Registered Nurse, Full-time - Buckner International
Beaumont, TX
About the Job
We are seeking a Register Nurse to join our community committed to delivering outstanding food to our residents. As a RN, you will responsible for implementation of the goals and objectives of the unit, nursing service and facility through coordinating resident care management and staff direction and by providing direct nursing care to residents. Join our team and inspire happiness in the lives of others!
What you'll do:
- Ensure that the individual health care plan is followed; administer or supervise treatments prescribed by physicians.
- Make meaningful rounds of all residents, utilizing health care plans; make rounds with physicians and accurately and timely records visits on charts.
- Administer parenteral, intramuscular and subcutaneous injections; performs in-house testing procedures; takes and records vital signs.
- Assist in maintaining current health care plans according to a schedule rotation and documenting acute episodes or significant changes in resident status
- Supervise aides in the performance of their duties by monitoring their work; assign aides to residents, specifying break times and special duties to be completed.
- Meet with director as needed and participate in staff meetings to keep staff performing at optimum level.
- Personally receive or place all calls to physician and follow through with physician's orders timely and accurately.
What you'll bring:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Must hold and maintain current Texas licensure as a Registered Nurse. Must complete and/or meet training, certification required by Buckner and the State of Texas.
- Current CPR card request before Hire
- Minimum one-year related experience
- Requires basic understanding of a specialized area of knowledge normally acquired through four years of high school, plus two to three years of college or vocational school and appropriate license/certification. Previous experience in long term care preferred
- Requires ability to use up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 20 pounds continuously to move food service and preparation equipment and other objects.
- Requires ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; ability to turn, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, push, pull, stand and walk over 75% of shift.
The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.
The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.
