Assisted Living-RN Per-diem
River Vale, New Jersey
Posted Aug 16
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Assisted Living
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in New Jersey is $43/hr, across 515 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
**Sign-on Bonus**
Purpose of Your Job Position
The primary purpose of your job position is to provide direct nursing care to the Residents, and to supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by our caregivers. Such supervision must be in accordance with current state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Health Services to ensure that the highest degree of quality care is maintained at all times.
Duties/
Responsibilities
Assessment, treatment, and resident care responsibilities. Supervises Care Associates as assigned.
Assess the resident's health status and health-care needs.
Monitor identified medical conditions, clinical behavior, nutritional status, personal hygiene, the resident's response to treatment and nursing care, and his/her daily activity level.
Administer medications, renewals and supplies.
Manage medical emergencies.
Document nursing services provided in the EMAR.
Work with Director of Health Services to develop community medical referral resources and maintain ongoing communication with those providers.
Communicate health care findings to the physician and alert others involved with the resident's care to changes in status.
Work with Social Services to coordinate necessary health-care services outside the facility
Serve as an advocate to assist the residents with problem resolution.
Education
Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing Current NJ License is RN
Experience
At least 2 years' full-time experience with long -term care, assisted Living, home health or hospital setting (preferred)
Benefits
Flexible spending account
401K Retirement plan
Paid time off (vacation, sick, personal, holiday)
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Sourced from a public job board.
Requirements
- RN License
- Nursing policy compliance
- Nursing
- Patient progress tracking
- Staff supervision
- Assisted living facility experience
- Long-term care regulations
- Caregiving documentation requirements
- Management
Place
- City
- River Vale, New Jersey
- State price level
- 9% above the national average
New Jersey index 108.8, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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You would work as a staff nurse in assisted living at Jewish Home Assisted Living in River Vale, New Jersey. A nurse reviewer named caring for the elders as the best part of the job. The same review described the…
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