Reports to: Director of Nursing

Position Status: Full-time, part-time, or PRN.

Hours of Operation: The hours will be set by the Director of Nursing in conjunction with the Apartment Director.

Job Summary: The Charge Nurse’s primary function is to assess residents’ health problems and needs, conduct assessments for AL, guide general medical attention provided to residents by staff of McCrite Plaza as well as ensure the compliance and maintenance of medical records. In addition, this position provides clinical supervision to Nursing Assistants (CNA and CMA) who provide direct resident care.
Essential Functions / Duties:

• Giving and reading results of TB skin tests. Conduct full assessments on current residents due to falls and other changes in resident’s health; and complete new NSA or NSA Addendum if applicable.
• Manage medication for those residents needing medication administration or medication set-up for weekly meds; includes reordering medications.
• Review MARs monthly for accuracy as it pertains to the resident receiving medication administration or medication set-up; correct errors.
• Follow facility admission, discharge or transfer procedures and communi­cate resident admission, discharge or transfer to other departments, physicians, and ancillary service providers.
• Attend staff meetings, in‑service classes, and committee meetings as assigned; complete reports for facility committees.
• Listen to resident, family, or physician concerns and initiate corrective action and/or report concerns to DON/ADON/Apartment Director.
• Identify special nursing problems and emergency situations quickly; initiate immediate “life-saving” measures in the absence of a physician.
• Must be able to work any shift as directed by the Director of Nursing.
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Operate computers programmed with software needed to record, store, and analyze resident information; operate copy/fax/printer machines to send documents and produce documents.
• Upload documents to the electronic medical record and complete routine chart audits.
• Participate in nursing and staffing on-call rotations.
• Perform other related duties as directed by the Director of Nursing.

• Participate in staff interviews and selection of candidates for open positions, as needed or directed.
• Supervise CNA and CMA positions; provide direction regarding expectations, goals, and outcomes desired for these positions as they support the community, residents, and other staff.
• Supervision of nursing procedures delegated to certified nurse’s aides and medication aides, after determining CNA/CMA is capable of providing delegated nursing task.

Education and Experiences: Prior experience in a similar working environment is preferred, but not a requirement of the position. This position requires an RN (Registered Nurse) or an LPN (licensed practical nurse) in the state of Kansas. 

Abilities: The successful candidate will have a poised, professional demeanor, and a positive attitude. They will be resourceful and have the ability to take the initiative in a changing workplace and adapt to varying requirements and needs. Specific abilities include:

• Ability to understand, observe, and enforce infection control proce­dures related to facility services.
• Ability to observe all facility safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to understand and recognize potential physical, chemical, and electrical hazards and take immediate corrective action as appropriate.
• Ability to understand and enforce the Exposure Control Plan as this position risks occupational exposure to blood borne patho­gens and other infectious material as an essential function of the job.
• Ability to safeguard the privacy of Resident’s health information.
• Ability to speak and read English and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, residents, and staff.
• Ability to use computers; the ability to use the designated facility computer system (or systems) at a proficient level.
• Ability to perform other related duties as directed by administration.
• Must attend staff meetings, in-service classes, and committee meetings as assigned or required.

Physical and Other Requirements: Primarily this position works in residents' rooms as well as other areas and is subject to lifting, transporting, and supporting residents. In addition, this position interacts with residents, family members, staff, etc., under all conditions and circumstances and must be constantly alert for resident safety. This position is also subject to exposure to infectious diseases, conditions, etc., including the Hepatitis B viruses. This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. 

This position requires the following abilities as essential to the position:

• Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop, stretch, crawl, crouch, kneel, balance, finger, grasp, push, pull, reach, or walk.
• Ability to lift people/objects from a lower to higher posi­tion or moving people/objects along a horizontal level but from position to position. This includes lifting and carrying weights in the 35 to 50-pound range.
• Ability to exert force upon an object in order to draw, drag or tug objects toward the source of the force in a sustained motion.