
new staff, travelers, and students by sharing knowledge, experience and verbal
encouragement; guides others in choosing nursing intervention, developing
skills and applying knowledge; follows and directs others to follow corporate,
supports the area and overall Nursing services mission by assigning staff to
productive tasks and floating to other units as needed; provides input
regarding the need for change in policies, procedures, and resident care
standards; able to perform as Contact RN leading assigned RNs, LPNs, and CNAs
and accomplishes all assigned resident care and area support activities during
the shift.
existing and potential resident problems and obtainable resident responses
which are mutually acceptable to the healthcare team; transcribes and notes
physician orders accurately; utilizes past experience to provide a range of
addresses identified nursing diagnosis and coordinates the plan with the
healthcare team by using methods that include interventions, goals, and
timeframes; utilizes resources to formulate a written plan of care; documents
reassessments which include laboratory results, diagnostic findings,
interdisciplinary notes and documented resident observations; writes progress
notes in EHR; gives shift report according to area guidelines.
meetings; applies information presented in staff meetings; participates in unit
goal setting; complies with area and departmental scheduling guidelines; initiates discussion with nurse manager
regarding area or department issues; completes annual competencies, evaluation
refers unresolved problems with patients / visitors / co-workers to Nurse Manager
or Administrative Manager for resolution; addresses employee concerns
consistent with Human Resources Policy
the time requirements.
willing to take the role of “charge nurse” for the long term care unit.
DT-Trak Consulting Inc. Job ID #282473. Pay package is based on 12 hour shifts and 36 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
Benefits
Salary : $2,981
