R.N. Manager - Rouse Estate

OBJECTIVE: 

The RN Manager provides a combination of leadership tasks, administrative duties and direct resident care.  They assign tasks to their nursing team and spend time evaluating and analyzing resident outcomes to identify successes and areas for improvement.

The RN Manager facilitates and oversees resident care in order to develop long-term care plans and provides opportunities for professional development within their nursing team.  Their role is to establish and maintain nursing standards to ensure implementation of best nursing practices and quality treatment. 

The RN Manager supervises the volume of residents and delegates tasks to team members so they can efficiently process the flow of residents from time of intake, throughout resident stay and at time of discharge while giving consistent feedback to their team.  The RN Manager supports multiple RN Supervisors, LPNs and CNAs in order to adequately cover 24/7 resident care. 

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Foster positive and organized work environment while planning, prioritizing and assigning healthcare tasks to clinical team members to ensure quality care of residents from time of intake, throughout resident stay and at time of discharge.
2. Maintain extensive knowledge and education of the biological, physiological and social factors present in any given medical situation, current nursing trends and standards.
3. Demonstrates a strong understanding of federal and state guidelines and regulations, updated facility policy and regulation changes in relation to Skilled Nursing.
4. Provides reports and trends to the Company and assists in developing plans to improve various areas of focus.
5. Facilitates professional communication with Nursing Home Administrator, Director of Nursing, peers and leadership team as needed for continued quality care.
6. Facilitate communication between Nursing Home Administrator, Director of Nursing, RN Supervisors, LPNs, CNAs and other ancillary staff.
7. Coach RN Supervisors, LPNs and CNAs one-on-one and set goals for career growth.
8. Provide leadership in clinical problem-solving.
9. Provide and monitor training and in-servicing and provide necessary assistance and support to maintain the highest level of care.
10. Communicate with residents, family members and staff in a professional manner at all times.
11. Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

1. Must possess a current, unencumbered active license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of Pennsylvania.
2. Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Skilled Nursing Facility with a minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience.
3. A demonstrated ability to provide consistent quality leadership for pateitn care and staff oversight, with a strong attention to detail, organizational skills and effective time management.
4. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
5. Ability to work with a variety of healthcare professionals and residents.
6. Extensive clinical skills with strong organization and oversight for resident and facility needs.
7. Ability to lead and motivate others.
8. Work flexibility.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Works in a clean, well- heated, well- lighted and well-ventilated building.  Prolonged standing and walking, repeated bending, squatting, stooping, exposure to all resident elements including infection, odors and to peculiarities in behavior and reactions of the elderly, assists with emergencies and in restraining violent or combative residents.

BASIC AND ADVANCED CORE COMPETENCIES:

       Clinical Skills: Clinical skills sufficient to meet all the primary responsibilities indemnified above; meets state licensing and all other appropriate regulations for position, as well as organization’s expectations of position clinically (direct nursing, teaching, supervision, organizational oversight).

      Person-Centered, Elder-Directed, and Quality Focused: Models and ensures that others are providing medical treatment in a manner that honors resident preferences and individuality.  Demonstrates strong commitment to the highest clinical outcomes.

      Leadership/Teambuilding: Sees supervision of other staff as a role of service, rather than one of authority, and seeks to support and under gird supervisees’ ability to succeed.  Willing to do any tasks needed, including those that may seem menial or unpleasant.  When communicating with physician or other medical personnel advocates for resident preferences.  Refrains from pressuring or manipulating residents into accepting medication or treatment for the sake of staff or facility convenience.  Demonstrates to all staff, residents, and family that the organization is committed to the creation of the pleasures and good daily life expected of home.  Understands that quality care is enhanced with the quality of life and encourages pleasurable moments, laughter, and fun on the units.  Engages sensitively and appropriately on the units, role modeling the value of home.

       Critical Thinking: Recognizes early signs of changing conditions and uses all available and appropriate resources to resolve needs.  Very strong observational and assessment skills with regards to physical and medical conditions, coupled with ability to discern effective response and treatment.  Is Able to embrace individualized methods if they will best suit resident needs.

      Taking the Initiative: Sensitive to changing medical needs and the nature of staff responses.  Takes appropriate actions regardless of whether the needs have been reported by others.

       Learning and Teaching Centered: Is able to model person-centered practices, as well as evaluate and provide direction and coaching to other medical staff as needed.

       Community and Team Builder: Able to facilitate sense of team connection and participation.  Able to nurture sense of accountability to residents and household among nursing staff.  Able to advocate for needs of either household, resident, family, or staff as needed.

       Conflict Facilitation:  Able to mediate conflicts concerning nursing staff as needed.

       Interpersonal Sensitivity and Communication Skills:  Able to provide clear directions and elicit trust and cooperation from staff.  Good supervision skills – able to provide clear directions and expectations as well as providing clear, effective feedback.  Able to demonstrate and elicit mutual trust and respect.  Able to communicate residents’ medical needs clearly with staff and families and facilitate other staff participation in medical care through eliciting others’ observations, suggestions, etc.  Able to communicate clearly and effectively with physicians.  

       Dementia Sensitivity: Able to teach and nurture care practices for persons with dementia that meet needs while protecting personhood and sense of well-being.

 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

Will comply with all federal and state regulatory requirements to maintain licensure as Registered Nurse

I HAVE READ THE ABOVE JOB DESCRIPTION AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH THERIN.  I HEREBY ACCEPT THE POSITION HOUSEHOLD NURSE LEADER RN AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH AND WILL PERFORM ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

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