Lakeside Center for Rehabiliation and Healing is a 122-bed skilled nursing facility that offers short-term rehabilitation, long term care, palliative care, hospice services and outpatient rehabilitation. It is our mission as a team to provide our residents with high quality care while promoting their optimum health and well-being. If you are looking forward to joining a caring and uplifting team, we would love to meet you!
WHY WORK FOR US? BECAUSE WE OFFER:
* Competitive Pay
* Health Insurance with Family Plan Options!
* Dental with Family Plan Options!
* Vision with Family Plan Options!
* Tuition Reimbursement (Ask about our Bridge to LPN/RN Program)
* Paid Time Off
* Holiday Pay
* 401k
* Direct Deposit
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Job Summary:
Participates in internal audits of nursing practices and in developing and implementing a plan of correction when deficits are identified.:
Participates in ensuring all facets of the nursing budget are within established parameters.:
Participates in the quality assessment and improvement process and activities (ie. audit of MD orders monthly).:
Assists with tasks to ensure the nursing department is adequately staffed to provide quality care to patients/residents:
Establishes and facilitates effective employer/employee relations.:
Recruits and selects nursing service personnel based on facility needs, as directed by the Director of Nursing.:
Maintains employee hiring forms and processes and ensures completion for new employees.:
Maintains Nursing Department staffing at a level congruent with patient/resident needs, budgeted positions and employee requests.:
Schedules Nursing Department staffing levels to support individual and group activities for patients/residents out of the facility.:
Participates in orientation sessions for nursing service personnel.:
Evaluates performance for all levels of nursing service personnel.:
Participates in "on-call" schedule for nursing supervisory personnel to ensure 24/7 nursing support for staff nurses.:
Assists the DON in maintaining the provision of in-service/staff development programs to meet nursing objectives and policies and procedures in compliance with state and federal regulations. Note: If the full-time Staff Development Coordinator is available, then the ADON assists in the DON's absence.:
Ensures that all nursing assistants complete or have completed the certified training program.:
Ensures staff development programs address the needs of patients/residents and nursing staff.:
Evaluates processes related to staff development programs to determine success of the programs and future needs.:
Provides clinical expertise to facilitate and support the nursing process in patient/resident interventions in compliance with the State Nurse Practice Act for RN, LPN or LVN.:
Makes nursing rounds in a manner that identifies specific patient/resident problems and monitors plan of action implemented by nursing staff.:
Assesses technical skills of nursing personnel through observation of various nursing procedures, as directed by the Director of Nursing.:
Assesses nursing judgment made in specific situations to determine nursing staff competency and to identify nursing staff knowledge and performance deficits, as directed by the Director of Nursing.:
Acts as a clinical expert or facilitator in specific patient/resident situations.:
Identifies clinical problem areas on behalf of the Director of Nursing and assists with development of plans of correction.:
Acts as a clinical expert in facilitating the patient/resident care planning process.:
Assists in the development of daily patient/resident care assignments that meets patient/resident and facility needs.:
12. Safety concerns are identified, and appropriate actions are taken to maintain and assure patient safety and a sanitary environment for patients, residents, employees and visitors. Included but not limited to:
Participates in ensuring a safe environment for patients/residents, staff and families.:
Investigates all nursing department employee accidents in accordance with facility policies and procedures.:
Monitors and reviews patient/resident incidents to identify possible legal issues and to identify patterns that might require preventive intervention.:
Implements infection control policies and procedures as outlined in the company program, as directed (the SOC may also perform this task).:
Ensures that all Nursing Department staff members are educated and utilize infection control practices that protect employees, patients/residents and families:
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING QUALIFICATIONS:
Must be currently licensed Registered Nurse (RN). Must maintain an active Registered Nurse (RN) license in good standing throughout employment.:
Must have strong leadership skills and be able to lead a team of nursing staff, as well as help foster a team atmosphere with the nursing division:
Liaisons with residents, families, support departments, etc. to adequately plan for resident needs:
Must have the ability to implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the facility:
