What are the responsibilities and job description for the Charge Nurse - Mission Driven/Team Approach! position at New Vista of the Bluegrass Inc?
If you are a mission-driven, compassionate professional with a passion for helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their best lives, we have a place on our team for you! $2,500 Sign-on Bonus with an additional $2,500 Retention Bonus after 1 year!
Charge Nurses provide direct supervision and management of the Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses. Works to ensure optimal resident care across all shifts. Will maintain staffing patterns needed to provide quality resident care and to ensure staffing on a daily basis. Completes unit rounds multiple times per day. Conducts evaluations of nursing care provided by personal observations, review of records, reports, and other available data. Certifies all resident admissions and readmission to the facility according to the Kentucky Medicaid Long Term Care Regulations. Orders resident equipment and devices when applicable. Provides training to nursing staff regarding facility changes or performance as needed. Conducts in-service training for facility staff. Provide training and monitors training provided by assigned mentors of new nurses. Initiates and completes nursing facility internal investigations involving nursing service personnel, to include reporting to facility administration. Medication administration and resident physical assessment and any nursing treatment/procedures as assigned.
Requirements:
• Registered Nurse license
• Associates or Bachelor degree in Nursing
• Driver’s license, reliable operating transportation and proof of current auto insurance
• Ability to meet criminal background and drug screening standards
Our employees experience all the benefits of working for a company that values their employees by providing a robust incentive and benefits package:
• Generous and flexible Annual Leave and Sick Leave plan
• FREE Onsite Primary Care Clinic for employees and their dependents
• Health, Vision and Dental insurance
• Numerous opportunities for company paid CEU's
• Tuition assistance up to $5,000 per year
• Retirement savings through KRS Pension Plan and 401K
• Company-paid Life and AD&D insurance at 1.5 times your annual salary
• Employee Assistance, Wellness, Perks and more!
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New Vista prohibits discrimination and harassment against any applicant, employee or contractor based on sex, race, color, age, national or ethnic origin, religion, physical disability, mental disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, working conditions, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, wage and salary administration, employee benefits and training. It is also the company’s policy to prohibit all forms of retaliation against any individual who has complained of harassing or discriminatory conduct, encouraged another to complain, participated in an investigation into such complaints, or opposed unlawful discrimination.
Salary : $5,000
