Registered Nurse Orchards of AlliancePRN
Company: The Orchards / Harvest Therapy
Location: Alliance
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Part-time Description DAY/NIGHT SHIFT PRN Summary The Registered
Nurse is responsible for nursing care and maintaining a safe abuse
free environment for all residents in the Orchards of Alliance
Skilled. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Teamwork with the
following and all other duties and responsibilities assigned.
Assess reports and maintains accurate documentation regarding
resident conditions. Must be able to recognize significant changes
in the conditions of residents. Completes assessments as required
based on level of care. Responsible for notification to physician
and families/responsible party regarding changes. Responsible for
oversight of care provided on the nursing units by licensed
practical nurses, nursing assistants, and restorative aides.
Immediately reports substandard care to Director of Nursing. Daily
rounds on unit and with physician as needed to ensure coordination
of resident care and timely completion of documentation. Completion
and verification of monthly physician orders. Evaluates functions
of unit to ensure resident care, staff relations and efficiency of
service. Reports any and all concerns to the Director of Nursing.
Assures nursing practice is in compliance with Nurse Practice Act,
state and federal regulations and facilities policies and
procedures. Communicates with staff, ancillary departments, Home
Care Providers and family members to discuss issues related to the
resident’s condition of care. Other Responsibilities Initiates
immediate intervention in abusive situations to protect the
resident and report allegations according to facility policy. Will
assist with the investigation process when needed. Receives and
provides change of shift report regarding resident status and
changes in condition via usage of 24 hours report and verbally.
Responsible to assist with administration of medications and
treatments as prescribed by the physician. Orders medications on a
routine and as needed basis. Maintains accurate controlled
substance count. Participates in Mandatory nursing in-services and
committee meetings as required. Identifies areas of staff training
required to provide quality care and notifies Director of Nursing
immediately. Requirements Supervisory Responsibilities Directly
supervises Care Supervisors. Responsibilities include planning,
assigning, and directing work, participating in appraising
performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing
complaints and resolving problems. Qualifications To perform this
job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. Education and/or
Experience Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and
successful passing of registered nursing licensure exam. Complete
annual state mandated training requirements (Regular In-services as
well as any external training). Certificates, Licenses,
Registrations Current Registered Nurse license in West Virginia
required with 12 continuing education hours required annually;
First Aid and CPR certification, IV certification preferred. Each
requires periodic renewal through re-certification or continuing
education. Other Skills and Abilities Nursing skills specific to
geriatric residents are needed. May need additional skills with
special-need geriatric residents such as those with dementia,
Alzheimer's or those requiring advanced health care. Ability to use
lift equipment. Physical Demands The physical demands 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. While performing
the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk
or hear when communicating with residents, family members, The
Orchards at Foxcrest staff, and outside business contacts. The
employee is frequently required to stand while conversing with
various individuals, preparing medications at the medicine cart,
and administering medications to the residents; walk throughout the
unit; sit at a desk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel when
preparing medications, using syringes and the telephone or
computer, and attending to the physical needs of the resident; and
reach with hands and arms when obtaining supplies, dispensing
medications, and attending to resident needs. The employee is
occasionally required to climb stairs or balance when assisting
C.A.'s with residents; stoop or crouch to communicate with
residents and to place items in or get items from low drawers or
shelves; pump a foot pedal to raise or lower a resident's bed; and
use his/her sense of smell to detect odors within the unit and
emanating from the residents. The employee must regularly move up
to 50 pounds when pushing the medicine cart. The employee must
occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds when moving residents by
wheelchair or assisting the Aides with the residents. The employee
must occasionally lift up to 10 pounds, which is generally supplies
such as reams of paper, files, medications, and forms. Specific
vision abilities required by this job include: close vision,
distance vision and peripheral vision in order to monitor resident
behavior at close range and at a distance and to maneuver the
medicine cart; close vision for computer and paper detail work;
distance vision to see resident call lights down the hall; color
vision to identify medications, assess changes in coloring of
residents' skin or wounds, and to review color-coded spreadsheets
or documents; and depth perception and ability to adjust focus from
far residents to near residents and from computer to desk or unit
hallways. Work Environment The work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters
while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of
this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical
parts with resident equipment and medicine carts, and to fumes from
medicated creams and cleaning products. The employee is frequently
exposed to airborne viruses and bacteria, as well as blood-borne,
fecal-borne, and other bodily pathogens carried by residents. The
noise level in the work environment can range from quiet while in a
private office or resident's room to loud while in resident common
areas or at the reception area where there are televisions and
equipment operating, phones ringing, light to heavy traffic, and
people talking. · The Orchards is an Equal Opportunity Employer and
we are committed to providing a workplace free of unlawful
discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, veteran
status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, genetic information or any other category
protected by federal, state or local law.
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