Saint Louis, Missouri
Royal Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation
Royal Oak Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 168 bed Skilled Nursing Facility located in St. Louis MO, in walking distance from Barnes Jewish Hospital. Royal Oaks offers a variety of services ranging from 24-hour skilled nursing care, individualized therapies, (OT, PT, ST, RT) Alzheimer's/Dementia Care, Hospice Care, and Respite Care. Excellence is our goal and good outcomes in recovery and rehabilitation are our daily measures of progress. We will maintain a comfortable, dignified environment where our residents can enjoy an engaged, healthy lifestyle that will be a constant steady source of peace of mind to their families. We pledge to be innovative in our processes and procedures, and to continually set the standard of excellence among skilled nursing facilities, where residents find their physical, social and spiritual needs met by caring, compassionate people.
Shifts
Part time-
Evening- 2:45p.m. - 11:00p.m.
Night- 10:45p.m. - 7:00a.m.
The primary purpose of this Part Time (RN) Nurse position is to perform selected acts for the promotion of health and in the care of persons who are ill, injured or experiencing alterations in the normal health process in accordance with the facility mission philosophy and as directed by the Director of Operations. The Registered Nurse is responsible for determining the nursing problems for an assigned group of patients/resident, making plans to sole them, initiating the plan or assigning others to implement it, and evaluating the extent to which the plan was effective in the problem resolution. As the Registered Nurse, you are delegated the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability necessary for carrying out your assigned duties.
Major Responsibilities
1. Completes the nursing assessments/MDS at the time of admission and updates the MDS quarterly, annually and when there has been a significant resident change.
2. Identifies active resident problems requiring nursing intervention at the time of admission and ongoing. Develops a comprehensive plan of care for identified nursing problems.
3. Implements or delegates aspects of care in a timely manner, including the execution of physician's orders.
4. Revise the plan of care as indicated by changes in resident's status.
5. Supervises personnel with respect to accountability for performance including hiring, training, discipline, counseling performance evaluations, grievance process, staffing levels, and other related personnel functions in order to improve service levels.
6. Charts nurses' notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident's response to the care.
7. Charts all accidents and incidents involving residents. Performs other routine charting duties as required and in accordance with established charting and documentation guidelines.
8. Updates the resident's medical records at the time of transfer and discharge. Initiates and updates the Resident Profiles and plans of care according to guidelines.
9. Plans and directs nursing activities consistent with define guidelines and standards of care. The focus of care is resident wellness and adaptation.
10. Participates in discharge planning, including communicating nursing activities to those responsible for the resident's care after discharge.
11. Performs and monitors the appropriate transfer of residents including the use of transfer equipment.
12. Communicates care issues to other nursing staff and the Director of Nursing.
13. Performs other duties as assigned.