Responsibilities

• Ensure resident care is provided with established nursing standards and principles, physicians’ orders, and administrative policies; observe, report, and record vital signs, symptoms, and conditions of residents, and initiate remedial health measures where appropriate.
• Assure observance of required techniques in nursing care.
• Assess residents and develop, implement, review, and evaluate resident care plans.
• Monitor residents’ health, note changes in condition, and assess need for referral to doctors; process and implement physician orders.
• Organize and direct functions and activities related to provision of care to residents, including restorative and palliative care as required.
• Interpret and implement established policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Plan, direct, supervise, and evaluate the work of nursing and personal care staff assigned to the unit.
• Orient and train new personnel a...