Valley View Manor is looking for an energetic and compassionate Unit Manager for our 82-bed facility located in Norwich, NY.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensures that the highest degree of quality patient care is maintained.

2. Ensures that a safe and effective resident care environment is maintained at all times.

3. Assesses and documents resident's care needs, at a minimum, upon admission, hospital return, in-house transfer and occurrence of a significant change in condition.

4. Ensures that the physician orders are carried out (medication, wound dressing, tube feeding, and oxygen monitoring, fluid restrictions).

5. Maintain a great working relationship with the facilities medical staff.

6. Notifies the resident's attending physician as well as the resident's legal guardian and/or designated representative with any changes of condition or other clinical events.

7. Prioritizes tasks for nursing staff, deals with staffing issues and problems, assists with goals, planning, customer service, etc.

8. Ensures that all accident/incidents are recorded and investigated, as needed.

9. Makes daily unit rounds in all resident care areas to assist with maintaining the quality of nursing services rendered

10. Develops and implements the residents’ plan of care.

11. Supervise and monitor all documentation by the licensed practical nurses and certified nurse aides as related to the residents’ plan of care on the unit.

12. Attends management meetings, care plan meetings and other clinical meetings.

Requirements:

1. Minimum of 2 years of clinical nursing experience in long-term care setting preferred but not required!

2. Licensed in NYS as an RN

Job Type: Full time