**Job Title:** Long Term Care Nurse
**Job Specialty:** Long Term Acute Care
**Job Duration:** 13 weeks
**Shift:** May include evenings, weekends, and holiday coverage
**Guaranteed Hours:** 36 per week
**Experience:** Open
**License:** Active AK license required
**Certifications:** Must have or obtain flu vaccine
**Must-Have:** Familiarity with Cerner EMR
**Job Description:**
- Coordinate nursing care procedures for residents of various ages.
- Participate in patient and family education.
- Work cooperatively with ancillary nursing and healthcare team members.
- Maintain standards for nursing practice in long-term care settings.
- Make clinical decisions independently during scheduled shifts.
- Delegate and supervise CNA/Tech, LPN, and Ward Clerk on the unit.
- Implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care for patients with multisystem diseases.
- Set priorities for patient care based on acuity and preferences.
- Manage nursing procedures consistent with scientific principles and departmental policy.
- Administer age-specific medications and therapeutics accurately.
- Initiate actions to reduce, correct, or prevent immediate risks to residents.
- Facilitate healing by providing individualized nursing care.
- Explain tests, procedures, and disease processes to residents and significant others.
- Communicate positively and supportively with residents and significant others.
- Evaluate residents' progress and update care plans accordingly.
- Assure confidentiality of resident information.
- Perform nursing assessments and document findings accurately.
- Impart educational knowledge to residents, family, staff, and community.
- Participate in and organize care conferences as applicable.
- Communicate constructively with healthcare team members.
- Guide others in developing nursing skills and applying knowledge.
- Develop and contribute to nursing care plans.
- Attend and participate in departmental staff meetings.
- Maintain certifications and licensure.
- Perform duties as assigned, including leadership roles when needed.