POSITION SUMMARY The overall purpose of the Assistant Director of Nursing is to serve as Director of Nursing in the absence of the Director and to help the Director in the performance of assigned functions and responsibilities. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES · Participates in admission and discharge planning for residents. · Assists with the morning routine, clinical morning meeting and resident at risk meeting. · Assists with nursing service quality assessment and assurance functions and activities; may coordinate nursing team meetings; may participate in assessment and evaluations of nursing services and nursing staff · Assists in assuring the provision of treatments, medications and nursing services according to care plans and physicians instructions; maintains contact with physicians as necessary according to resident needs, facility policies and governmental regulations. · Oversees nursing assistants and completion of daily task and documentation. · Participates in the facility Antibiotic Stewardship and infection control · Understands and promotes the Federal, State and company position on Abuse and Neglect prevention. · Active in the incident and accident system. · Participates in and contributes to the performance of duties / tasks assigned to the director of nursing; may act for the Director of Nursing as assigned in directing the activities of the nursing staff. · Follows established safety policies and procedures STAFF DEVELOPMENT · Ensures that appropriate TB screening is completed for employees and residents. · Assist with ensuring personnel are adequately educated to care for acute events, long-lasting illness of the frail elderly, cognitive impairment, end of life, and hospice care. In some settings, post-acute services/programs may dictate additional specialized education and competencies. · Conducts staff meetings on all shifts at least monthly as per the Director of Nurses. QUALIFICATIONS · A current, valid state registration / certification as a registered or licensed nurse is required · Experience in nursing in a long-term care setting is preferred · Effective communication and interpersonal skills are needed · Functional literacy in English is required PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT · The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. · Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51 - 100 pounds with assistance · Must be able to sit, stand, walk, bend/stoop, squat/crouch/kneel, reach and pull/push.
Position Provides basic nursing care to residents within the scope of the nursing assistant responsibilities and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of the licensed nurse supervisor. Principal Responsibilities · Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty and documents information accurately · Assists with lifting, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc. · Assists residents in ambulation with or without self-help devices as instructed · Accurately measures and records temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressures (TPRs and B/P) as instructed · Ensures that residents’ personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes · Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets; cleans bedpans, urinals, and commodes; washes basins and emesis basins; sanitizes bathtub after each resident’s use; cleans floors if resident is incontinent; wipes spilled foods and liquids · Advises charge nurse of resident(s) condition beginning and end of shift · Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures · Account for personal care (i.e. Grooming, bathing, catheter care, and dressing), and observation of residents within patient care guidelines. Identify and report any condition requiring management attention · Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy · Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential · Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of resident property · Provides range of motion exercise · Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals · Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated · Delivers and documents all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements · Performs miscellaneous tasks as required by policy or nurse supervisor Physical Demands – Office While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus Work Environment – Office This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals, or noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Note This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
Position Provides basic nursing care to residents within the scope of the nursing assistant responsibilities and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of the licensed nurse supervisor. Principal Responsibilities · Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty and documents information accurately · Assists with lifting, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc. · Assists residents in ambulation with or without self-help devices as instructed · Accurately measures and records temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressures (TPRs and B/P) as instructed · Ensures that residents’ personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes · Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets; cleans bedpans, urinals, and commodes; washes basins and emesis basins; sanitizes bathtub after each resident’s use; cleans floors if resident is incontinent; wipes spilled foods and liquids · Advises charge nurse of resident(s) condition beginning and end of shift · Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures · Account for personal care (i.e. Grooming, bathing, catheter care, and dressing), and observation of residents within patient care guidelines. Identify and report any condition requiring management attention · Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy · Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential · Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of resident property · Provides range of motion exercise · Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals · Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated · Delivers and documents all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements · Performs miscellaneous tasks as required by policy or nurse supervisor Physical Demands – Office While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus Work Environment – Office This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals, or noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Note This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
Position Summary Provides basic nursing care to residents within the scope of the nursing assistant responsibilities and performs basic nursing procedures under the direction of the licensed nurse supervisor. Principal Responsibilities · Participates in and receives nursing report upon reporting for duty and documents information accurately · Assists with lifting, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc. · Assists residents in ambulation with or without self-help devices as instructed · Accurately measures and records temperatures, pulses, respirations, and blood pressures (TPRs and B/P) as instructed · Ensures that residents’ personal care needs are being met in accordance with residents’ wishes · Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets; cleans bedpans, urinals, and commodes; washes basins and emesis basins; sanitizes bathtub after each resident’s use; cleans floors if resident is incontinent; wipes spilled foods and liquids · Advises charge nurse of resident(s) condition beginning and end of shift · Ability to comply with Company and departmental safety policies and procedures · Account for personal care (i.e. Grooming, bathing, catheter care, and dressing), and observation of residents within patient care guidelines. Identify and report any condition requiring management attention · Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy · Ensures all protected health information is kept confidential · Reports all allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of resident property · Provides range of motion exercise · Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals · Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated · Delivers and documents all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements · Performs miscellaneous tasks as required by policy or nurse supervisor Physical Demands – Office While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms and pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance and 51-100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus Work Environment – Office This job operates in a professional office environment with minimal exposure to dust, chemicals, or noise. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
POSITION SUMMARY Responsible for maintaining the standards of nursing care and practices within the facility to meet the physical, psychosocial, and rehabilitative needs of the residents ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · Administers enteral feedings along with oral, injectable, and intravenous medications and treatments within the LVN scope of practice as prescribed by the physician and per facility policy · Ensures all aspects of delivery of care to residents by nursing assistants are completed within the established time frames according to Resident Care policies and procedures · Performs and is co-responsible for narcotic counts as per Resident Care policies and procedures · Ensures dispensing of medications and treatments by all routes as ordered by the physician within established time frames. Ensures no medications are left unattended · Documents medication and treatment administration in a timely and accurate manner · Completes/updates the Electronic documentation as required · Maintains and updates Nursing license in compliance with state regulations · Performs other related duties as required or requested MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES) · College degree or the equivalent in work related experience · Must be graduate of an accredited school of Licensed Vocational Nursing · Must have active state LVN license · Must be listed in good standing as confirmed on Nurse Registry · Strong knowledge of state, federal, and local regulations as they pertain to long term care is strongly preferred · Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
POSITION SUMMARY Responsible for maintaining the standards of nursing care and practices within the facility to meet the physical, psychosocial, and rehabilitative needs of the residents ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · Administers enteral feedings along with oral, injectable, and intravenous medications and treatments within the LVN scope of practice as prescribed by the physician and per facility policy · Ensures all aspects of delivery of care to residents by nursing assistants are completed within the established time frames according to Resident Care policies and procedures · Performs and is co-responsible for narcotic counts as per Resident Care policies and procedures · Ensures dispensing of medications and treatments by all routes as ordered by the physician within established time frames. Ensures no medications are left unattended · Documents medication and treatment administration in a timely and accurate manner · Completes/updates the Electronic documentation as required · Maintains and updates Nursing license in compliance with state regulations · Performs other related duties as required or requested MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES) · College degree or the equivalent in work related experience · Must be graduate of an accredited school of Licensed Vocational Nursing · Must have active state LVN license · Must be listed in good standing as confirmed on Nurse Registry · Strong knowledge of state, federal, and local regulations as they pertain to long term care is strongly preferred · Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
POSITION SUMMARY Responsible for maintaining the standards of nursing care and practices within the facility to meet the physical, psychosocial, and rehabilitative needs of the residents ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · Administers enteral feedings along with oral, injectable, and intravenous medications and treatments within the LVN scope of practice as prescribed by the physician and per facility policy · Ensures all aspects of delivery of care to residents by nursing assistants are completed within the established time frames according to Resident Care policies and procedures · Performs and is co-responsible for narcotic counts as per Resident Care policies and procedures · Ensures dispensing of medications and treatments by all routes as ordered by the physician within established time frames. Ensures no medications are left unattended · Documents medication and treatment administration in a timely and accurate manner · Completes/updates the Electronic documentation as required · Maintains and updates Nursing license in compliance with state regulations · Performs other related duties as required or requested MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES) · College degree or the equivalent in work related experience · Must be graduate of an accredited school of Licensed Vocational Nursing · Must have active state LVN license · Must be listed in good standing as confirmed on Nurse Registry · Strong knowledge of state, federal, and local regulations as they pertain to long term care is strongly preferred · Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
POSITION SUMMARY Responsible for maintaining the standards of nursing care and practices within the facility to meet the physical, psychosocial, and rehabilitative needs of the residents ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES · Administers enteral feedings along with oral, injectable, and intravenous medications and treatments within the LVN scope of practice as prescribed by the physician and per facility policy · Ensures all aspects of delivery of care to residents by nursing assistants are completed within the established time frames according to Resident Care policies and procedures · Performs and is co-responsible for narcotic counts as per Resident Care policies and procedures · Ensures dispensing of medications and treatments by all routes as ordered by the physician within established time frames. Ensures no medications are left unattended · Documents medication and treatment administration in a timely and accurate manner · Completes/updates the Electronic documentation as required · Maintains and updates Nursing license in compliance with state regulations · Performs other related duties as required or requested MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES) · College degree or the equivalent in work related experience · Must be graduate of an accredited school of Licensed Vocational Nursing · Must have active state LVN license · Must be listed in good standing as confirmed on Nurse Registry · Strong knowledge of state, federal, and local regulations as they pertain to long term care is strongly preferred · Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing in English PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
