General Purpose:

Provide direct nursing care to the residents and supervise the day-to-day nursing activities performed by nursing assistants. Such supervision must be in accordance with current Federal, State, and Local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern our facility, and as may be required by the Director of Nursing to maintain the highest degree of quality care at all times.

Essential Job Functions

This facility expects their employees to promote an atomsphere of teamwork with other employees and hospitality and comfort for its residents. Therefore, the following list of duties is not all-inclusive:

Administrative Functions

• Direct the day-to-day functions of the nursing assistants in accordance with rules, regulations, and guidelines that govern the long-term care industry.
• Confirm that all nursing personnel assigned to you comply with the written policies and procedures established by this facility.
• Meet with your assigned nursing staff, as well as support personnel, in planning the shift's services, programs and activities
• Verify that all nursing personnel comply with the procedures set forth in the Nursing Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Make written and oral reports/recommendations concerning the activities of your shift, as required.
• Verify that all nursing service personnel are in compliance with their respective job descriptions.
• Participate in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the facility's quality assurance program for the nursing department.

Charting and Documentation

• Complete and file required forms/charts upon resident's admission, transfer, and/or discharge.
• Review telephone orders from physicians and record on the Physicians' Order Form
• Report all discrepancies noted concerning physician's orders, diet change, charting error, etc. to the Nurser Supervisor.
• Enter appropriate documentation concerning unauthorized discharges in the residen's medical record in accordance with established procedures.

Nursing Care Functions

• Perform physical assessment through observation, inspection, palpitation, percussion and auscultation.
• Consult with the resident's physician in providing the resident's care , treatment, rehabilitation, etc., as necessary.
• Make periodic checks to confirm that prescribed treatments are being properly administered by CNAs and to evaluate the resident's physical and emotional a status.
• Review care plans daily to confirm that appropriate care is being rendered.
• Confirm that CNAs are aware of the resident care plans. Verify that the CNAs refer to the resident's care plan prior to administering daily care to the resident.

Minimum Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current state license.
• Excellent, technical, assessment and documentation skills.
• Good leadership qualities.
• Organized and detailed in work performance.
• Good communication skills with excellent self-discipline and patience.
• Genuine caring for and interest in elderly and disabled people in a nursing facility.
• Comply with the Residents Rights and Facility Policies and Procedures.
• Perform work tasks within the physical demand requirements as outlined below.