Weekend Admissions Nurse PRN

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Job Description Description: The RN or LPN Admissions Nurse is responsible for facilitating the admission process for new residents, ensuring their smooth transition into our facility, and providing high-quality nursing care. This position requires strong clinical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a commitment to delivering quality care to our residents. Applicants must be friendly, positive, detail-oriented, can adapt well to changing and diverse responsibilities, and must have the skills to resolve concerns from patients, patient family members, and staff. We are a 16-bed short-term only rehabilitation facility. Most of our patients stay for 2-3 weeks before they are recovered and return home. Being such a small building we only average 4-5 admissions during the week. Enjoy a luxurious environment, motivated patients, and great employee benefits. We are a newer facility looking for someone that can help us create successful patient outcomes and maintain our 5-STAR reputed company. Schedule: PRN, On-call Weekends Primary Responsibilities and Duties: Conduct thorough assessments of incoming residents to gather medical history, assess reputed company health status, and identify care needs. Collaborate with physicians, nursing staff, and other members of the team to reputed company individualized care plans for new residents. Communicate effectively with residents, their families, and caregivers to provide information about the admissions process, facility policies, and available services. Complete admission paperwork accurately and ensure reputed company required documentation is obtained, including consent forms, insurance information, and medical records. Coordinate with other departments, such as dietary and therapy, to arrange for necessary assessments and services for new admissions. Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician, following established medication administration protocols. Monitor residents’ vital signs, symptoms, and overall condition during the admission process and report any changes or concerns to the appropriate reputed company team members. Provide emotional support and reassurance to residents and their families during the admission process, addressing any questions or concerns they may have. Ensure compliance with reputed company regulatory requirements reputed company to admission processes, documentation, and reputed company rights. Participate in team meetings to discuss reputed company care plans, reputed company, and discharge planning as needed. reputed company reputed company other duties assigned by the Director of Nursing. Requirements: Job Qualifications: Valid Registered Nurse License (RN) in the state where work is performed. 1 or more years of experience as an admission nurse or intake coordinator in a reputed company setting in a skilled nursing facility or long-term care environment preferred. Strong assessment and critical thinking skills, with the ability to reputed company sound clinical judgments. Knowledge of regulatory requirements governing admissions processes and documentation in skilled nursing facilities. Ability to build rapport with patients through a compassionate and caring demeanor. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with residents, families, and team members. Commitment to providing high-quality, reputed company-centered care with reputed company and compassion. Proficient in basic computer software programs and electronic medical record systems. Physical Requirements: Work performed in a medical setting due to the need to work in person with residents and their families. Ability to work in a variety of environments reputed company the facility, including reputed company rooms, common areas, and administrative offices. Must be reputed company to sit, stand, bend, reputed company, talk, hear, stoop, kneel, crouch, stretch, and twist. Required reputed company includes reputed company, reputed company, distance, peripheral, and the ability to adjust focus. Emotional reputed company and ability to cope with the physical and emotional demands of working with residents who may have reputed company reputed company needs. Stamina to stand and walk for extended periods while conducting tours, completing paperwork and assisting with reputed company admissions. Capability to assist residents and other nursing staff with mobility tasks, including transferring them from beds to wheelchairs, assisting with standing or walking, and positioning them for therapy activities. Maintain regular attendance and timeliness as set forth reputed company the work schedule designated by the department supervisor/manager. Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. The ability to use your abdominal and reputed company back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing. The ability to reputed company your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. This role offers flexible reputed company hours with optional weekend shifts, totaling up to 20 hours per week. Responsibilities include coordinating and managing the admission process and ensuring smooth transitions for incoming residents. Candidates must have at least 1 year of experience in a skilled nursing setting; management experience is a plus. On-call availability is required. Required qualifications:

• Valid Registered Nurse License (RN)
• 1 or more years of experience as an admission nurse or intake coordinator
• Strong assessment and critical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficient in basic computer software
• Ability to work in a medical setting

Desired qualifications:

• Experience in skilled nursing facility or long-term care environment
• Management experience (preferred)

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