RN Unit Manager - Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital TCU

Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital - Transitional Care Unit/SNF - Haverhill MA
Unit Manager - RN
20 Bed Transitional housed within our Rehabilitation Hospital
Regular Schedule will be M-F days (40 hours), with coverage as needed on weekends and off-shifts.

We are seeking a Nurse Manager to oversee and lead our Transitional Care Unit housed within our beautiful Rehabilitation Hospital on Ward Hill in Haverhill Ma. 

Essential Duties: To provide exceptional care to all residents including but not limited to:

• -Under the direction of the Director of Nursing Services, holds 24-hour authority, responsibility and accountability for the clinical management of assigned resident/patient care unit.
• - Obtain report from nurse being relieved and records sufficient information to implement appropriate follow up action as necessary
• - Provides report to nurse coming on duty, including sufficient information for follow-up action if necessary
• - Conducts resident rounds, reporting problems to nursing supervisor and initiating corrective action
• - Administers and documents medication, enteral nutrition and treatment per physician order and accurately records all care provided and observations daily
• - Performs comprehensive assessments of each resident on unit
• - Develops care plan based on each resident's assessment
• - Obtains physician orders and any revisions for all treatment and medications needed
• - Assesses on a weekly basis the skin condition, stage, size, site, depth, color, drainage and odor of condition
• - May conduct staff meetings; coordinate services rendered by nursing personnel with those rendered by personnel of other departments.
• - Observes infection control policies and procedures relating to nursing services.
• -Directs and supervises activities of professional and non-professional nursing personnel
• - Supports and participates in In-services Education Programs.
• - Renders immediate assistance to any resident in need
• - Provides clinical supervision of nursing assistants providing direct patient care
• - Assumes responsibility for compliance with federal, state and local regulations within the assigned unit
• - Counsels nursing assistants and communicates clearly with Director of Nursing if issues arise
• - Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to assure that high quality resident care is maintained
• - Prepares nurse assistant assignments and explains all pertinent resident care
• - Supervises distribution of nourishments
• - Supervises the removal of all postural supports
• - Orders, receives and documents medication according to facility procedure
• - Supervises response to residents calls for assistance and responds to call lights as necessary
• - Insures that all physician renewal orders and physician documentation is timely and appropriate

Prerequisites: 

• - Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse school of nursing
• - Current and active RN license in the state of Massachusetts
• - Current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support in accordance with AHS or ARC standards
• - Minimum of three (3) years recent clinical experience preferably in Gerontological or Rehabilitative Nursing.
• - Prior MDS Management experience preferred.

Benefits available:

• -401k
• -Paid Sick
• -Paid Vacation
• -Paid Holiday
• -Medical
• -Dental
• -Vision
• -Life
• -Short and Long Term Disability
• -Hospital and Accident policy
• -Critical Illness
• -Christmas Club
• -Flexible Spending Accounts
• -Health Savings Account