What we offer:
- Excellent compensation and benefits
- A team-oriented environment
- An opportunity to put your talent and experience to work
- Daily ways to help residents and their families through assisted living, nursing care, and other special care opportunities for dedicated and skilled staff
- Awarded West Michigan Best & Brightest Companies To Work For 2017-2018
- Acknowledged as a “Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace” by the Michigan Breastfeeding Network
- Onsite daycare
- Mothers’ Room
Leader in Quality and Compassionate Care - Skilled Nursing Unit
Purpose
Using a person-centered, compassionate approach, the RN/LPN ensures through direct care and supervision of nursing assistants that residents of St. Ann’s are given nursing care of the highest quality, encompassing all elements of physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Our Nurses are
Leaders
- Directs and assigns the activities of the nurse aides, assuring care is given according to care plans, policies, and regulations.
- Creates and maintains an atmosphere of caring, calm, dignity, and personal interest.
- Suggests care changes to the care team when necessary to meet the changing needs of the resident.
- Regularly converses with residents and families to ensure care needs are being met in accordance with their wishes.
- Coaches performance of nursing assistants as assigned.
- Ensures shift is staffed, and works to find replacements for call-ins if during scheduler’s off-hours
Collaborative
- Cooperates with other resident services when coordinating nursing services to ensure that the resident’s total regimen of care is maintained.
- Acts as an intermediary between the physician and the rest of the care team, communicating physician orders and alerting care team or physician of any discrepancy in orders.
- Ensures the nursing care team functions collaboratively and with the best interests of the residents in mind.
Quality-driven
- Provides a safe and secure setting according to the plan of care. Follows established nursing and safety practices.
- Admits, transfers or discharges residents as needed, educating residents and families about care in the different stages.
- Completes all charting and reports as needed on a timely basis.
- Prepares and administers medication as directed by the physician.
- Ensures that adequate supplies of floor stock medications, supplies and equipment are available. Communicates needs to Assisted Living Manager or others as directed.
- Ensures medication and especially narcotic records are accurate for assigned shift, and disposes of narcotics according to established procedures.
Compassionate
- Guides nursing assistants in performing range of motion exercises and other comfort care measures.
- Guides pain management as needed.
- Guides nursing assistants in the care of dying residents.
- Guides nursing assistants in post-mortem care.
The above job duties are the general framework of this position, and it is expected the employee will be empowered to discern when other action is necessary, seeking always to demonstrate excellence and compassion. Further duties may be assigned as needed.
Our Nurses experience
Moments of victory
As a member of the treatment team, this position is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment when residents progress toward greater quality of life.
Impact of treatment and outcomes
This position will witness the success stories of residents whose lives have been positively impacted by the treatment they received at St. Ann’s.
Learning and Career Development
Working in a 5-Star facility surrounded by co-workers who are committed to excellence will create an environment where team members can learn from each other, and where new ideas and advancement are encouraged.
Autonomy
Nurses are encouraged to take leadership roles and to speak up for positive changes when identified.
New Experiences Every Day
No two days are the same in health care.
Our Nurses have:
- Strong gifts of discernment in the area of medical care.
- Leadership capabilities to direct the nursing team.
- Demonstrated commitment to care excellence.
- Current RN/LPN license in the State of Michigan. Demonstrated commitment to a person-centered approach.
- Demonstrated compassion.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively with residents and team members.
- Knowledge of electronic medical record software or ability to quickly learn software.
- Mental, emotional, and physical strength and stamina to perform the work required above with or without reasonable accommodation.
- English language fluently in order to communicate with patients, families, care team, and other team members in written and verbal form.
- Passed a drug screen, 25lb lift test, and general pre-employment physical.
- Maintenance of ongoing required trainings.