Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
Caregiver Inc
Augusta, GA

Registered Nurse ( RN ) - Augusta / Savannah GA

Job Title: Registered Nurse ( RN ) Location: All Regions- Augusta, GA and Savannah, GA. Full-Time   Position Summary: Provides routine and emergency assessments and nursing care to ensure maintenance of optimal health status of each individual. Maintains accurate and complete documentation of all health services provided to individuals.  Participates in the development, implementation, and monitoring of each individual's service plan. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Essential Functions:   Essential Functions: * Performance of health care procedures and monitoring of consumers' health conditions. * Provides for administering of medication.                * Assess and monitor the individual's use of medication. * Assess and monitor the health data and information. * Assist individuals in securing emergency medical services. * Assist individuals in obtaining appropriate medical services * Perform health care procedures ordered/prescribed by a physician/medical practitioner and required by standards of professional practice or law to be performed by licensed nursing personnel. * Immediately reports to supervisor any significant changes in an individual's health status including, but not limited to, acute illness, adverse reactions to medication, sudden and/or unexplained changes in vital signs, increase seizure activity, etc. * Immediately reports to supervisor any problems related to individual safety, staff problems, and/or facility problems. * Provides delegation as required and in compliance with Board of Nurse Examiners criteria. * Provide Comprehensive Nursing Assessments on each individual as required and in compliance with Caregiver, TX BON and HHSC criteria. * Provides on-call nursing services for individuals served, thus providing telephone triage as assigned by Supervisor and designated by Area. * Documents all nursing interventions at the time they are completed in SDLs or Nurses Notes and maintain assigned billing rate in Waiver Services. * Monitors individual records to ensure compliance with physicians' orders and appropriateness of nursing interventions. * Ensures that all medical consultations and laboratory reports are documented in the consumer's records in a timely manner. * Participates as assigned in annual and interim planning conferences for individuals served. * Recommends individual-training objectives in the areas of health maintenance, oral hygiene and self- REGISTERED NURSE | 11/2022 administration of medications based on identified individual needs. * Assists Case Manager/Support Manager in development of health care training objectives as requested and ensures that staff is knowledgeable in program implementation. * Monitors medication storage area to ensure that all medications are stored and labeled properly and that outdated and/or discontinued drugs are removed and disposed of according to standards of practice. • Provides in-service training in health-related areas to direct care staff as needed. * Immediately responds to emergency calls relative to health and safety of consumers. * Serves as member of agency-wide committees as assigned. * Completes special assignments and submits written reports within designated time frames.   Qualifications: * Work harmoniously with coworkers. * No more than one documented and substantiated complaint in a six-(6) month period. * Conduct self at all times consistent with Caregiver policies. No more than one documented and/or substantiated complaint. * Attends work M-F 8am-5pm, punctually and regularly, and as assigned. * Required to drive to and from different locations in own personal vehicle and or a company vehicle as indicated in order to complete the duties and responsibilities of the job description listed above. • Always adheres to Caregiver policies and procedures. * Completes all duties in compliance with accepted standards of nursing practice. * Conducts self in a manner beneficial to residents. * Must be available by phone and email as scheduled; response must be immediate for emergent situations and within 15 minutes for all other calls. Education and/or Experience: * Graduation from an accredited nursing program. * Possession of valid RN license from the Georgia Board of Nurse Examiners or in accordance with the Board of Nurse Examiners rules for Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). * At least one-(1) year recent nursing experience as an RN in the months leading up to employment with Caregiver. REGISTERED NURSE | 11/2022 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: * Knowledge of accepted standards of nursing practice and ability to apply knowledge in daily work activities. * Ability to drive and have accessibility to a reliable motor vehicle and hold a current license. * Ability to communicate with community health care professionals and interpret their recommendations to other staff. * Ability to assess individual's health status and to provide appropriate interventions. * Ability to organize workload to ensure continuity of care of individuals served. Physical Requirements The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   Duties of this job are performing the following: * Sitting is 60% of work time. * Standing and walking is 20% of work time. * Bending, pushing, pulling, stooping, reaching, and kneeling is 20% of work time. * Grasping and finger/hand manipulation is 50% of work time. * Ability to lift to 50 pounds. * Ability to operate computer, facsimile, copier, shredder and calculator. * An office setting, minimal background noise, standard office lighting, occasional temperature fluctuations are found in the work environment. * Normal business hours with flexibility to work overtime or non-standard hours as required by special projects. Travel * Travel within assigned region, occasional travel outside of region.    #INDGA