Admission Nurse Registered Nurse RN

The Laurels of Bon Air offers one of the leading employee benefit packages in the industry. This includes:

• Comprehensive health insurance - medical, dental and vision
• 401K with matching funds
• DailyPay, a voluntary benefit that allows associates at our facilities the ability to access their pay when they need it.
• Paid time off (beginning after six months of employment) and paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan forgiveness
• Zero cost uniforms
• Legacy,our new virtual community and rewards & recognitions program

When you work with Laurel Health Care Company, you will join an experienced, hard-working team that values communication and collaboration.

• Supervises nursing staff, including orientation of new staff members, ensuring that the quality of care, the quality of resident life, and the quality of staff are of the highest standards
• Assumes responsibility for the safety and welfare of residents in the absence of the DON, and ADON
• Helps Charge Nurses, as needed, with Physician visits, decision making, directing CNA work assignments, treatments, monthly summaries, admissions/discharges and transfers, and order transcription
• Assumes responsibility of Charge Nurse Duties in his/her absence
• Maintains open communication with residents, families, volunteers, staff, and other stakeholders
• Participates in meetings, in-service trainings, and staff development events
• Monitors resident care, documentation, and Health Care Center environment for compliance with appropriate state regulations
• Assesses employee and resident injuries, renders first aid or makes decisions for appropriate referral to MD and/or ER, and adds situations to 24 hour report and forwards incident report to Nurse Manager and/or DON
• Helps the Nurse Manager with Care Plans
• Coordinates replacement staff for call-ins 
• Coordinates transfer of residents to hospital in the event of a medical emergency
• Provides input regarding residents scheduled for Care Conferences
• Provides leadership, guidance, supervision, and evaluation for the nursing staff
• Demonstrates best practices for staff to follow
• Provides care following all federal, state, and local regulations
• Rotating On Call schedule is required
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing with a RN diploma or degree
• Three years of progressive nursing management experience, preferably in a long term care setting
• Excellent customer service and interpersonal communication skills as well as a passion tot he lives of older adults
• Knowledge of state and local regulations regarding long term care
• Able to work a variable and flexible schedule
• Able to problem solve and work effectively with others
• Able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, push, pull, bend, kneel, and stand as needed