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

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