Would this be appealing for an RN?

[Born2BWild]

This is a question for RNs.

Would this offer sound appealing to you?

Full-time position in a long-term care facility working 7am-3pm 5 days weekly (or whichever hours suit you), working every other weekend as RN supervisor. Job duties would be scheduling and filling in for the social worker (an RN can work as a social worker, though a social worker can't work as an RN here). Filling in for the social worker would include keeping up with how many types of psychotropic meds are being used at the facility, doing social histories and writing Medicare summaries for social service notes. You would rarely to never be expected to push a medicine cart. Most of your time would be at a desk. Pay is not salaried but you are paid by the hour, and average income is $58,000 a year (in a rural area in the South.)

How many RNs do you feel would want to do something like this. A BSN would be even better. I'm just curious if this sounds like a sweet deal or not.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

How would you feel about little-to-no patient interaction?

[hikernurse]

Heck yeah .

[PostOpPrincess, BSN, RN]

Nope. It sounds fishy.

[blueyesue]

This is subjective, and it would depend on what you went into nursing for. If you don't enjoy bedside care, and it sounds appealing to you then look into it further.

Were you offered this position?

[elkpark]

The other thing to consider is that, no matter how appealing the description of a particular position may be, a lot depends on the facility and its management, and your co-workers. The most desirable position can end up making you miserable (and be not worth having) if you're have a crummy employer or seriously unpleasant co-workers. Sometimes you can figure that out in advance; sometimes it doesn't become apparent until you're in the situation.

[VegRN]

Honestly, this job sound awesome to me. However, I think this opinion may be affected by the fact that I am unemployed and have been trying very hard to get a job for a few months.

[Whispera, MSN, RN]

Besides the above...how does this pay compare to what you would earn in bedside nursing?

[XingtheBBB, BSN, RN]

It sounds like the OP is writing the description? How can she make it sound less "fishy"?

[PostOpPrincess, BSN, RN]

It sounds like the OP is writing the description? How can she make it sound less "fishy"?

Why hire a nurse to do the Social worker's job? Why hire a nurse and then expect that NO MED CART will be pushed?....

It sounds toooooooooo perfect.

Unless this is specifically a desk job, you can be pulled to do ANYTHING.

[PAERRN20]

Sounds great to me! (BSN)

For what it's worth RN's in LTC in my area do not have med cart duties.

[scootertrash nurse]

question is how do you feel about the job ????????