Charge Nurse LPN/RN

Carmel Hills Nursing & Rehab - BENEFITS
Competitive pay
Health, vision, dental and other elective benefits
PTO
Regular employee appreciation events
Electronic documentation
Shift Differentials
COME JOIN OUR GROWING TEAM !
Do you want to work in a facility that is fun and team orientated? Do you want to feel appreciated and wanted? Then Carmel Hills Nursing & Rehab is for you! Come and join our nursing staff and see what its like to work together and make differences in residents lives.
Located right near the heart of Independence, MO (close to Independence Square) we are close to bus stops and easy to find.
With our superior level of amenities and unmatched aesthetic refinements, Carmel Hills Nursing and Rehab looks more like a 5-star hotel than it does a traditional medical facility. And yet, the quality of our medical and transitional, post-acute rehabilitative care is among the highest available in the industry.Working side-by-side with the area's most prestigious physicians and hospitals, Carmel Hills Nursing and Rehab has earned an unmatched reputation for the quality of our Short Term Rehab, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Asthma Care, and more. Our dedicated physicians and experienced medical staff evaluate each guest and design a personalized rehabilitation plan that maximizes each patient's ability to achieve a complete recovery as quickly as possible.
Please read below responsibilities and qualifications. If you like what you see please respond to this ad, or come in to our facility located at 810 E. Walnut St., Independence and complete an application and be interviewed on the spot. If we decide to move forward you will be notified after the interview with a job offer letter and a schedule provided, we will have to do a background screening and within 1-2 business you will be in a full class orientation that lasts about 2 hours.
QUALIFICATIONS :
Must have a current RN/ LPN license
Ability to understand, remember and carry out verbal or written instructions in English
Ability to complete assignments in a timely manner
Ability to be flexible and positive with intermittent interruptions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :
To assure resident safety.
Provides the best possible nursing care by planning, organizing, and directing the nursing functions of patients in the unit
Makes nursing assignments appropriate to the skill level of employees
Maintains acceptable standards of patient care
Identifies problems and guides personnel to their solution
Creates a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel
Accurately and promptly implements physicians' orders
Supports and enforces infection-control policies and procedures
Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality
Cooperates and maintains good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors
Obtains and documents nursing history from the patient and/or significant other that is comprehensive of present condition and prior problems
Performs basic assessment of the patient, indicating adequate knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathology

Records vital signs, notes changes, and pursues more-specific investigation as needed

Assesses for and notifies physician and other appropriate parties of changes in condition
Uses assessment information to develop a care plan before the end of duty time that communicates enough information for incoming personnel to adequately care for the patient
Uses care plans as a basis for providing safe and therapeutic care to patients

Consistently follows established standards, policies, and procedures in providing nursing care

Accepts accountability for clinical care of assigned patients, including supervision of nonprofessional personnel
Communicates with the patient and his or her family and other members of the health care team in carrying out the goals of the care plan
Performs competently those technical skills considered basic to the type of care given in that unit

Responds appropriately in urgent and/or emergency situations

Supports standards of nursing care through adherence to existing policies and procedures
Seeks guidance when encountering nursing procedures and responsibilities that have not been mastered
Promotes positive public relations with patients, residents, family members and guests

Uses tactful, appropriate communications in sensitive and emotional situations

Use appropriate work place behavior and adhere to dress code at all times