What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN Unit Manager - Western Nebraska Veterans' Home Scottsbluff position at State of Nebraska?
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Hiring Agency:
Veterans Affairs - Agency 28
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Job Description:
Under limited supervision from the Nursing Director and within the scope of the RN licensure, performs supervisory nursing work, responsible for the 24-hour supervision of nursing services for units within a 24-hour long term facility; assists nursing leadership as requested; supervise professional and paraprofessional staff in the planning, implementing, delivery, and evaluation of nursing services; performs related work as assigned.
Directly supervise professional and paraprofessional nursing staff in providing quality patient care. Complete performance evaluations on assigned nursing service employees. Schedule nursing service staff to assigned shift and work area.
Train employees or staff in providing nursing care of members. May assist as needed in required nursing in-service training programs.
Train employees or staff in providing nursing care of members. May assist as needed in required nursing in-service training programs.
Consult with psychiatrists, physicians, psychologists, and other clinical staff in coordinating individual patient care treatment plans.
Resolve conflicts between members and employees as well as personnel related problems. Assures high standards of infection control. Assures that adequate standards of medical record keeping are maintained. Completes various nursing service reports.
Requirements / Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications : A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Nebraska or authority based on the Nurse Licensure Compact to practice as a Registered Nurse in Nebraska and one year of experience assigning, reviewing, leading, or supervising the work of others.
Preferred Qualifications: Long Term Care experience, Wound Care Certification, MDS Coordinator certification
Other: Valid driver's license
Knowledge of: registered nursing theory and practice; accepted standards of care; policies and procedures governing nursing care; sanitation and infection control standards; planning, providing, and evaluating quality nursing care; Nebraska regulations pertaining to nursing practice, including scope of practice parameters; psychology or another behavioral science; supervision or management techniques, principles.
Skill in: coordinating and providing nursing care; directing nursing service program activities.
Ability to: supervise a shift or program for nursing care; oversee the maintenance of medical records; write administrative reports as required; communicate effectively electronically, telephonically, on paper, or in person; use a computer; monitors direct care staff; assists in training and education direct care staff; plan, monitor work of direct care staff; lift up to 50lbs occasionally and push/pull up to 75lbs on a daily basis; frequently bend at the waist and neck, frequently twist at the waist, and walk or stand up to 90% of the shift.
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