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Freedom Pointe at The Villages

RN Full-Time - Med Surg

Freedom Pointe at The Villages, Lubbock, TX, United States


RN Full-Time


When you work at Carillon Senior Living, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company - one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life! Carillon Senior Living is recruiting for a hospitality focused RN to join our team! This position provides direct nursing care to residents and delegates and supervises the care provided by our Quality of Life Specialists/Resident Assistants. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS * Recognizes, reports, and charts potentially serious clinical manifestations and administers and documents treatment within the scope of authority and practice. * Accurately and precisely administers medications/treatment and documents all medications in accordance with department procedures and expected practices. * Informs physician, nurse manager, or responsible party/family of changes in resident's condition or incidents when appropriate. * Ensures each resident's Care Plan is followed to meet the residents' needs and state requirements. * Will direct adequate qualified staff members to facilitate the medical plan of care, which meets the standards for nursing practice. * Makes walking rounds with departing nurse and frequently throughout shift including visual and physical assessments, controlled drug counts, and thorough and complete report. * Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor. * Ensures all transfer, discharge, and admission information is complete according to policy and practice. * Completes all duties on shift task sheet, monthly summaries, and quarterly assessments. * Takes On-Call as scheduled KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY * Must have effective communication skills, both oral and written. * Utilizes the nursing process to deliver nursing care to an individual or group of residents and accepts assigned responsibilities as an accountable member of the Carillon team. * Work as team and assist all other department members when needed. * Be able to work cooperatively with other healthcare professionals and other departments within the system. * Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists and to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in writing, oral, diagram, or schedule form. * Must communicate with internal and external contacts in a professional manner. * Show the ability to demonstrate initiative by actively seeking additional duties, as well as accepting and performing all other duties as assigned. * Have the ability to perform and document therapeutic measures prescribed and delegated by medical authority. * Have the ability to maintain a professional relationship with physicians, patients, visitors, and staff by demonstrating appropriate interpersonal skills and demeanor. * Possesses knowledge of and implements infection control and universal precaution practices. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE * Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing. * Maintains a current license with the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners. * Have a current card for the successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support (CPR - Healthcare Provider). * Have a minimum of one-year Medical-Surgical, Long-term care, or Home Care nursing experience preferred. HOSPITALITY FOCUS: Carillon Senior Living fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises as a guide for our interpersonal interactions with residents, co-workers, and guests: * We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile. * We treat everyone with courteous respect. * We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly. * We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner. * We hold ourselves and one another accountable. * We embrace and value our differences. * We make residents, employees and guests feel important. * We ask "Is there anything else I can do for you?" * We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times. * We pay attention to details. WELLNESS FOCUS: Carillon Senior Living employees are expected to promote a healthy community culture for all residents and employees. This is a whole-person approach to health and wellness which includes eight dimensions of wellness: Emotional, Environmental, Health Services, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual and Vocational. Through these efforts we can ensure and exceed residents' wellness needs relating to their mind, body and soul, which may also have a positive effect on the employees, as a result. Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include Hepatitis B, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status. If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement- please apply, we'd love to get to know you! Benefits: * Medical * Dental * Vision * LTD * STD * Hospital Indemnity with Critical Illness * Accident * Dailypay