Registered Nurse (RN)

Paramount Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider committed to delivering exceptional patient care and services. We are looking for a compassionate, dedicated, and skilled Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team. If you are passionate about nursing and providing quality care, we would love to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• 1. Pre screen potential new residents to ensure appropriate placement and to determine existing and potential risks.

2. Completing an InterRai assessment within 21 days of admission and then complete 6 monthly or as needed reviews thereafter.

3. Working with the manager, staff and residents or relatives to prepare a written comprehensive careplan for each resident that addresses personal care needs, health care needs and rehabilitation and reflecting residents’ assessed physical, psychological, spiritual; and cultural abilities, deficits and needs.

4. Overseeing medication administration to ensure safe delivery of same. Advising on care and administration of medication and ensuring that staff have an understanding of side effects of the medications administered. Check staff’s competence.

5. Providing and supervising care of residents particularly those who may need specialised nursing care, for example, a regular injection, wound dressing etc.

6. To deliver and ensure safe, efficient and therapeutically effective nursing care by good prioritisation of personal and collective workloads. The RN is expected to be a hands-on worker for showering, sponging, assisting residents and making beds. Respecting the rights, autonomy, privacy and dignity of residents.

7. The RN will be on call and will be expected to deal with calls and enquiries by telephone. These calls and queries will be nurse orientated. The RN is expected to make professional, safe assessments of requirements for residents to see an emergency doctor or go to hospital.

8. Smooth operations of all services and care within the home. The RN will be responsible to check that meals are well presented and of a high standard and that all residents receive adequate food. Further, the RN will ensure that the home is well presented and clean.

9. The RN will ensure that new admissions are welcomed and settled in satisfactorily and that all necessary documentation is taken care of.

10. Accompany GP when doing round ensuring medication charts are reviewed three monthly and signed off appropriately. GP has to see all residents at least 3 monthly if their health status allows this and GP has authorised this. Otherwise to be seen monthly.

11. Inform relatives of any changes as result of GP visits.

12. Maintenance of clinical records. The RN will start new admission nursing care plans and do any others as required. It is expected that written communication to staff is well maintained. Training of staff to ensure that they adhere to care plans.\

13. Develops, documents and evaluates the initial care plan getting input from the resident and their family.

14. Coordinates with multidisciplinary team members to ensure their input into the care plan.

15. Maintains ongoing InterRai assessments and reassessments of the residents’ health status. Evaluates care plans and outcomes at least every six months but more often when required.

16. Ensures the residents’ care plans take into account people’s life experiences and choices; maximises independency and self help abilities; involves family / whanau; includes their support networks and takes into account the physical, mental, social and spiritual needs of the person.

17. Demonstrates literacy and computer skills as appropriate to the facility for entry, storage and retrieval of information for clinical care

18. Ensures documentation is accurate and maintains confidentiality of information

19. Professional development, it is expected that the RN will attend regular in-service education sessions and staff meetings.

20. Ensuring the efficient and safe usage of supplies and equipment.

21. Orientation of new subordinates.

22. Public relations. It is expected that the RN will answer the telephone when possible and deal effectively and well with enquiries for bed vacancies.

23. Participates in quality improvement activities to monitor and improve standards of nursing.

24. To participate in annual performance appraisals

25. Designated Infection control and restraint co-ordinator with relevant responsibilities as per policies including required notifications. Maintains infection control principles, and directs others in this

26. Effective communication with manager as necessary.

27. Any other reasonable responsibilities that the manager deems necessary.

28. Notify the doctor of any new admissions and organise the new resident to be seen within 2 -5 working days after admission (if applicable).

29. Communicate with relatives and document same, i.e changes or updates in care plans, incidents, GP outcomes, resident unwell.

30. Ensures the resident has adequate explanation of the effects, consequences and alternatives of proposed treatment options

31. Conducts nursing practice in accordance with professional, ethical, cultural and relevant legislated requirements. Making professional judgments that will enhance nursing practice.

32. Demonstrates ability to apply the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

33. Recognises the impact of the culture of nursing on care protecting the resident’s well being within this culture.

34. Practice in a manner that respects each person’s identity and right to hold personal beliefs, values and goals.

35. Takes accountability for directing, monitoring, and evaluating nursing care that is provided by enrolled nurses, care givers and others. When delegating work, takes into consideration the roles and competencies of staff.

Promotes an environment that enables resident safety, independence, quality of life and health. Monitors and evaluate delegated activities.

Identifies and reports situations, accidents / incidents that affect residents and staff members’ health or safety. Follows up on outcomes of incidents and helps to prevent their recurrence.

Acts appropriately to prevent and / or manage emergencies and disaster situations .

Monitors the environment for potential hazards, and reports these for action

36. Accesses , maintains and uses emergency equipment and supplies.

37. Uses knowledge of challenging behaviour skills to achieve optimum outcome for all parties

38. Fulfilling the responsibilities as outlined in the ARC contract we have with the DHB

39. Responsible for medication reconciliation

40. Responsible for appropriate notifications i.e outbreaks etc. to DHB, microbiologist, MOHProvide direct patient care, including administering medications, treatments and assisting with daily activities.

Qualifications:

-Current and valid NZ practicing certificate.

• 1 year of NZ RN experience (preferred) but not essential.

New graduates are welcome.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Casual

Pay: $35.00 – $40.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Free food
• Professional development assistance

Work Location: In person