Restorative Nurse Aide Jobs

Overview

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At Diversicare, we understand the contributions of every team member are the parts that make up the whole. We appreciate them for the work they do each day to showcase their talents and gifts.

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Full Time Benefits Include

• Long and Short Term Disability
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• DiversICARE - employee hardship fund
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Pay advancement program - OnShift Wallet
• Life Insurance
• Referral Bonuses
• Excellent 401k plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Vacation, Holiday, and Sick Time

Diversicare provides post-acute care services to patients and residents at 61 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in eight states, primarily in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest United States . Together, with our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, we leverage our diverse strengths to provide each patient and resident with healthcare serves that best meet their needs.

It is Diversicare’s Mission to “Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations.”

We are guided to excellence by five Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence. Our Service Standards are in place to offer support. They lead us to what matters most to our company: creating a warm, caring, safe and professional environment for our customers and each other.

Our culture of impassioned service delivery is the Diversicare Difference .

Responsibilities

As a key member of the nursing team, you will provide restorative nursing techniques to those residents assigned to improve the resident’s quality of life through structured treatment modalities. Responsibilities include:

• Placement of restorative devices and equipment
• Notifies restorative nurse coordinator or appropriate therapy department of problems, referrals or reassessments needed.
• Ambulation and transfer training
• Document daily on treatment grid and weekly on progress notes.
• ADL’s
• Range of motion (passive/active)
• Attends meetings and in-services as required.
• Serves as a resident advocate at all times. Motivates others.
• Positioning
• Restorative feeding program
• Nursing whirlpools as assigned
• Reports to the Director of Nursing and charts significant change in resident’s condition or motivational level.
• General strengthening exercises
• Performs programs on all identified residents. To include but not limited to:
• Reinforces team management of B/B program and works with nurse aides on B/B procedures.

Qualifications

• Nursing Assistant Certification from the state, where required.
• Ability to document appropriately and perform technical procedures.
• Good communication skills with the ability to read and write the English language.
• A strong belief in the Restorative Nursing Philosophy.
• Genuine caring for and interest in resident.

(EOE)