Registered Nurse (RN) - Pawtucket Health

Posted Salary Range:USD $43.00 - USD $46.40 /Hr.Overview:

Registered Nurse

 

Pawtucket Falls Health Care is looking for a registered nurse to join their wonderful team!

 

About us: Pawtucket Falls Health Care is tucked into a quiet and relaxing community. Pawtucket Falls provides top of the line care and rehabilitation services, designed around our guests' needs. Through personalized care plans our guests experience quality care in a close-knit community. 

 

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Supportive, growth oriented work environment

Summary of the Registered Nurse:

Provide nursing care to residents as prescribed by the physician and in accordance with standards of nursing practice and regulations, and as directed by the Director of Nursing.

Qualifications:

Job Requirements of Registered Nurse:

• Registered Nurse with current RI state license.
• Must have a current/active CPR certification.
• Excellent technical, assessment and documentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to lift fifty (50) or more pounds. Physical work is a primary part (more than 70%) of job.
• Able to stand and/or walk for more than four (4) hours per day.
• Able to bend and/or stoop for more than one (1) hour at a time.

Responsibilities:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities of the Registered Nurse: 

• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Prepare and administer (orally, subcutaneously, through an IV) and records prescribed medications. Report adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy regarding the administration of medications by a licensed registered nurse.
• Educate patients on surgical procedures.
• Record patients’ medical information and vital signs.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients and interpret and record electronic displays.
• Initiate corrective action whenever the patient displays adverse symptomatology.
• Provide bedside care for a wide variety of medical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients.
• Change dressings, insert catheters, starts IVs.
• Participate in discharge planning.
• Record all care information concisely, accurately, and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format, and on the appropriate forms.
• Other special projects and duties, as assigned.