Title - Registered Nurse
Location - Marcy, NY 13403
Duration - 2 years contract
Shift times - 6 am - 2 pm | 2 pm - 10 pm | 10 pm - 6 am
Job description
• Conducts nursing assessments; and obtains, records, and updates individuals' health information and vital signs, using standard instruments and procedures.
• Prepares individuals for and/or assists with examinations and treatments.
• Administers medications and nursing procedures to individuals as prescribed.
• Prepares, implements, and modifies nursing care plans; provides clinical supervision and/or instruction to direct care staff in completing care tasks; and delegates responsibility for appropriate nursing activities, skills, and/or procedures to direct care staff.
• Observes, monitors, and records individuals' symptoms, conditions, and care, including diet and physical activity; and identifies and reports individuals' responses to medication or changes in health status.
• Serves as the nursing representative on a treatment team; provides information on nursing needs; and consults and coordinates with treatment teams and other health care disciplines to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate individuals' care.
• Makes clinical rounds to assess individuals' nursing care needs and observe and evaluate the provision of nursing services.
• Provides health teaching, counseling, and education to individuals, families, and other groups; and develops health improvement programs.
• Implements infection control protocols and procedures and provides related consultation and instruction to staff.
• Maintains and updates charts, records, and other documentation, consistent with agency, State, and federal requirements; and may collect data and perform related activities to support medical research.
• Monitors inventories and ensures that standards for medications, solutions, supplies, and equipment are maintained to meet nursing care needs.
• May prepare work schedules; provide information to nurse supervisors; and prepare or contribute to the preparation of required reports and performance evaluations for lower-level staff involved in nursing care activities.
May supervise a unit(s) on an assigned shift.