Registered Nurse (RN)
$83,200–$93,600 year
On-siteReno, Nevada, United States
Job Summary
Conduct comprehensive assessments of residents' health status, including vital signs, medical history, and current symptoms. Collaborate with residents, families, physicians, and other team members to establish goals of care and develop appropriate care strategies. Provide skilled nursing interventions, administer medications, perform wound care, and manage medical equipment in accordance with physician orders. Educate residents and families on health conditions, treatment options, and self-care strategies while documenting all assessments and interventions in medical records. Schedule: PRN, Flexible. Valid RN license required with some experience in long-term care preferred.
Required Qualifications
- Valid license as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the state where work is performed
- Some nursing experience
- Strong clinical skills and knowledge of nursing principles, procedures, and best practices in long-term care
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to interact effectively with residents, families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple responsibilities, and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Understanding of regulatory requirements governing nursing practices and skilled nursing facilities
- Ability to build rapport with patients through a compassionate and caring demeanor
- Ability to sit, stand, bend, reach, talk, hear, stoop, kneel, crouch, stretch, and twist
- Stamina to stand and move about the facility to perform frequent rounds and respond to emergent situations as needed
- Emotional resilience and ability to cope with the physical and emotional demands of working with residents who may have complex healthcare needs
- Capability to lift and transfer residents safely, with proper body mechanics and assistance as needed
- Required vision includes close, vision, distance, peripheral, and the ability to adjust focus
- Ability to accept criticism and deal calmly and effectively with high-stress situations
- Ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing
- Ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position
- Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a long-term care or skilled nursing facility setting
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